Complacency is rarely an issue for Leinster, but if Leo Cullen had any concerns about his side's state of mind coming into this week's Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final against Leicester Tigers, he only has to look back at some of last weekend's games for a reminder of how tight the margins are.
While there were ultimately no shocks among the eight final results, two of the tournament's big hitters were given real scares by underdogs, living to tell the tale.
Saracens came from 12 points down in the first half, and were also behind by 10 shortly after half time in their eventual 34-20 win against the Ospreys, while the champions La Rochelle almost saw their title defence ended abruptly by Gloucester, with a Teddy Thomas try in the final two minutes seeing them survive by the skin of their teeth.
With a top seed secured in the BKT United Rugby Championship, the bulk of this Leinster squad will be able to rest up following this game and prepare for what they hope will be a Champions Cup semi-final weekend in three weeks time.
And Cullen says thy have nothing on their minds only booking their semi-final spot.
"You can only control so much, your own thing, so that's how we go about the week’s preparation and making sure that we do everything we possibly can to be in the best possible shape," he said.
"There is always a challenge with a six-day turnaround, there will be more of a mental load, physically there is only so much you can do to go again. You are second guessing some selections, even in the team there, there are a few things that have been thrown up. The complacency bit – our guys are desperate to be successful in this tournament and I don’t sense any complacency."
The province never looked in any real danger of
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