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Robin McBryde praises Leinster's mindset after travel chaos for Champions Cup win over Racing 92

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Leinster assistant coach Robin McBryde is hoping for some home comforts on Friday night after a weekend of "planes, trains and automobiles".Having overcome severe travel disruption to thump Racing 92 in their Heineken Champions Cup opener and extend their winning streak to 10 matches, Leinster have home advantage in round two as Gloucester visit the RDS.It is the first meeting between the sides since 2006, when tries from Gordon D'Arcy, Felipe Contepomi, Stephen Keogh and Shane Horgan secured a 37-20 win at Lansdowne Road.Leinster will have more routine preparations for the visit of the Cherry and Whites compared to the nightmare journey to Le Havre.

They were due to arrive in the port city around midday last Friday but their flight was delayed by five hours due to the extreme weather conditions.When they finally got into the air they ended up being diverted to Paris, where the players were forced to take taxis after their bus didn't turn up.We need your consent to load this comcast-player contentWe use comcast-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity.

Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage PreferencesLeinster assistant coach McBryde provides an injury update on Tadhg Furlong and Johnny Sexton ahead of their Heineken Champions Cup tie against Gloucester"Planes, trains and automobiles," said McBryde. "We finally got there just before midnight."We just got on with it, a bit of mental toughness with regards to not being overly concerned about not going to the ground."Leo [Cullen] and myself went to the ground early [on Saturday] just to have a look around and everything was in place.

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