Champions' Cup Final
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Champions' Cup Final
Toulouse v Leinster 25th May 16h45.
Here are the teams:
Toulouse : 15. Kinghorn ; 14. Mallia, 13. Costes, 12. Ahki, 11. Lebel ; 10. Ntamack, 9. Dupont (cap.) ; 7. Willis, 8. Roumat, 6. Cros ; 5. Meafou, 4. Flament ; 3. Aldegheri, 2. Mauvaka, 1. Baille.
Replacements : 16. Marchand, 17. Neti, 18. Merkler, 19. Arnold, 20. Brennan, 21. Graou, 22. Chocobares, 23. Ramos.
Blair Kinghorn getting the nod over Ramos is noteworthy, although his goal-kicking has been good of late. Jack Willis is in tremendous form, which I hope he'll bring to the game tomorrow. I like the look of the Toulouse pack , the back row particularly, and will be looking to them to get the upper hand - just!
Leinster : 15. Keenan ; 14. Larmour, 13. Henshaw, 12. Osborne, 11. Lowe ; 10. Byrne, 9. Gibson-Park ; 7. Connors, 8. Doris (cap.), 6. Baird ; 5. Jenkins, 4. McCarthy ; 3. Furlong, 2. Sheehan, 1. Porter.
Replacements: 16. Kelleher, 17. Healy, 18. Ala’alatoa, 19. Ryan, 20. Conan, 21. McGrath, 22. Frawley, 23. van der Flier.
The strong Leinster bench could be key if it's close in the second half.
Matthew Carley is the ref with Karl Dickson and Andrea Pardi the touch judges. Ian Tempest as TMO.
Here are the teams:
Toulouse : 15. Kinghorn ; 14. Mallia, 13. Costes, 12. Ahki, 11. Lebel ; 10. Ntamack, 9. Dupont (cap.) ; 7. Willis, 8. Roumat, 6. Cros ; 5. Meafou, 4. Flament ; 3. Aldegheri, 2. Mauvaka, 1. Baille.
Replacements : 16. Marchand, 17. Neti, 18. Merkler, 19. Arnold, 20. Brennan, 21. Graou, 22. Chocobares, 23. Ramos.
Blair Kinghorn getting the nod over Ramos is noteworthy, although his goal-kicking has been good of late. Jack Willis is in tremendous form, which I hope he'll bring to the game tomorrow. I like the look of the Toulouse pack , the back row particularly, and will be looking to them to get the upper hand - just!
Leinster : 15. Keenan ; 14. Larmour, 13. Henshaw, 12. Osborne, 11. Lowe ; 10. Byrne, 9. Gibson-Park ; 7. Connors, 8. Doris (cap.), 6. Baird ; 5. Jenkins, 4. McCarthy ; 3. Furlong, 2. Sheehan, 1. Porter.
Replacements: 16. Kelleher, 17. Healy, 18. Ala’alatoa, 19. Ryan, 20. Conan, 21. McGrath, 22. Frawley, 23. van der Flier.
The strong Leinster bench could be key if it's close in the second half.
Matthew Carley is the ref with Karl Dickson and Andrea Pardi the touch judges. Ian Tempest as TMO.
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Agreed, Robespierre, enthralling prospect.
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Leinster going 6/2 split on the bench interesting Van de Flier not starting, would have thought you’d risk him even if not fully fit.
Toulouse to win by 5 for me
Toulouse to win by 5 for me
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Don’t you just love to hear the sound of disgruntled Leinster supporters!
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Is it just me or does that red card seem really harsh? He's bound onto the ruck, he's low to the ground and the opposition player moves just before contact. Rugby incident?
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I would say it was a rugby incident but I'm not surprised it was a redsam16111986 wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 5:11 pm Is it just me or does that red card seem really harsh? He's bound onto the ruck, he's low to the ground and the opposition player moves just before contact. Rugby incident?
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I couldn’t see where the line was with respect to the ball being on the ground for that Leinster try so I don’t see how it could be given
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A traversty if Leinster win this.
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SO glad to see Leinster not getting away with much this time!
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Head contact so always going to be a card. IMO enough mitigation to go down to a yellowsam16111986 wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 5:11 pm Is it just me or does that red card seem really harsh? He's bound onto the ruck, he's low to the ground and the opposition player moves just before contact. Rugby incident?
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Rugbygramps wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 5:26 pmThey compared the time code on the different shots
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Bit of a dry game for Posh Richard and I.
Delighted at that result.
Commentary team very Leinster biassed I thought.
But Oh dear, how sad, never mind!
Delighted at that result.
Commentary team very Leinster biassed I thought.
But Oh dear, how sad, never mind!
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Ironic. Almost as much as the looks on the Leinster players faces at time that Carley was daring to referee them (and they got their rub of the green too).Robespierre wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 3:31 pm Don’t you just love to hear the sound of disgruntled Leinster supporters!
I can acknowledge Leinster as a great playing side on the pitch and that individual players are very good, but there are just one or two, maybe more, that I cannot take to at all - no matter how much I say "Good player".
Brilliant result, so happy for Toulouse, (thought the red was a bit harsh) a 6* performance - maybe we'll get them next season, a difficult task but a far more enjoyable prospect IMO.
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Commentators down here were most impartial . A deserved win, although the set scrum was too vulnerable.
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