European club rugby's two most successful teams will meet in the Champions Cup final for the first time when Toulouse take on Leinster in London on Saturday.
European club rugby’s two most successful teams will meet in the Champions Cup final for the first time when Toulouse take on Leinster in London on Saturday.
Both teams are full of world-class talent for the clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Toulouse boasting France stars Antoine Dupont, Romain Ntamack, Thomas Ramos and Cyril Baille. Leinster are bidding to avoid an unwanted treble, having lost the past two Champions Cup finals to La Rochelle, the first by three points after conceding in the final moments in Marseille.
But Ireland great Brian O’Driscoll believes Leinster are a more hardened outfit now that South Africa’s World Cup-winning coach Jacques Nienaber is a member of his old club’s backroom staff. Ross Byrne, Sexton’s successor in the Leinster No 10 shirt, was off target with several goal-kicks that would have put the Northampton result beyond doubt.
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