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Sat 10 Oct 2009Valley holds no fears for Leinster
RUGBY HEINEKEN CUP Brive v Leinster: FITTINGLY ENOUGH, perhaps, Leinster’s do-or-die European mission takes them to a town and a club in a valley. Come this evening, Leinster’s result in the Limousin region will represent either a vale of tears or the valley of the kings.
Brive have an association with the H Cup unlike any other French club, and with last week’s trek to the Welsh valleys considered a minor incidental, the prospect of their first home game in the competition for a dozen years and against the reigning champions is considered their real return to Europe.
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