Leinster have sold an Irish record number of tickets for a Heineken Cup Pool match in Ireland - sales for their Round 4 clash with ASM Clermont Auvergne at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday (5.45 pm) already through the 41,000 barrier.
It beats the current Irish record of 26,000 that Munster regularly get at Thomond Park and easily eclipses the old Leinster high of 23,463 who were at the 2009 champions' match against Cardiff Blues at Lansdowne Road in the 2003 / 2004 tournament.
Advanced sales for Saturday's key Pool 2 contest - the 996th Pool match played - make it set to be the fourth best attended Heineken Cup Pool match in the 16 seasons of the tournament.
Leinster have already been involved in a Pool match this season that attracted almost 46,000 fans to Wembley Stadium to see their Round 2 clash with Saracens and they could end up with around 90,000 going through the turnstiles at Wembley and the Aviva to see the Irish province in just two of their group stage matches in the same season.
TOP HEINEKEN CUP POOL MATCH ATTENDANCES
76,569 - STADE FRANÇAIS PARIS v Harlequins - Rd 3 2008/09 (Stade de France)
45,892 - SARACENS v Leinster - Rd 2 2010/11 (Wembley)
44,112 - STADE FRANÇAIS PARIS v Sale Sharks - Rd 3 2006/07 (Parc des Princes)
37,323 - LONDON IRISH v Leinster - Rd 6 2009/10 (Twickenham)