Champions Cup Final 2022

POS PLAYER
15 BRICE DULIN
14 DILLYN LEYDS
13 JÉRÉMY SINZELLE
12 JONATHAN DANTY
11 RAYMOND RHULE
10 IHAIA WEST
9 THOMAS BERJON
1 DANY PRISO
2 PIERRE BOURGARIT
3 UINI ATONIO
4 THOMAS LAVAULT
5 WILL SKELTON
6 WIAAN LIEBENBERG
7 MATTHIAS HADDAD
8 GREGORY ALLDRITT
16 FACUNDO BOSCH
17 REDA WARDI
18 JOEL SCLAVI
19 ROMAIN SAZY
20 REMI BOURDEAU
21 ARTHUR RETIERE
22 LEVANI BOTIA
23 JULES FAVRE


POS
15 HUGO KEENAN
14 JIMMY O'BRIEN
13 GARRY RINGROSE
12 ROBBIE HENSHAW
11 JAMES LOWE
10 JOHNNY SEXTON
9 JAMISON GIBSON-PARK
1 ANDREW PORTER
2 RONAN KELLEHER
3 TADHG FURLONG
4 ROSS MOLONY
5 JAMES RYAN
6 CAELAN DORIS
7 JOSH VAN DER FLIER
8 JACK CONAN
16 DAN SHEEHAN
17 CIAN HEALY
18 MICHAEL ALAALATOA
19 JOE MCCARTHY
20 RHYS RUDDOCK
21 LUKE MCGRATH
22 ROSS BYRNE
23 CIARAN FRAWLEY

Hopefully it will be an entertaining match.

Heineken Champions Cup final: Leinster v La Rochelle
Venue: Stade Velodrome, Marseille Date: Saturday, 28 May Kick-off: 16:45 BST

Could be big that Skelton is back.

I suspect Leinster is going to win this

Presume Kerr-Barlow is injured, big loss for La Rochelle and shame we can't see the two Kiwi 9s face off.

No Victor Vito as well, ouch big player to miss against Leinster who look fully stacked. Think this one's going to go the way of the boys in Blue.

La Rochelle are not winning this game unless they sort out their discipline.

That's 5 pens already

Try La Rochelle, they are staying in the game. Hopefully that settles them down.

Crowd in fine voice.

Hardly any sides have put Leinster under any real pressure this season when they have been at full strength. If La Rochelle can kjeep the pressure on them it could put them in a place they are not used to being in.

A big if I know!

Wayne Barnes refusing to reward that dominant scrum before Leinster win the next one could be crucial allowed them to go up the other end and grab another three.

Aldritt desperately needs to get Barnes onside and get his players to adapt to how the game is being reffed. Their poor discipline is really allowing Leinster an easy in to the game.

A second try and conversion makes it 18-17 Leinster with 20 mins to go.

This match looks like it might go to the wire!

Sheer stupidity from the La Rochelle player who does a silly trip and gets a card.

If La Rochelle lose this game, they only have themselves to blame

21-17 Leinster with 15 mins to go!

Stupid beyond belief ...

Leinster must be grinning at their luck. First the La Rochelle player manages to dot the ball down from the rolling maul so Doris doesn't go to the bin and they concede a penalty try and then the moronic play by the La Rochelle 4 gives them an easy three points and a man advantage.

They are an excellent team - but do seem to have more than their fair share of luck too ... They certainly got away with some questionable calls against Tigers ... Even in this game they've had a couple of knock-ons not given against them whilst LR had one given that had clearly gone backwards.

Scrum a brave call ....

Heaf wrote:Scrum a brave call  ....

Now or never!

Debatable - kick the 3 and be 1 point behind with nearly 10 mins left

Did well to keep Leinster pinned down during the yellow though ...

A try to win it then!

Pens stacking up now ..

Surely they'll scrum again now ... YC must be looming

Leinster must be getting close to going down a man. So many penalties 5m out.

That looked like a try!

Yep - must be

There will probably be a restart though ... 3 points then for a draw and extra time?

Hard to begrudge La Rochelle their win, they finished the stronger side

Good to see a new name on the cup as well!

Well done La Rochelle

Ohhh - that could cause some controversy - is it 60 seconds for a conversion or 90?

Leinster can't hold them out. What a win.

BigGee wrote:Hard to begrudge La Rochelle their win, they finished the stronger side

Good to see a new name on the cup as well!

Well done La Rochelle

Yep and 3 tries to none ...

Heaf wrote:Ohhh - that could cause some controversy - is it 60 seconds for a conversion or 90?

Same question was debated in this house.

Well it is easier said than done, but if you can put Leinster under that intense pressure they don't look quite the same side and they are not used to it.

Some reflection required in Dublin going forward.

Well done to La Rochelle. Three tries to nil so I'd say they were deserved winners. Great day for the sport.

Think it's 90 seconds for a conversion, but they were trialling 60 seconds in (I think) the American league.

Certainly a lot easier to watch than the Toulon game yesterday.

formerly known as Sam wrote:

Heaf wrote:Ohhh - that could cause some controversy - is it 60 seconds for a conversion or 90?

Same question was debated in this house.

Found it - 90 seconds ...

Congratulations to la Rochelle
Deserved the win.

Have to say if a few of the Welsh supporters on twitter got behind their own teams with the same energy they put into celebrating an Irish loss, Welsh rugby would look a lot better.

To be fair, I’ve seen Sexton take about half an hour to take his kicks before. Saying that, it was a brutal match and a good advertisement for the game in the northern hemisphere. Well done to both teams.

O'Gara's coaching CV gets better and better

Next coach of Ireland?

And I have to say Alldrit is an absolute machine

carpet baboon wrote:And I have to say Alldrit is an absolute machine

Never has a bad game!

BigGee wrote:O'Gara's coaching CV gets better and better

Next coach of Ireland?

If he wants it I think it's his

BigGee wrote:

carpet baboon wrote:And I have to say Alldrit is an absolute machine

Never has a bad game!

He just doesn't stop and always appears in the right place at the right time. Clever player and a beast of a man.

Some one tell me why Barnes did not give a yellow card to any leinster player being off side on their own half in the last 5 minutes?

Going to have to say it, 8 points up, LaRochele miss a drop goal Sexton and then Keenan both have a chance to clear their line neither do, penalty LaRochelle, try LaRochelle game LaRochelle.Harsh I know but that was the losing of it for me.

majesticimperialman wrote:Some one tell me why Barnes did not give a yellow card to any leinster player being off side on their own half in the last 5 minutes?

Probably the same reason he didn't did give a yellow card to La Rochelle for repeat infringements in the first half. And I don't know why that was either. At least he was consistent.

Definitely karma on the time taken over the kick at the end. Sexton has always been a master at using up the time for a kick.

Disappointed for Leinster, pleased for La Rochelle.

Very happy with that result. La Rochelle is a beautiful city with a real family feel to the club.....Great to see them get their name on the trophy.

Cumbrian wrote:To be fair, I’ve seen Sexton take about half an hour to take his kicks before. Saying that, it was a brutal match and a good advertisement for the game in the northern hemisphere. Well done to both teams.

Yeah good game and La Rochelle deserved the win. Leinster got it wrong or maybe didnt show enough ambition. Rog will be delighted and rightly so. Quality to see two Irish coaches duke it out in the final.

Think Barnes gave Leinster the rub of the green. Maybe Leinster can get that 5th star in Dublin instead next year.

carpet baboon wrote:And I have to say Alldrit is an absolute machine

Could have played for Ireland. Irish grandparents, Scottish dad.

I was very pleased for La Rochelle in the end the better on the day scoring 3 tries. Would have been a shame if the had lost the game.

majesticimperialman wrote:I was very pleased for La Rochelle in the end the better on the day scoring 3 tries. Would have been a shame if the had lost the game.

Agree with this. In fact, I agree with most comments about the game. To be fair to La Rochelle, they played a smart, tough game and were ever so slightly the better team in the end. Not a case of Leinster not playing well enough, La Rochelle were the hair better which was all that was needed.

And, by the way, this was just great nut-cutter of a game.