Leinster head coach Matt O'Connor has responded to Rob Penney's comment that Munster would be playing "Six Nations champs" at the Aviva this Saturday, by saying that it was "a bit of banter", and will have more of an impact on Penney's Irish internationals than the Leinster players.
"I think Paul O'Connell, Conor Murray and Peter O'Mahony will be quite disappointed with that statement," he said.
"But it's a bit of banter, isn't it? It's not a biggie. It's not motivating us. We know that we have to be really, really good, and that's the bottom line.
"We rarely have an issue making sure we bring the passion and intensity to the contest. That's probably down the list of priorities.
"This Leinster team, over a period of time, have always demonstrated that level of passion and that level of desire to play for each other, so that won't be the focus.
"The detail, and trying to get the things that we can control right is really, really important, because if you don't get those right against Munster, they will strangle you and they will win the game.
"It's about us delivering on what we need to deliver on and making sure we don't give them easy passage into the game, and about making sure we are very good at doing what we want to do in the game."
The teams were announced earlier today. You can see them here.
