Cullen's focus staying inward after Leinster's facile win over Gloucester

Leo Cullen says he was pleased at how his Leinster side "kept their focus" in their win against Gloucester, but wouldn't be drawn on whether their 57-0 victory raises questions about the structure of the Heineken Champions Cup.

The four-time champions were in control from start to finish in their nine-try win to maintain their perfect start to the competition, with 99 points scored in their opening wins here and against Racing 92.

Ronan Kelleher and James Lowe scored a pair of tries each, while Josh van der Flier, James Ryan, Luke McGrath, Jordan Larmour and Caelan Doris also crossed in a whitewash against the Premiership side.

The result seemed inevitable before the game, with Gloucester resting their frontline players and sending a weakened team to Dublin, with George Skivington's side instead prioritising their Premiership meeting with Leicester Tigers on Christmas Eve.

Cullen was keen to focus on his own team after the game.

"We can't really control that," he told RTÉ Sport, when asked about whether it was a bad look for the competition.

"So, from our point of view it's just about putting in a decent performance.

"We've had a challenging enough couple of weeks if you think about it. A couple of weeks ago here we had to deal with a red card, and the lads rallied really well. Last week we had our travel challenges, and this week the conditions... it's a nice night but the surface is tricky.

"I thought the lads kept their focus really well, and that's the pleasing bit from our point of view.

"We scored some good tries in the course of the game and just got the job done, that's the most important bit. What other teams do around selection, we can't control, so from our point of view it's great we've got 10 points from two games,