Leinster and Northampton have been studying Croke Park's history in advance of Saturday's Investec Champions Cup semi-final at the Dublin GAA venue.
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From John Hayes' tears against England in 2007, to Johnny Sexton celebrating in the face of Ronan O'Gara during that, there were some famous chapters of Irish rugby history written during a short stay on the other side of the city. “I’ve been in the stands plenty of times for some good days as well as plenty of bad ones," said Caelan Doris, whose home county of" message to us was it magnifies your performance whether it is a good one or a bad one.
"We talked about a crowd will only come alive on the back of a performance and we can’t rely on a performance just coming on the back of 82,000 people showing up," said Dan Sheehan. With Leinster having reinvested those savings into the remainder of their playing squad and coaching staff, there have been calls from elsewhere around the island that more should be done to help the other three provinces bridge the gap.
Ireland centre Robbie Henshaw previously called Leinster's pursuit of a fifth Champions Cup title an "obsession", and there is already a sense around this generation of players of if not now, when?
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