Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info. You could forgive Hugo Keenan for being sick of the sight of La Rochelle ahead of their latest meeting at the weekend.
Keenan is one of the Leinster players who has played every single minute of the three Champions Cup encounters between the sides in the last three years. Three games - a semi-final and two semi-finals - and no joy.
That's a lot of scar tissue to deal with - especially for a player who has been denied European glory that his club had become accustomed to. There is a generation of players at the province that haven't been able as yet to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors.
La Rochelle, and even Saracens before them, are responsible for that. Their record speaks for itself. It really depends on the person. Leinster's last two losses occurred in the finals in Marseille and Dublin. This is their first time in the first meeting of the clubs in La Rochelle in You have seen it with some of the homecomings they've had.
The first 10 to 12 games I played for Ireland were in empty stadiums, then there was a gradual increase.
