No match-up in club rugby could provide such a clash of scrum-halves and hookers
broke new ground by providing the first back-to-back final pairings, now comes perhaps the grandest of all between European rugby’s grandees.
Glitterati abounds. No matchup in club rugby could provide such a clash of scrumhalves and hookers alone. Leinster and Toulouse are bulk suppliers to Ireland and France at a point in history when they are the dominant forces in European rugby.Leinster v Toulouse: Jamison Gibson-Park v Antoine Dupont is decisive duel in Champions Cup finalIt is hard not hard to over-hype this game, or overstate its importance for Leinster, as this could not only be season-defining but era-defining.
The decision to hire Jacques Nienaber and shift toward their defence will also, or will not, be vindicated today. Worryingly, the attack hasn’t flowed as in the last two seasons, and that sits a little uncomfortably. While Leinster have won the last four meetings, and five of the six knock-out clashes, Toulouse belong in finals and usually win them, having done so on their last eight in the Champions Cup or French Championship dating back to 2008.
“We’re not playing at their home ground, it’s neutral. That will be a factor to make us feel more optimistic. We respect Leinster, they are incredible and have 90 per cent of the Ireland team. We don’t need to preview them too much, we know them. We focus only on ourselves and we have developed our approach for the game.”
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