Occasionally in sport the planets align. The two best golfers in the world teeing off together in the final round of an Open Championship, for example, or two exceptional thoroughbreds thundering neck and neck up the straight at Ascot. The champion deserves to be hailed as special but, in truth, the quality is so collectively good that everybody wins.
It could just be one of those pluperfect days in rugby union this weekend. Toulouse and Leinster have already featured in a record seven Champions Cup finals apiece and have won the club game’s ultimate trophy nine times between them. The French aristocrats possess the world’s best player in Antoine Dupont and ooze class and pedigree in equal amounts. Leinster will be represented at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium bymost of the Ireland squad who have ruled the Six Nations.
