“Leinster Dominates Toulouse in Champions Cup Semi-Final”

Dupont: “Our indiscipline gets us out of the game”

Antoine Dupont on France 2: “The facts of the game, it is provoked, the score is very heavy today. we take too many points at the start of the match, easy points. There were a lot of errors in the 30 first minutes and after, it’s hard to come back. Our lack of discipline takes us out of the game. We already experienced this disappointment last year, we only have one objective left, we have to remobilize and tighten up to get something in June.

TOULOUSE EXCEEDED, LEINSTER IN THE FINAL!

Stade Toulousain stops in the semi-finals after a heavy defeat against Leinster (41-22)! Weighed down by Barassi’s injury, the replacement of his hinge and the yellow card at the start of the match, the Toulouse team had a little nightmare in Ireland. The Irish will meet the winner of La Rochelle-Exeter!

TOULOUSE TEST! (LEI 41-17 TOU)

At the end of the match, Toulouse scores the last try of the game in power! The transformation is missed, 41 to 22 for Leinster who go to the final!

Gibson Park man of the match (LEI 41-17 TOU)

The television announced that Gibson Park was the man of the match! Deserved for the Irish international scrum-half.

Toulouse can’t do it (LEI 41-17 TOU)

Ugo Mola is shot on the bench and feels that the match is lost! Toulouse can not chain.

HERE IS THE LEINSTER TEST THAT ENDED THIS MATCH! (LEI 41-17 TOU)

Jenkins comes to plant the winning try for Leinster in power behind his pack! Byrne adds two points, 41 to 17!

THE LEINSTER TEST THAT KNOCKS TOULOUSE! (LEI 34-14 TOU)

Ball carried from Leinster and Furlong comes to flatten in the Toulouse in-goal! It smells good for the Irish who are advancing towards the final! 34 to 17!

Video and yellow arbitration for Toulouse! (LEI 27-14 TOU)

Video arbitration and yellow card for Neti for a whim on Van der Flier!

Weather bothers both teams (LEI 27-14 TOU)

For five minutes, the two teams have been committing a lot of forwards because of the arrival of the rain!

Graou taken by the patrol (LEI 27-14 TOU)

Penalty against Toulouse after a placement fault by Graou, in an offside position on a kick from Ramos.

The rain invites itself in this half (LEI 27-14 TOU)

Parameter to watch in this meeting, the arrival of the rain above the Aviva Stadium. Will footwork be preferred?

Graou undergoes the Irish 3rd line (LEI 27-14 TOU)

It’s hard to get into this match for Paul Graou who is being manhandled by the Irish 3rd line on each ruck!

Toulouse in confidence (LEI 27-14 TOU)

Toulouse got into this second period perfectly with several attacks close to the in-goal! Ntamack goes into touch to get the test!

TOULOUSE LEAD LARGELY BY LEINSTER!

It’s the break at the Aviva Stadium! Toulouse is led 27 to 14 by Leinster in an unbridled match! Because of a yellow card from Ramos, Stade Toulousain was dented by three Irish tries! But nothing is lost, Toulouse is not sunk yet!

MEAFU FOR REVOLT TRIAL! (LEI 27-14 TOU)

Meafou allows Toulouse to react with a power test! Ramos investigates, 27 to 14!

SHEEHAN SCORES AN EXCEPTIONAL TEST! (LEI 27-7 TOU)

Exceptional 3/4 try from a brilliant hooker, a new nugget of Irish rugby! He recovers a ball on a Toulouse hand fault, takes out the canes for 30 meters and goes to flatten! In the corner, Byrne investigates, 27 to 7!

TOULOUSE WAS VERY HOT! (LEI 20-7 TOU)

It’s carnage for Toulouse with a new attack at the end of the line which ends with a try from O’Brien! He is potentially put in touch by Mallia and has not controlled the ball… NO TRY!

ANOTHER TEST FOR THE LEINSTER! (LEI 20-7 TOU)

Toulouse is pushed on each action of Leinster with Graou who is put in difficulty! Conan is found at the end of the line and comes to score the second attempt of the Irishmen! Byrne investigates, 20 to 7!

THE LEINSTER TEST! (LEI 13-7 TOU)

New penalty for the Leinstermen and this time we go into touch! It is organized well around a maul and we open with the forwards! O’Brien is taken by Graou in the end! Finally Conan is sent to the power test, Byrne investigates! 13 to 7!

Barassi goes out, injured, Ramos takes a yellow (LEI 6-7 TOU)

Injured in the left leg, Pierre Louis Barassi will give way to Paul Graou! Ntamack passes in the center, Graou in nine and Dupont in ten!

Thomas Ramos takes a yellow for a voluntary forward!

BYRNE ALLOWS LEINSTER TO COLLECT (LEI 6-7 TOU)

Penalty for Leinster after a high Toulouse tackle! We will play it pragmatic with the foot of Ross Byrne and it passes, 7 to 6!

TOULOUSE TEST! (LEI 3-7 TOU)

Here it is the Toulouse test with an achievement at the end of the line by Pita Ahki! Leinster is overtaken on its wing, Ramos investigates, 7 to 3 for Toulouse!

Big battle in the rucks (LEI 3-0 TOU)

What a fight in the ruck zones with a big clearing from Captain Ryan on Willis! It’s not joking!

BYRNE OUVRE LE SCORE ! (LEI 3-0 TOU)

Aldegheri is penalized for an offside position after a fake pass from Gibson-Park. Ross Byrne passes the first points, 3 to 0!

Crazy start to the game (LEI 0-0 TOU)

Big offensive from Toulouse which sends a lot of play! Cyril Baille touches a lot of balls but he is finally ripped off! Leinster raises and goes back 70 meters with a pass at the foot of Gibson Park!

LEINSTER-TOULOUSE KICK OFF (LEI 0-0 TOU)

And here we go for this first Champions Cup semi-final between Leinster and Toulouse! We are going to witness a duel of titans for a place in the final! Toulouse has just kicked off.

14th Toulouse-Leinster in History

It is the 14th time in the history of European competition that the two teams have faced each other.

The first confrontation between the two teams dates back to September 6, 1997 for a group match won by Stade Toulousain in Dublin (34-25). Subsequently, Dubliners and Toulouse faced each other seven times in pools (4 Toulouse wins, 3 Irish wins), then five times in the final stages with an advantage this time for Leinster (4 qualifications, 1 elimination), the last of which last season in the semi-finals at Aviva Stadium (40-17).

Despite this recurrence, the two most successful teams in the competition (5 titles for Toulouse, 4 for Leinster) have never been opposed in the final.

Merchant back, six forwards on the bench

It is a return that is important. Hit in an ankle on April 2 in the round of 16 against the Bulls, the international hooker Julien Marchand (29 caps) will return with Stade Toulousain. After missing three games (the Sharks in the quarter, Lyon and the trip to Stade Français), he will take his place on the bench on Saturday against Leinster (4 p.m.). He will thus be able to take over from the other international Peato Mauvaka and play his role, in particular on the ground game, to disrupt Leinster.

Otherwise, the Toulouse composition is the one expected. As during the qualification against the Sharks in the quarter, Flament slips into the 3rd row, alongside Cros and the Englishman Willis. It is also the same starting fifteen as for this match. Barassi will accompany Pita Akhi in the center. On the bench, six forwards take their place and among the two three-quarters, Paul Graou and Arthur Retière, also recovered from his knee injury against Lyon, will cover several positions.

The Toulouse composition with Marchand!

Ramos – Mallia, Barassi, Ahki, Lebel – R. Ntamack (o), Dupont (m, cap) – Flament, Cros, Willis – Meafou, Arnold – Aldegheri, Mauvaka, Baille

Replacements: Marchand, Neti, Ainu’u, Roumat, Elstadt, Placines, Graou, Retière

The composition of Leinster without Sexton, Lowe and Henshaw!

On the Leinster side, the surprise comes from the tenure of former Lyonnais Charlie Ngatai, the first since January 7 in place of Henshaw forfeit. Larmour replaces Lowe with a calf injury. The hinge will consist of Byrne and Gibson-Park. The best player in the world 2022 Josh Van der Flier is present in the 3rd line with the Irish internationals Doris and Conan.

Keenan- Larmour, Ringrose, Ngatai, O’Brien – R. Byrne (o), Gibson-Park (m) – van der Flier, Conan, Doris – Ryan (cap), Molony – Furlong, Sheehan, Porter

Remplaçants : McKee, Herly, Ala’alatoa, Jenkins, Baird, McGrath, H. Byrne, Frawley

LEINSTER-TOULOUSE, SHOCK KICK OFF AT 4 PM!

Hello everyone and welcome to RMC sport to follow the first semi-final of the Champions Cup live. The Stade Toulousain moves on the lawn of Leinster which walked on the competition this year. A duel that looks like a final and smells good of France-Ireland. Kick off for this clash of the titans at 4 p.m.!