Lions defence coach Jaque Fourie is adamant that Leinster will pitch up mentally and physically next week, whatever happens against Bordeaux.
The Leinster rugby team are in a unique position, playing a Champions Cup final one Saturday and a United Rugby Championship quarter-final seven days later. Still, the Lions believe the Dubliners will be at their best regardless of what transpires in the big showdown with Bordeaux.
The Lions are in Dublin and will have notebooks out watching their quarter-final opposition do battle with the Frenchmen in a mouth-watering Champions Cup final in Spain, although there is not too much more they need to find out about Leinster. They were smashed 31-7 by them only a fortnight ago, also in Dublin.
Lions defence coach Jaque Fourie, the former ace Springbok centre, knows a thing or two about playing big games one after the other, and he is adamant that Leinster will pitch up mentally and physically next week, whatever happens against Bordeaux.
He did hint, though, that the Lions expect Leinster coach Leo Cullen to freshen up his side for the quarter-final.
