Champions Cup

Leinster name unchanged starting side from Toulon win for Champions Cup final against Bordeaux

Tommy O’Brien passed fit to start on the wing

Conor Murray: Nienaber’s Springbok defence may not matter against all-out Bordeaux attack

Leinster’s opponents in Champions Cup final are a side packed with internationals who win games any which way

Jamison Gibson-Park: ‘The past is the past, we have to be rid of that’

Leinster scrumhalf relishing Bordeaux challenge and the chance to end final heartache

This Champions Cup final is a day like no other in Leinster’s history

Stats point to Bordeaux win but aggression can heap unexpected pressure on French foes

Can Leinster break their losing streak in European finals against Bordeaux?

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Ulster and Leinster finals to take place amid extreme heat warning in Spain

Temperatures could be 30 degrees for both games at the San Mamés Stadium while Friday afternoon could see the mercury tip 38 degrees

Garry Ringrose: Fine margins will decide Leinster’s fate in final against Bordeaux-Bègles

Ringrose believes province must embrace occasion as final against Bordeaux-Bègles offers another chance to end eight-year wait

Where the Champions Cup final between Leinster and Bordeaux will be won and lost

French club the favourites but opportunities remain for Leinster to overcome UBB counterattacking masterclass

‘We’re going to have to put in a big defensive effort’: Adam Coleman relishing Leinster test

Bordeaux-Bègles secondrow ready for tough challenge in a decider where ‘small moments matter’

From soccer town to rugby country, the rise of Bordeaux Bègles is no ordinary success story

Two clubs’ willingness to put egos aside and agree to a merger led to the Champions Cup behemoth of today

Gordon D’Arcy: Leinster’s chances of Champions Cup success lie largely with two players

Leo Cullen’s team can gain more from past disappointments than they perhaps even realise

‘Solid shoulders’ and ‘rib ticklers’: Leinster coach Robin McBryde on training for a final

McBryde dispelled any notions the players were wrapping themselves up in cotton wool ahead of Champions Cup showdown

Gerry Thornley: Leinster’s Champions Cup final selections will be judged against one metric

Opinions around the use of key players ahead of a season-defining clash have evolved significantly

How Leinster and Ulster warmed up for their European showdowns

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Leinster’s Tommy O’Brien in doubt for Champions Cup final

Leinster team news: Province face Bordeaux-Bègles in Bilbao on Saturday

Watching Leinster at pitch level with the under-10s gave me new perspective

Less about team movement and shape, more about players, their scanning and body language

Leinster squad line-up for Bilbao final not set in stone, says Jacques Nienaber

Senior coach reckons places still up for grabs as Leo Cullen’s squad face Bordeaux in Champions Cup final

Owen Doyle: Ulster fans booed the referee, but he got the penalty try decision right

Nathan Doak’s collision with Stomers’ Leolin Zas did not have great force, but it was to the head

Q&A: Can television directors really decide which replays the rugby TMO sees?

Communication the key as the monitor-viewing official is only as good as the footage they’re provided with

Leinster’s ability to rise from the canvas deserves the admiration of all rugby people

Victory against Bordeaux Bègles in the Champions Cup final would be a fitting reward for Leo Cullen’s team

Is rugby’s TMO process fair?

The Counter Ruck Podcast

Gordon D’Arcy: Champions Cup final will be the biggest match of Harry Byrne’s career

Next step for the Leinster outhalf is to become someone others look to in big games, relishing the pressure

Leo Cullen right to defend Leinster players who have given us everything

Supporters can be proud of a team that has reached yet another final

Gerry Thornley: Leinster and Ulster prepare for European finals from very different perspectives

History and expectation conspire to ensure provinces head to Bilbao in sharply contrasting fashion

Leinster reach a record ninth Champions Cup final

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Owen Doyle: End of TV director controlling what is shown on replay cannot come soon enough

Failure to show dangerous head contact on Alfie Barbeary meant Bordeaux culprit escaped possible red card

Champions Cup final will have independent TV director in charge

Bath head of rugby Johann van Graan not happy with collision between Alfie Barbeary and Maxime Lucu

TV View: Ryle Nugent has a Dónal Óg moment as both indulge in chicken-counting

Cusack wonders out loud about ‘wobbly’ Limerick while Nugent is hushed by Toulon fightback against Leinster

Irish rugby fans prepare to descend on Bilbao as Leinster and Ulster chase glory

Leinster will face Bordeaux-Bègles in Champions Cup final after Ulster duel with Montpellier for the Challenge Cup

Bordeaux Bègles sink Bath to set up Champions Cup decider against Leinster

Defending champions scored five tries in a gripping contest against the English side in Bordeaux

Player watch: Tommy O’Brien influence looms large as Leinster withstand late Toulon surge

O’Brien’s impact central before cramp forces reshuffle as Leinster wobble late on

Inconsistent officiating on collisions is a massive bugbear for players and fans alike

Both Leinster and Toulon suffered and benefited from questionable decisions by officials

Leo Cullen praises players and vents frustration at perceived anti-Leinster agenda

Head coach also credits Toulon for staying in the game to the finish at the Aviva Stadium

Leinster hold off Toulon comeback to make Champions Cup final - as it happened

Leinster looked to be cruising before two Toulon tries set up nervy finale

Champions Cup: Leinster book ticket to Bilbao after holding off Toulon’s daring late comeback

Relief the main emotion as Leo Cullen’s side exorcise a few demons to make a record-extending ninth final

Leinster 29 Toulon 25: How the Leinster team rated at the Aviva Stadium

Tommy O’Brien and Andrew Porter two of the standout performers as Leinster book place in Champions Cup decider

Leinster have opportunity to purge Champions Cup demons against Toulon

Losing successive home semi-finals seems unthinkable, so the pressure is on the Irish province

Harry Byrne: ‘All I wanted to do was come back and compete, have a fair crack’

The 27-year-old discusses his bond with his brother Ross, his loan spell in Bristol and his determination to earn the opportunity coming his way on Saturday, when he is to start for Leinster against Toulon

Leinster v Toulon, Ulster v Exeter: TV details, team news, tickets

Both Irish provinces are at home in their European last-four encounters this weekend

Leinster are masters of the late show – is that a good or bad thing?

Sides of Leinster’s quality would prefer to end contests earlier than they have been doing so

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