Robbie Henshaw warns that Leinster's massive effort to reach the Champions Cup semis must be bettered if the province are to secure the European crown for a fifth time.
The Blues saw off defending champions Exeter Chiefs at their Sandy Park fortress, overcoming a dreadful start and a 14-0 deficit after eight minutes to record a big 34-22 victory.
Johnny Sexton failed another HIA that he underwent just before the half hour mark but his replacement Ross Byrne steered the province into the last four, where Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle are awaiting.
The draw takes place tomorrow evening.
“We know it’s going to be a huge effort from all the squad," said Henshaw, who won the man of the match award and was one of a number of top performers for Leinster.
"We’ll have a look at the other games now but all the teams in the quarters are all top-class outfits.
"And we need to back that performance up going into the semis and do even better if we are to get even to the final.
"So we’ll take it one step at a time and build from there."
Henshaw has been in the form of his life in recent weeks and months and produced a big defensive effort on this occasion
“We knew from the start of the week it was going to take a massive squad effort, coming to the champions’ home patch and taking them on upfront," he told BT Sport.
"Fair play to Exeter, they showed their class in those first 10 minutes when we were 14-0 down so we knew it was going to take a valiant effort.”
"I think that’s up there with the toughest game we’ve played all year. It was near international standard and certainly our defence was put under huge stress by Exeter.
"And fair play, for our forward pack they rolled their sleeves up and muscled up towards the end of the game and really helped us get over the line.”
