The Lions' dream URC season has already delivered a first-ever playoff qualification, but Saturday's trip to face Leinster at home carries weight beyond the standings. Morné van den Berg frames it plainly — winning in Dublin would be "massive" — and the piece argues it would do more than collect three log points. For a group that has historically folded in the final weeks, beating the defending champions on their own patch would be concrete proof that their game travels and that they belong in the playoff conversation. The Lions sit a place above Leinster on the log, their attacking game dismantled Glasgow 50-odd points earlier in the season, and they pushed Leinster closer than the 24-6 scoreline suggested last year. A Leinster side potentially carrying a Champions Cup hangover offers a window — but the piece is clear-eyed that few teams leave Dublin with anything.