521 : Leinster v Toulon wrap

2 May 2026; Josh van der Flier of Leinster dives over to score his side’s second try during the Investec Champions Cup semi-final match between Leinster and RC Toulon at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile


🏉 Blitzing & carrying

🏉 The 13v15 restart

🏉 Andrew Porter

🏉 Que Serin Serin

🏉 Reiko & Sam


TOM COLEMAN


FULL TIME TAKES

Ken Tancred PT
Think those last two tries booked Frawleys ticket to the final
Jonathan Leonard
Soroka made a good impact. Bit worried how Josh and Conan limped off. Hope Henshaw is alright. Win is a win. Roll on Bilbao.
Gavin Hegarty
First half our mistakes kept them in it. Second half we pulled away but then took the foot off and let them back in.
I thought Clarkson really stood up, as did Cahir when he came in.
Not a good game but a final is a final regardless of how you get there.
The match started with the dreaded words that no Irish rugby fan wants to see
Match TMO Ian Tempest.
How can this keep on happening? Every time he clearly has an agenda against anyone Irish. He forced Pearce to review footage from 4-5 phases before jgps disallowed try. The rules state two phases is the max. This is the same guy who couldn’t find footage of a bite that was already circulating on WhatsApp.
Christy O’Connor
Not having Frawley in the squad almost cost us. Reiko showed up today and made two very important tackles.
Did nobody tell the TMO he was allowed to check things against Toulon, seemed only interested in finding Leinster mistakes
Karen Mooney
Brilliant I was on radio.. when they came out 13 down they really show how good they are…
Mike Whelan
We won – we are in the final. It’s the only outcome required. The rest is noise.
John Jones
Frawley on the bench for the final and hopefully Baird back would make a difference
Louis Hoffman
Phew
Harry Byrne was dreadful. Whole empty pitch to kick into and boots it out on the full 🙄
Bernie Cunningham
Gosh we nearly threw away a 18pt lead, Bordeaux or Bath wont give us a 18pt lead. But final again its a 50/50 chance of 5th star, Lenister need to really to be at full strength. 🤞
Oran Burns
Frawley has to get some game time at 10 and start in the final
Clive Young
Prendgast in for 10 mins , cost a try and nearly another , not up to it , Frawley on the bench
Colin Campbell
Bilbao nothing else 💙💙💙💙
Cuan Mulligan
having coached kids from u6 – u16, Pendergast looks like someone who has never been taught how to tackle, he is trying to tackle with his finger tips. I think he could do with some time out of the limelight in the AIL…let him play week in week out and focus on the fundamentals.
James Murphy
Wow, lucky
Pendergast is a real liability
Even more so on the wing.
We look wrecked with 10 to go
Chris McDonnell
Great to be in the final but the Pendergast debacle has to stop.

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