Leinster coach Michael Cheika was satisfied with his side's 33-3 victory over Castres, despite missing out on a bonus point.
Leinster miss out on bonus point
Leinster coach Michael Cheika was satisfied after his side secured a 33-3 victory over Castres in Pool Two of the Heineken Cup.
Cheika was pleased to get the win and brushed aside any talk of disappointment at Leinster missing out on a bonus point.
"The minute I get disappointed with winning, I've got a problem as a coach," said Cheika.
"That is not the message you want to give to your players. You have to try to perfect your technique under pressure."
The Irish province led 9-0 at half-time courtesy of three Jonathan Sexton penalties, but both Shane Horgan and Luke Fitzgerald knocked on with the line at their mercy.
Missed chances
"There is a technique to passing and we didn't pass very well today in a lot of circumstances," added Cheika.
"In a very simplistic form, it cost us getting an extra try. I think we passed very poorly. There were some opportunities we created that needed a better pass out in front, a couple of balls went to ground and just finishing a little better, accuracy in that area.
"We know we could have made more of some of our opportunities. We dominated the possession and the game and sometimes it just didn't happen."
An unexpected bonus point against Wasps last time out has Leinster favourites to progress from Pool Two, but Cheika knows to be cautious ahead of next week's trip to Castres.
After comprehensively beating Bourgoin at home in the 2005-06 tournament, they lost the away game.
Expectation
"One thing we have tried to do this season is to take every match as a final," admitted Cheika.
"No matter what happened today, extra point or not, we have to go down there and win next week. People maybe expected this while they didn't really expect the Wasps one."
Castres sit in the relegation zone in the French Championship and forwards coach Jeremy Davidson says the emphasis for the club is staying in the top flight.
"Our main focus is the championship but we will look to build into the Perpignan game before Christmas. We won't want to go into the Perpignan game with a defeat," he said.
