Leo Cullen agrees his Leinster side attempted to protect their lead as they held on to beat Northampton in the Investec Cup semi-final.
Leinster head coach Leo Cullen said it was "human nature" that his side tried to protect a lead in their 20-17 Investec Champions Cup semi-final victory over Northampton.
"The score goes to 20-3 pretty early in the second half, and then I suppose there's a human nature part to it," Cullen said.Leinster had been dominant against the Premiership leaders in the first half, with Cullen adding that credit must go to Northampton for coming into the game after the turn."Can you try and push on at that stage? We maybe struggled with that a little bit, but credit to Northampton as well. They dug in well defensively and made life tough for us.
"The most important thing is that you get over the line, and we managed to get over the line thankfully."Leinster came into the game having rested their starting side for the two United Rugby Championship games in South Africa last month.
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