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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Michael Aylwin

Leinster exploit Toulouse indiscipline to power into Champions Cup final

Jason Jenkins dives over to score Leinster’s fifth try in a one-sided Champions Cup semi-final against Toulouse at the Aviva Stadium
Jason Jenkins dives over to score Leinster’s fifth try in a one-sided Champions Cup semi-final against Toulouse at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile/Getty Images

The procession continues. No matter that the visit was of mighty Toulouse, the only club with a richer pedigree in this competition, Leinster march into the final of the Champions Cup as if it were the most natural, obvious cadence to an already stellar season.

Whether it is in the green shirts of Ireland or the blue of their province, these players have yet to be beaten this season. Toulouse are not quite so closely a mirror of their national team, but they include France’s best. This might represent a sobering afternoon for more than just France’s most successful club side in this, the year of their home World Cup.

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