Champions Cup
A worrying cohort of referees appear dependent on their TMO comfort blanket
Before last week’s final, in a straw poll conducted across several former Leinster players, they all believed that Toulouse would win
Leinster's attack just lacked that clinical edge that was required to nudge them over the line to Champions Cup glory
Leo Cullen’s Leinster panel could do with a URC title more than ever now after third successive Champions Cup final loss
Owen Doyle: Antoine Dupont makes the crucial difference for Toulouse but for Leinster losing three consecutive Champions Cup finals is the stuff of sporting nightmares
The Brennans and Ntamacks are the only two father-son combinations to achieve the feat in its 29-year history
Toulouse’s Jack Willis has game to remember in Champions Cup final
Jamie Osborne and Joe McCarthy are young players who can only gain from the experience
This was only the third final to be decided in extra-time and as in 1996 against Cardiff in the Arms Park and 2005 against Stade Francais in Murrayfield, Toulouse emerged triumphant again
Marginal calls; Toulouse repel Leinster maul; Frawley’s high stakes hit and miss; Leinster fail to exploit extra man; time for a TMO shot clock?
Toulouse have won the last nine finals they have played in thanks to their ‘legendary ability to bend without breaking’
Leinster head coach and senior players confident they can rebound from their latest Champions Cup final defeat
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