513 : Leinster v Edinburgh wrap

5 April 2026; Thomas Clarkson of Leinster streches to scores his side’s sixth try during the Investec Champions Cup match between Leinster and Edinburgh at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile


🏉 The 60m rollercoaster

🏉 Harry kicking on

🏉 More TOB worship

🏉 Reiko

🏉 Edinburgh



FULL TIME TAKES

Tom Clarke

Pretty poor despite the win. Disjointed and sloppy really. Not much else to say.

Sandra Seery

We’re a 2nd half team and we proved it tonight

Donna Malone

Quarter final bound 👌👏👌👏

Peter Tracey

The only good thing was the defence. If they didn’t give three intercepts and one blocked kick they wouldn’t have conceded.

Christy O’Connor

My comments I’ve posted from almost any of our games this season is pretty much the same and I’m guessing it will be the same for next week’s game because we are not improving

Richard Kennedy

Need to stop throwing risky passes in our own half. Otherwise it was a very solid performance in attack and defence

Cormac Mannion

Too much off-the-cuff stuff which led to soft scores conceded. Quite frankly, our handling skills aren’t good enough to play that type of game. Our defensive alignment breaks down after a couple of phases. We haven’t looked that loose a team since Ella back in 03-04.

Richard Collumb

A better team would kill us. We are going backwards in terms of how the players are doing vs when with Ireland.

For a defence minded coach Nienaber not showing on pitch

Dave Murray

Very soft scored given away again tonight. This style isn’t suiting us and that isn’t going to change. I have doubts we can win the big one this season, even before tonight. Bordeaux and Toulouse look too good to stop imho.

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CHAMPIONS CUP WRAP

ROUND OF 16

Bath 31–22 Saracens
Toulon 28–27 Stormers
Glasgow Warriors 25–21 Bulls
Toulouse 59–26 Bears
Harlequins 17–26 Sharks
Bordeaux Bègles 64–14 Leicester Tigers
Leinster 49–31 Edinburgh
Northampton Saints 49–41 Castres Olympique


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