Andrew Porter insists Leinster are determined to finish their season with silverware, as they aim to park their latest Champions Cup final defeat.
The province take on the Lions at Aviva Stadium on Saturday in the quarter-final of the BKT United Rugby Championship, where a win would give Leo Cullen's side a home semi against either Stormers or Cardiff.
The Leinster squad regathered yesterday following Saturday's crushing 41-19 defeat to Bordeaux-Begles in the Champions Cup final.
And Porter admits analysing their first half performance, where they fell 35-7 behind, was a difficult task.
"It was obviously tough. Tough reviewing needs to be done," he said. "You give a team like that opportunity and they'll take it.
"There's a few times where it was just like, unlucky, a bounce of a ball, couldn't get a block down and it goes into their hands or a breakaway intercept.
"You give a team that much of a leg up, it's obviously incredibly tough to come back from."
Saturday’s loss was their fifth Champions Cup final defeat since winning the trophy in 2018, the last four of which have come against French opposition.
It’s also the sixth year in a row that the Champions Cup winners have come from the Top14.
Combined with Montpellier's 59-26 hammering of Ulster in the Challenge Cup decider, the weekend’s finals in Bilbao paint a picture of French dominance over the URC and Premiership.
Porter however doesn’t believe his side are drifting away from Europe’s best.
"I don't think so," he said. "I think it's just kind of on the day. We know how good of a team we are.
"From our team, we know we have the players to do it. It's just, the ball just didn't go our way sometimes. And there's just a few errors here and there that cost us.
"You give them a leg up, and I suppose they ran away with it really in the first half. I don't think it's we're too far off in terms of the quality," he added.
While questions will still linger over their inability to break their Champions Cup pain, a second URC title in a row would come as some consolation for the province.
It’s less than three weeks since Leinster last met Saturday’s opponents Lions in the regular season, with a 31-7 win at Aviva Stadium.
Should Leo Cullen’s side progress to the final, they may need to win away from home, with Glasgow Warriors holding the top seed in the play-off bracket.
And Porter says they will be doing everything in their power to make sure they have a trophy to lift next month.
"We're lucky that we still have something to play for. We're throwing everything into it, into this weekend. And there's still a trophy to be won.
"We're leaving no stone unturned this week. And we know it'll be a tough game, but we're ready to flip the page and we're getting excited about it already.
"There's so much to play for still this season, and big game this weekend, hopefully two more [after]. We want to have something to celebrate. That's what we're chasing. We’re chasing the URC trophy now.
"We can't reflect too long and feel sorry for ourselves. You have to turn the page and switch the mindset onto the next game.
"We know from last year how that win at the end of the season kind of put a bit of a brighter shade on the end of the year," he added.
