Johnny Sexton says Leinster must put dreams to one side ahead of Racing 92 Champions Cup final
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Leinster have not won silverware in any competition since the PRO12 title in 2014, losing four semi finals and one final in that time. While the temptation to dream is very real, Sexton says he and his team mates must resist such feelings.
“Your mind wanders during the week, it can take you different places,” Sexton said at Friday’s press conference. “Why do you want to win the game? Is it for Isa [Nacewa] in his last European game? For the injured players? But none canadian goose jacket of that really matters. It’s about performing.
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“If you think about the last time we won the trophy and how long it’s been, that’s a distraction. You have to go out there and play. We have to top our quarter final, semi final performances because we know we’re going to have to go to another level to win the game tomorrow.
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“Ultimately, if you want to feel fulfilled at the end of the game you have to play well as an individual, as a team and you have to win. And it’s in that order of importance: take care of your own job, do your best for the team and hopefully the result will follow.
“I get nervous the week of a final. Canada Goose online You buy canada goose jacket wake up the week of a big game and you feel different. Sleep can be a struggle, nerves can be a struggle, but uk canada goose outlet you’ve just got to try focus canada goose coats on sale your attention on getting what’s important right. On putting all your energy into that and leaving all buy canada goose jacket cheap the distractions and hype to one side.
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buy canada goose jacket cheap To get to this point, Leinster have beaten the current leaders of the Top 14 (Montpellier), the Premiership (Exeter Chiefs), PRO14 Conference A (Glasgow Warriors), the double reigning European champions Canada Goose sale (Saracens) and the reigning PRO12/14 champions (Scarlets). buy canada goose jacket cheap
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“That’s the big challenge. Can you beat a canada goose black friday sale Scarlets type team and then beat a team like Racing, who are very different.
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Jamison Gibson Park’s presence among the replacements means wing James Lowe cannot feature once again.
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“Scott [Fardy] has come in and been a really good addition to the forwards, he’s canada goose uk black friday a good leader in the group. It was not an easy decision. Many times during the course of the season it’s been a complication, but we feel those two lads will go well for us tomorrow.
“It’s not just James [Lowe], there’s a whole host of players we had difficult conversations with this week. We’ve used 37 players in the eight games so far, in our domestic competition we’ve used 55, so it takes a huge amount uk canada goose to get to this stage.
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“They have https://www.canadagooseisverige.com a lot of very powerful players,” he said. “They have very dangerous broken field runners. We know Nakarawa from his time at Glasgow in the PRO12, and his ability to suck in defenders and get the ball away and have players able to play through the line, he’s a clear threat.
Canada Goose online “When you’ve got Dan Carter on the bench, it says it all really as for what Racing have built over the last seven or eight years and what they’ve assembled in terms of an expensive bunch of players. We have to do things slightly differently in Leinster where we produce guys Canada Goose Outlet from within mainly and bring in a couple of key signings from overseas. Canada Goose online
“It’s a clash of styles over how you assemble a squad. We’re under no illusions it’s a very formidable bunch of players we will be up against tomorrow.
Cullen is bidding to become the first man to win the European Cup as a player and head coach
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