Joe Schmidt was full of praise for his Leinster side after they clinched a place in the last eight of the Heineken Cup.
Glasgow aiming to finish with a flourish away at the Rec
Leinster head coach Joe Schmidt has called on his team to "roll up their sleeves" and win the Heineken Cup again after they clinched their place in the last eight.
The reigning champions reached the knockout stages with a game to spare thanks to a hard-fought 23-16 triumph away at Glasgow Warriors.
The Dublin side are seeking to become just the second team after Leicester in 2002 to successfully defend the European title, though their boss knows how tough that task will be.
"We were just one of 24 contenders. After next weekend there will be eight contenders," Schmidt said.
"We're delighted to be one of those eight. As far as defending, it's not just defending the Heineken Cup. You've got to roll up your sleeves and go out and win it again."
Leinster are yet to be beaten in this season's competition, following up an opening-weekend draw in Montpellier with four successive victories.
They cannot now be overhauled at the top of Pool Three after tries from Rob Kearney and Isaac Boss in the second half proved enough at Firhill on Sunday.
Jonathan Sexton kicked one penalty and Fergus McFadden two penalties and two conversions, with the visitors surviving at the death after flanker Sean O'Brien was sin-binned four minutes from time.
Delighted
Schmidt added: "I'm delighted to get the result today. I know there were imperfections in the performance and I know my players have gone on record saying I'm always fussy.
"I don't really care about the imperfections today. I just think you deserve to be proud of what you did.
"You deserved to get the four points and we'll come away from this, glue ourselves back together in six days' time and front up at the RDS in front of a full stadium and try to chase that home quarter-final that we really, really want."
Ireland fly-half Sexton deferred kicking duties to McFadden due to an ankle knock, but was instrumental nonetheless, his cross-kick fielded by Kearney for a score early in the second half which turned the game in Leinster's favour.
The Warriors, who earned a losing bonus point, were always within striking distance, Duncan Weir kicking 11 points. However, replacement Colin Gregor's try turned out to be no more than a consolation effort.
The Warriors will now round out the group stages with a trip to Bath knowing victory is a must if they are to qualify for this season's Amlin Challenge Cup.
Head coach Sean Lineen said: "Leinster are not the Heineken Cup champions for nothing. I thought we stood toe-to-toe with them for long periods of the game.
"One bit of class from Kearney, try. We had two guys there, but he got the ball. That's just class."
On next week's clash at The Rec, Lineen added: "We've got to make sure we go down there with the right mindset because Bath are a very good team.
"It's out of our control now. There are a couple of things that have to happen in a couple of the other groups for us to be involved in the Amlin."
