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Leinster 'completely different' for final - Cullen

Leo Cullen watches his side warm up at Kingspan StadiumInpho

Leinster have lost three Champions Cup finals since last getting their hands on the trophy

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen believes his side are a very different team to the one that lost Champions Cup finals to La Rochelle in each of the past two seasons.

The Irish province have won European club rugby's top prize on four occasions, but their most recent triumph came back in 2018.

They have lost three finals since then, those La Rochelle reverses and defeat by Saracens in 2019, but will look to halt that unwanted run in showpiece deciders when they meet Toulouse at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.

"We're always doing things slightly differently, you need to keep evolving," he said, after a rotated Leinster side lost to Ulster in the United Rugby Championship (URC) last weekend.

Cullen has Springbok World Cup winner Jacques Nienaber on his staff this season and cites the South African's new defensive system as one major change.

He added: "We've made some pretty drastic changes from last year, in particular with regards to how we defend.

"Delivering that kind of defensive performance on a big day against a really good attacking team, that is probably number one on the agenda this week.

"Our game is completely different to what it would have been this time last year.

"It's two good teams, two strong traditions in the competition. Hopefully it'll be a great contest."

No player who started the semi-final victory over Northampton for Leinster also started the loss to Ulster in Belfast, a defeat that saw them drop to third in the URC, but Cullen was able to give valuable minutes to Irish internationals James Ryan and Hugo Keenan on their returns from injury.

Toulouse also rotated heavily in their last league game before the final, beating relegation-threatened Montpellier in the Top 14, and Cullen defended the selection policy despite a 23-21 derby defeat that could see them have to travel in the later rounds of the URC play-offs.

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