Penny for Leo Cullen's thoughts when Manie Libbok was lining up that conversion.
The Stormers out-half had La Rochelle's Champions Cup destiny on the instep of his right foot.
At that point, of course, Leinster hadn't beaten Leicester - that would come later in the evening - but given the history between Ronan O'Gara and Cullen's sides over the last four seasons, he could be forgiven for getting slightly ahead of himself.
"Eh, I thought it looked quite windy, so there was a chance he was going to miss," said Cullen with the broadest of smiles.
The Springbok, who missed two kicks when Ireland beat South Africa at the World Cup, hit it high and well wide, Will Skelton's raised fist under the posts the signal that La Rochelle had survived.
Having trailed 16-0 with 31 minutes left, they scraped through 22-21.
While Jamison Gibson-Park was near perfect in Saturday night's 36-22 win, Leinster laboured for spells and passed up numerous opportunities to kill the game off.
So it was refreshing to see Cullen concede the possibility that a then-potential rematch against their nemesis, which will take place on Saturday at 5.30pm at the Aviva Stadium, may have affected his squad.
"I don't know, it’s hard to be inside the mind of a player, but yeah, I don’t know," he said.
"Eight o’clock kick-off, sitting around watching games all day, the narrative, people talking as if you just have to turn up and Leicester are going to roll over – that is never going to be the case, was it?"
Asked how much better he feels his side will have to be to earn a first knock-out win over Stade Rochelais, he said: "You tell me! A bit probably!
"It depends how they well they play.
"The main thing is just to control what we can and that’s prepare well now. Prepare well for another 80-minute game.
"Some good, some bad today [against Tigers]. We will need lots of good next week, I would imagine, but it’s a great challenge, isn’t it?
"I watched a bit of their game. The Stormers obviously built a decent lead, but [La Rochelle] showed good composure. They are a pretty street-wise team. They know when to kill the game at different stages.
"We need to have a new plan and be ready for the challenge next week. We have seen plenty of each other over the last couple of seasons.
"It’s an amazing challenge, hopefully it will be a great occasion here next Saturday."
While they lost their previous three play-off games: a semi-final in 2021 and consecutive finals in 2022 and 2023, Leinster eventually picked up a win last December when they went to France and claimed a 16-9 victory in a match played in difficult conditions.
"I don’t think you can really compare," said the head coach when asked what they can take from that achievement.
"It’s on the day. The same the previous days, there was very little between the teams.
"We had leads in both of those finals, which we weren’t able to hold on to, but that is some game-management and young players have been through that experience.
"Players are two years on now and they have had that experience and playing with Ireland during the Six Nations or the World Cup. It’s just making sure everyone adds their bit to the mix.
"It will be on the day with two sets of incredibly motivated players doing the best for their clubs and wanting to put on a big performance.
"It’s great that there is lots of intrigue around the battle. They’ll be saying all the good things they try to do and we will try to play to our strengths as well. We’ll have a good exchange hopefully."
He did, however, concede that the jeopardy involved in next weekend's clash gives it a different dynamic.
"It’s pressure rugby, isn’t it?" said the 46-year-old, who took charge in 2015.
"That’s why everyone does the grind they do, to get to this point, and playing big stadiums and leaving it all out there.
"It’s trying to manage that [feeling of] just having to turn up [against Leicester] and how motivated a team we were up against.
"It was bloody tough work out there. This week I don’t think anyone is going to be having those conversations, are they?
"Because you have a repeat of the final from the two previous seasons and two games that went right down to the wire, which didn’t go our way.
"If we manage things slightly differently maybe it is within our control but you have to give it to the opposition as well; hugely resourced team and they recruit from all around the globe.
"You see the quality of players they have and we need to be focused on what that involves.
"That’s what you want, isn’t it? You want to be up against the top teams.
"We’re at home in a big game against the reigning champions and it’s a massively exciting challenge. Get the juices flowing."
Watch Leinster v La Rochelle in the Investec Champions Cup quarter-finals on Saturday from 5pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app and listen to updates on Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1
