FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - European Champions Cup Final - La Rochelle v Toulouse - Twickenham Stadium, London, Britain - May 22, 2021 La Rochelle players look dejected as they walk off the pitch after the match Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs
(Reuters) - Leinster go into Saturday's Champions Cup final on the back of a hugely impressive European campaign but they know that to win a record-equalling fifth title they will have to withstand, then find a way around, the extraordinary power of La Rochelle.
Leinster, not far off the Irish national team but in blue instead of green, are certainly no lightweights and showed in their knockout wins over Toulouse and, particularly, Leicester that they can deal with immense physicality.
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