Victor Vito got an insight into Stuart Lancaster's thinking when they talked together over Zoom during the pandemic.
And former All Black Vito admits he took the senior Leinster coach's advice on board in terms of building the sort of environment at La Rochelle that the province had already established.
Ironically, that new environment at the Top 14 club helped them to get over the line against Leinster in last year's Champions Cup semi-final - and the clubs meet again on Saturday, in the tournament decider.
