Former Ireland and British & Irish Lions wing Luke Fitzgerald believes that the Springboks are ‘dodgy selectors’ and claims Leinster paid the price for that in the Investec Champions Cup. Following the end of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the Dublin-based outfit were boosted by the arrival of ex-Springboks head coach Jacques Nienaber. He, along … Read more
For Leinster fans, it must be starting to feel like they will never get over the line on the biggest stage again. After three successive Champions Cup final defeats over the past three seasons, Leinster crashed out at the semi-final stage on Saturday after a shock defeat to Northampton to Dublin. Since Leinster last won … Read more
Leinster have confirmed a 10-strong list of leavers ahead of the 2025/26 campaign, including All Blacks star Jordie Barrett. Hosting their end-of-season awards night on Tuesday, three days after they were eliminated from the Investec Champions Cup at the semi-final stage, the Irish province acknowledged the contributions of seven departing senior players and three more … Read more
The decision by Leinster to give RG Snyman their player of the year award has divided fans on social media in the wake of his underwhelming effort in last Saturday’s Investec Champions Cup exit. The Irish province were dumped out of the tournament at the semi-final stage, losing to Northampton in Dublin in a match … Read more
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Former Ireland international Shane Horgan believes Sam Prendergast needs to fix up his defensive exploits sooner rather than later if he hopes to keep his place for both Leinster and Ireland. The 22-year-old fly-half’s defensive issues were put under the spotlight in Leinster’s 37-34 defeat to Northampton Saints in the Champions Cup semi-final, missing two … Read more
The postmortem of Leinster’s latest Champions Cup calamity does not look like stopping any time soon. Saturday’s 37-34 defeat to Northampton on home soil in the semi-final almost trumped the three successive final losses that preceded it, such was the shock nature of the result. Recommended … Source link
Caelan Doris is in serious doubt of making the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia after suffering a shoulder injury in the Investec Champions Cup semi-final defeat to Northampton Saints. Doris was not only the frontrunner to captain the side but also pack down at number eight for the three Test matches against the … Read more
Touched at the right ankle in the 8th final against the English of Sale, the Italian international was already back this Tuesday in training with the Toulouse stadium.… The post Capuozzo: Toulouse Star Fit for UBB Semi-Final appeared first on NewsyList. Source link
And then there were four. The weekend saw some amazing action with Bordeaux-Begles and Munster throwing up a thriller and Toulouse finally beating their Mayol hoodoo to scrape past a superb Toulon side. Elsewhere, Northampton Saints and Leinster put in big scoring performances on Friday and Saturday respectively, as we now have our semi-finalists. Following … Read more