Champions Cup final: Ross Byrne says no added pressure on Leinster

Leinster’s four European successes were followed by defeat by Saracens in the 2019 final and then losing out to La Rochelle in the last two deciders.

Two victories over La Rochelle in this season’s Champions Cup have boosted Leinster’s hopes of avoiding a third straight runners-up finish.

There is no added pressure to end the run of defeats in finals, according to Byrne.

“No, I don’t think so,” he said. “Every final has its own pressure so for us, it’s about going out and putting on the best performance we can.

“The biggest thing is our preparation. There’s still plenty of time to go before the final and for us it’s just making sure we’re on top of all our details.

“So when it comes to Saturday each player can focus on their own individual performance and are not distracted by other things.

“I think it was important [to beat La Rochelle] – we’ve had some harsh lessons over the last couple of years so it was trying to take what we learnt from those games and trying to put them right.

“We were able to do that in those two matches against them, which was great. We performed to a level which we we happier with this season than the previous two.”

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