Leinster travel to the Scottish capital for their Pool 2 opener against Edinburgh on Saturday knowing they have to lay their Murrayfield bogey.
They have lost on their last four visits to the home of Scottish rugby and have won just one of their last seven contests at what has become a graveyard for the Irish province.
That sole beacon of light for Leinster was a 31-8 Magners League victory way back on 26 May, 2006, and the losing run includes Heineken Cup defeats in the 2006/07 and 2007/08 tournaments when they went down 25-24 and 29-10 respectively as they go head-to-head for a third successive Heineken Cup campaign.
"The Leinster players, just like those in the other 23 teams, are really pumped up for the Heineken Cup and at the moment all the teams are level with everything to play for," said Leinster captain and international local Leo Cullen.
"The draw means we have to start at Murrayfield and we know only too well just what a poor record we have at the ground so the guys are really going to have to front up. It really is going to be a tough test for us but we have to start righting that Murrayfield record.
"It obviously has not been a happy hunting ground for us for a number of seasons and there will certainly be no complacency going into the game.
"Edinburgh have produced some impressive results under coach Andy Robinson, they have added quality players to their squad and it is going to be a challenging start for us.
"On top of that we are in a tough Pool that also includes past double winners London Wasps and Castres Olympique and the standard of the tournament gets better and better - as well as harder and harder to win."
The 18-0 home defeat at the hands of Munster in the big Irish bragging rights showdown at a packed RDS last Sunday night hit Leinster hard but Cullen believes it could turn out to be "a good wake up call for us - though to be nilled at home is not a nice feeling.
"I believe all the Irish provinces have moved on in recent seasons but now it is time for Leinster to produce the performances to match the off-the-field developments.
"We did win the Magners League title last season but we appreciate that to be seen as a really big club we have to work hard to consistently hit those heights."
And Leinster have done some big name recruiting themselves, in particular up front with Springbok prop CJ van der Linde and Wallaby back row forward Rocky Elsom added to the squad, as they bid to match Irish rivals Munster (2006 and 2008) and Ulster Rugby (1999) in being the third province to be crowned kings of Europe.
"It is very hard for players to fully integrate themselves when they join a new club during the season - like getting used to different systems and so on - and it may take a couple of weeks before they will be fully up to speed. But CJ and Rocky are both very talented players and they will certainly add a lot to the squad."
