"Sale are an unbelievably physical team, aren't they? They've got guys that love whacking into things and they've got half-backs that are very efficient in terms of playing a territory game."
"It was a great group effort over the two knockout games, it is great to be in the semi-final in Europe," said Leo Cullen.
And wondered whether Irish rugby is getting remarkable benefit from this group's varied skills, Tennis to GAA to Eventing and more...
Redundancies at Munster point to IRFU's €8m-plus, 35 central contracts, women's rugby plan under scrutiny
The Erin King captained side has the tournament's toughest task first-up
Leinster search for a first European Champions Cup trophy since 2018 continues
"I thought six tries was really good," said coach Richie Murphy afterwards
Stuart Lancaster's squad are facing a tough challenge
Ulster make three changes as they look to make a semi-final against either Benetton or Exeter
“It’s as close to international rugby as you can get. They’re one-off games. Teams tend to hit a little harder, and the ball is in play for longer."
La Rochelle put 19 year-old wonderkid Diego Jurd in at no10 - it's only his ninth game for the club
Second-row Sam Monaghan and scrum-half Aoibheann Reilly ruled out through injury.
“I love mauling," he says with a grin as wide as the child having jumped headfirst into the muddy puddle. "Always have!
"They're crazy enough looking wigs, it's a bit different though, it looks a bit more like a woman's hair, it's a bit longer."
"The last couple of years, I think we've only won two games in the Six Nations and it didn't feel right."
The are six potential home semi-finalists depending on quarter-final outcomes
"There was never any panic even when they had another breakaway try"
"We got punished terms of scoreboard but we didn't get punished in terms of the end result so I haven't quite seen a game like that before."
Bring on Ronan O'Gara and La Rochelle in the quarter-final next week in Belfast
"You can't just keep leaning towards the coaches to fix up."
"You haven't seen the last of us yet," says the coach ahead of the games with Benetton, Ulster, Connacht and Lions
"We are doing things in lots of different ways, for sure at this season."
The general target is 48/49 points. Munster have 41 points albeit with a poor points-difference.
Edinburgh score four first-half touchdown and the first second try in 'freakish' game
Leinster got the better of Edinburgh - eventually.
"We were here in Dublin not that long ago and they're a winning at half time against us..."
Why not? James Ryan's great-grandfather was treating James Connolly wounds in the GPO all weekend
Leinster's search for a fifth Champions Cup star begins in earnest
First quarter Feyi-Waboso and Slade tries sees Munster thirty-points down at half-time
The season had started so promisingly for Clayton McMillan’s side, but it is now threatening to end in a whimper