Leicester lift the European Cup

Stade Francais 30 Leicester 34

Stade Francais 30 Leicester 34

English champions Leicester have beaten Stade Francais 34-30 to win rugby union's European Cup for the first time.

Centre Leon Lloyd scored two second-half tries, including one two minutes from the end, to secure victory for Leicester after Diego Dominguez had kicked nine penalties and a drop goal for the French team.

Stade Francais led 15-9 at half time, but Lloyd scored the game's first try soon after the interval, chasing a kick through from Pat Howard to touch down.

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England flanker Neil Back also crossed the line for Leicester, but the kicking of Dominguez kept his team in front until Lloyd's final try in the corner following a break by scrumhalf Austin Healey.