The Saracens stalwart, who is retiring at the end of the current campaign, helped his side inch closer to another Heineken Champions Cup trophy with that dramatic win in Dublin, leaving a mouth-watering last four clash against Racing 92 in Paris next weekend.

The defending champions caused a shock in the quarter-finals, inflicting defeat on PRO14 champions Leinster – who had won their last 25 games since defeat in last year’s Heineken Champions Cup final, again to Saracens.

But the former England International warned his teammates that they must overcome the emotional high of Saturday’s victory, and shift their focus to the oncoming challenge that is Racing 92 – who beat ASM Clermont Auvergne 36-27 in a thrilling all-French affair on Saturday evening.

“It was a special victory given who we were facing, but ultimately it is no more than any other quarter-final win,” Wigglesworth said to The Guardian.

“We are going to have to come down, relax and then go again. We know what level of emotion and intensity we need to bring.”

The semi-final will be the third meeting of the two sides in this season’s competition, with the French side victorious 30-10 in November before Saracens earned revenge in their second meeting in an enthralling 27-24 triumph, securing the English side’s spot in the last eight.

Saracens scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth has described his side’s 25-17 win over Leinster Rugby in last weekend’s Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals as “a special victory”.