Pollock out to prove his pint on the Aviva pitch

HENRY Pollock was on an all-day bender the last time he went to a Champions Cup semi-final in Dublin.

- BY NEIL MCLEMAN

Today he is on a different sort of mission - to make the final.

Man-of-the-moment Pollock lines up for Northampton as they take on four-time tournament winners and hot favourites Leinster at the Aviva Stadium.

Twelve months ago, the backrower was not in Saints matchday 23 when they headed to face the same opponents in the last four at Croke Park in the Irish capital.