European finals weekend - May 2022

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European finals weekend - May 2022

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It's the Challenge Cup final on Friday evening and here are the teams:

Jordan Taufua captains Lyon who also have the ever-improving Joel Kpoku in the second row. Of note in the Toulon side are live-wire wingers Cheslyn Kolbe and Gabin Villière who must be among the quickest and most elusive wingers in world rugby at the moment, Eben Etzebeth and former France captain Charles Ollivon. The Argentine Fecundo Isa is on the bench. Toulon are still in with a chance of making the Top14 play-offs and few would bet against them winning tomorrow night in Marseille.

Lyon : 15. Arnold ; 14. Tuisova, 13. Barassi, 12. Ngatai, 11. Niniashvili ; 10. Berdeu, 9. Couilloud, 7. Sobela, 8. Taufua (cap.), 6. Cretin ; 5. R.Taofifenua, 4. Kpoku ; 3. Bamba, 2. Marchand, 1. S.Taofifenua.

Remplaçants : 16. Ivaldi, 17. Kaabèche, 18. Gomez-Kodela, 19. Lambey, 20. Goujon, 21. Fainga’a, 22. Doussain, 23. Mignot.


Toulon : 15. Luc ; 14. Kolbe, 13. Hériteau, 12. Paia’aua, 11. Villière ; 10. Carbonel, 9. Serin ; 7. Ollivon (cap.), 8. Parisse, 6. Du Preez ; 5. Alainu’uese, 4. Etzebeth ; 3. Gigashvili, 2. Tolofua, 1. Gros.

Remplaçants : 16. Étrillard, 17. Devaux, 18. Setiano, 19. Rebbadj, 20. Smaïli, 21. Blanc, 22. Wainiqolo, 23. Isa.

The teams for Saturday's final will be announced at midday tomorrow.
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Not bad is it give Parisse 50 minutes then bring Isa on. Certainly made a huge impact against Sarries
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Champions' Cup teams:

Stade rochelais : 15. Dulin; 14. Leyds, 13. Sinzelle, 12. Danty, 11. Rhule ; 10. West, 9. Berjon, 7. Haddad, 8. Alldritt (cap.), 6. Liebenberg ; 5. Skelton, 4. Lavault ; 3. Atonio, 2. Bourgarit, 1. Priso

Remplaçants : 16. Bosch, 17. Wardi, 18. Sclavi, 19. Sazy, 20. Bourdeau, 21. Retière, 22. Botia, 23. Favre.

Leinster : 15. Keenan ; 14. O'Brien, 13. Ringrose, 12. Henshaw, 11. Lowe ; 10. Sexton (cap.), 9. Gibson-Park ; 8. Conan, 7. Van der Flier, 6. Doris ; 5. Ryan, 4. Molony ; 3. Furlong, 2. Kelleher, 1. Porter.

Les remplaçants : 16. Sheehan, 17. Healy, 18. Ala'alatoa, 19. McCarthy, 20. Ruddock, 21. McGrath, 22. Byrne, 23. Frawley,

Will Skelton is back in the 2nd row for La Rochelle and Brice Dulin is at fullback, but first choice scrum half Kerr-Barlow is out with a broken hand.
Leinster are, of course, at full strength for their priority competition. The URC they'll probably win with their 2nd string side!
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Got to fancy Ireland just,but I'm rooting for La Rochelle
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What a horrendous error at the end of that half. Awful mistake at this level.
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Lots of errors; some good stuff, some quick backs but very curate's egg.
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Shockingly bad. Lyon may rue that mistake
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TigerFeetSteve wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 8:57 pm Shockingly bad. Lyon may rue that mistake
Yep agreed. Especially as that was their 3rd try that was (rightly) ruled out but what a shocker!!

Taufua looks up for this!
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TigerFeetSteve wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 8:57 pm Shockingly bad. Lyon may rue that mistake
Sadly, I'm convinced they will. No way Toulon will be that bad again in the second half
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Yellow card and penalty try for Lyon. 17-7 now to Lyon
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What a try by Lyon.. fantastic! 2 tries in 2 minutes and now it’s 24-7 and they are a man up for another 7 minutes
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Lyon player in trouble now for late tackle.. just a penalty for me
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Awful scenes, eben etzebeth with an awful clear out.
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Bge3095 wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 9:54 pm Awful scenes, eben etzebeth with an awful clear out.
Very cheap shot. French TV do not show all the angles and he gets away with it. Will the play he hit get away with only a headache tomorrow though?
Error filled but entertaining game for the neutral.
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Bge3095 wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 9:54 pm Awful scenes, eben etzebeth with an awful clear out.
Shocking.. gets dumped on his ass by a great tackle then goes flying in to clear out moments later to get his own back and is lucky they didn’t have a good angle on that one. Terrible sportsmanship and deserved to see red
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