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Published 22:31 21 Apr 2018 BST
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Sexton and Leinster are off to Bilbao and they will toast their success before many of them tune in for the second semi-final between Munster and Racing 92 in Bordeaux.
Following the match, Sexton was asked which of the two sides - one a former team and the other Leinster's main interprovincial rival - he would like to face in the final.
"Do you expect me to answer that?!" he responded.
"I'll just give whoever [I don't mention] their team-talk now. "No, look, they are both quality teams. No matter who plays against us, it's going to be a very tough game. Racing were champions a couple of years ago in France. "If we play against Munster it will be a very special occasion and game for all of us. Racing, that's probably more so for me than the rest of us but it is going to be a tough game no matter who it is."Scarlets lock Tadhg Beirne was also asked if he had a preference for the clash in Bordeaux. Despite the fact that he is Munster-bound in the summer, Beirne was honest enough to admit he did not care who won either way. "I'm still a Scarlets player," he said, "and will be until the end of the season. We have a few weeks to go yet."
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