Champions Cup final thread

1. Clear arm around JdF neck as he is carried over the line. Peno Leinster.
2. Ball ripped. McCarthy over the line. Try time.
3. Sheehan over the ball. Looks at Carley with a 'WTF do u want me to get the JCB out as well' expression on his face.
4. Very not sure saw a glimpse on replay. Looks like Kinghorne led with a elbow in a dangerous position with Frawley flying in just prior to tls try. TMO
5. Just before the scrum peno to level in normal time. Ntamack knocks on tries to regather and fails. leinster ruck through. Whilst on the ground Ntamack plays the ball on the ground. Carley only gives scrum. Peno.
6. Sheehan makes a break. 5 yards from line. As he is falling Dupont has his hands on Sheehans back. Clear tackle assist. Peno.
7. Intentional or not. Slap or not. 1st half Sheehan pass inside. Peno and possible yellow.

Carley has a lot of questions to answer. Definitely affected the result.

Leinster not having the star power to complete with top teams? Just trash talk tbh. 

Yeah. Toulouse just look faster, stronger and more skilled. Leinster are well coached, well conditioned athletes, but Toulouse are just better rugby players who know how to win big games. Guys like Ross Byrne and Caelan Doris wouldn't even get academy contracts at Toulouse.

I tend to 'make my day' on useful purposes. Life is far too short for 'despise' and hatred.

Would you have felt the same if a blue jersey lifted the trophy yestersday?

A few from yesterday's game, with ball in hand Toulouse stressed Leinster more than the other way round. On a few occasions where the Leinster defense had totally slowed Toulouse attacks to where they were going nowhere Dupont played a brilliant kick to re energize his team.

Larmour regathered a couple of kick chases in a row, which swung momentum Leinster's way, but in the second half of extra time the same type of kicks were being gobbled up by Toulouse, giving them the momentum.

Leinster's continual kick to the corner and maul looked like shocking decision making. Fine, if you kick you're three points you're back receiving in your own 22 and start again, but going to the maul each time? that seemed to double down on daft.

Finally Leinster are looking like a team with a very moderate backline. They score lots of tries throughout the season, but that's generally on the back of forward dominance. They don't appear to have any strike moves anymore. Ross Byrne did some very good things yesterday, but he simply cannot run. Where he is completely lost is in broken play, his ability to turn or adjust his feet is really poor.

Leinster not addressing their outhalf issue for so long is amazing. Sexton was so good to run the ball, with Leinster and Ireland there were pods and shielded passes, links and loops, all the time keeping opposition defenders fixed and stressed, yesterday the two centres running into contract and Leinster struggling to retain possession. A few times Leinster moved the ball across the field they hardly ever looked capable of finding a gap.

I suspect in their post mortem the breakdown and the inability to create quick ball from it will be the biggest issue. When Toulouse slowed stopped Leinster attacks Leinster looked one paced, when Leinster slowed stopped Toulouse attacks Dupont did something special. He really was amazing.

Now connacht to win in Dublin on Friday.

All of the Dupont/Gibson-Park comparisons pre-game look a bit silly now

I dont think there would be many Toulouse fans complaining about the formation of rucks this morning

Leinster/Ireland players are too soft. Do not play enough rugby. Wrapped up in cotton wool. Not used of playing under pressure which leads to stupid mistakes. Doris world cup knock on,stupid penalty yesterday as examples

Toulouse playing cup final rugby, Leinster going for bonus points. Unbelievable decisions to go for the corner. Go for the corner when you 8 points plus up.

How many weeks on the Heiners now for the boys after this match?

100%.. What I was getting at in an earlier post. They'll play pretty much the same way against zebre as they did against Toulouse. No apparent understanding of the level of the opposition or the stage being played on.

If they're kicking even 80% of the pens on offer they'd be racheting up a nice points tally.

Also what is the point of having Byrne at 10 if your main game plan isn't going to revolve around kicking points. He offers nothing in general play and frawley should be starting if the plan is to go for tries.