If this long and eventful rugby season has had a common theme it is that the cream rises to the top eventually. Leinster and Toulouse are not in this weekend’s Investec Champions Cup final by accident and the team sheet is sprinkled with more than enough quality to match the soaring backdrop that is Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The FA Cup final at Wembley is far from the only big show in town.
As the two sides went through their eve-of-game motions on the most pristine surface imaginable – no stray dandelions or daisies here – it was hard to recall a potentially glossier club rugby finale. The showdown between the respective powerhouses of Ireland and France is set to attract the biggest attendance at this fixture for 10 years and the tingle of collective anticipation has rarely been stronger.
