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Leo Cullen’s Leinster panel could do with a URC title more than ever now after third successive Champions Cup final loss
The Brennans and Ntamacks are the only two father-son combinations to achieve the feat in its 29-year history
This was only the third final to be decided in extra-time and as in 1996 against Cardiff in the Arms Park and 2005 against Stade Francais in Murrayfield, Toulouse emerged triumphant again
Leinster head coach and senior players confident they can rebound from their latest Champions Cup final defeat
Antoine Dupont was the difference between the sides as French side prevail after extra-time
No match-up in club rugby could provide such a clash of scrum-halves and hookers
Province edges head-to-head eight to six, but have since added two more semi-final wins at the Aviva in last two seasons
Teams such as the Bulls fielding weakened sides has harmed competitive balance while the jury is still out on South Africa’s participation
Leinster opt for a 6-2 forward split on the bench, as Ciarán Frawley is preferred to Jimmy O’Brien
No longer a fringe player, the 23-year-old says this season’s progress to the Champions Cup final ‘means a little more’
Hugo Keenan and James Ryan both set to feature after recovering from injury while Garry Ringrose looks likely to miss out
Aoife Wafer doubles up as women players’ player of the year and women’s young player of the year
As Leinster face Toulouse in the Champions Cup final, Byrne is mindful that not every player will get a start, but all will have made a contribution
The 34-year-old has announced that he will call time on his career at the end of the season
Amid their magnificent obsession with another Champions Cup triumph, Leinster have, to a degree, become victims of their own success