Champions Cup

Key decision against Leinster highlights risk of refereeing system failure

A worrying cohort of referees appear dependent on their TMO comfort blanket

Irish fans must accept their provinces may never have the resources to win the Champions Cup

Before last week’s final, in a straw poll conducted across several former Leinster players, they all believed that Toulouse would win

Third time’s not a charm - Leinster fall in Europe once more

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Gordon D’Arcy: Leinster come up agonisingly short in game of inches

Leinster's attack just lacked that clinical edge that was required to nudge them over the line to Champions Cup glory

Gerry Thornley: Danger of mental scarring for Leinster following latest gut-wrenching final defeat

Leo Cullen’s Leinster panel could do with a URC title more than ever now after third successive Champions Cup final loss

Owen Doyle: Extra-time yellow card for James Lowe was a huge call – and a harsh one

Owen Doyle: Antoine Dupont makes the crucial difference for Toulouse but for Leinster losing three consecutive Champions Cup finals is the stuff of sporting nightmares

Like father, like son: Brennan and Ntamack emulate their fathers by winning Champions Cup

The Brennans and Ntamacks are the only two father-son combinations to achieve the feat in its 29-year history

Fancy Leinster to make four consecutive finals? You can buy tickets for next year’s showpiece

Toulouse’s Jack Willis has game to remember in Champions Cup final

Failure to execute against Toulouse will haunt Leinster more than turning down kicks at goal

Jamie Osborne and Joe McCarthy are young players who can only gain from the experience

Leinster evaluate loss as Toulouse celebrate victory in Europe

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

Five things we learned from Leinster’s Champions Cup defeat to Toulouse

Marginal calls; Toulouse repel Leinster maul; Frawley’s high stakes hit and miss; Leinster fail to exploit extra man; time for a TMO shot clock?

‘More understudies than finishers’ - French media highlight Leinster bench and Toulouse defence

Toulouse have won the last nine finals they have played in thanks to their ‘legendary ability to bend without breaking’

Leo Cullen: ‘Everyone’s devastated in there now, they poured a hell of a lot into it’

Leinster head coach and senior players confident they can rebound from their latest Champions Cup final defeat

TV View: Rollercoaster of emotion ends on a low note for Leinster once again

Talk of refocusing on the URC campaign rang hollow after a third straight Champions Cup final defeat

Turnovers cost Leinster dearly in tight match with Toulouse

It is not in Leinster’s character to be so feckless with the ball, as they were beaten in Champions Cup final

Leinster fall at the final hurdle again as Toulouse take sixth Champions Cup title

Antoine Dupont was the difference between the sides as French side prevail after extra-time

Leinster 22 Toulouse 31 FT: Champions Cup final as it happened

Irish province beaten by French side in extra time in what was a bitter defeat

Leinster 22 Toulouse 31: How the Leinster players rated in the Champions Cup final

Henshaw, Sheehan and McCarthy stand out despite agonising defeat

Leinster v Toulouse preview: Using recent Champions Cup hurt as motivation will be inevitable for Leinster

No match-up in club rugby could provide such a clash of scrum-halves and hookers

Champions Cup: Serial winners Leinster and Toulouse a double act with a difference

Province edges head-to-head eight to six, but have since added two more semi-final wins at the Aviva in last two seasons

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