22-4-19 champions cup


EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CUP SEMIS
LEINSTER 30-12 TOLOUSE
FREEKY FRADY
Prop Cian Healy and London Irish-bound flanker Sean O'Brien showed fine individual skill as their crisp hands helped spring Lowe for the first try on 14 minutes.
With Toulouse second row Richie Gray sin-binned for a cynical knock-on at the base of a ruck, Leinster exploited their man advantage with a mammoth driven maul from which McGrath emerged with the ball and score.
The home side's defence was equally well-judged. Robbie Henshaw's knock-on under his own post earned him a yellow card of his own, but averted a likely try with Charlie Faumuina poised to thunder into contact.
MY OPINION
This shows the damage that the Irish Provence can do but for a lot of people it was a surprise that the French side wer3e there. The tribes were what made the difference and the fact that Leinster scored 3 and Toulouse couldn’t score any
SARACENS 32 16 MUNSTER
VIBRANT VUNOPOLA
Owen Farrell nudged four penalties to Tyler Bleyendaal’s two and a single Conor Murray hit before a relentless second half from the north Londoners.
The second half began in similar vain to the first with Saracens from the off, though this time they made the pressure count. Phase after phase, every carrier edging closer to the whitewash and Rhodes was the man to finally break free to score.   
Farrell’s conversion was good and he ticked the scoreboard over with two tee-shots to add further breathing space between the two teams.
On the hour, Munster attempted a reply but a monstrous defensive set thwarted those in red just inches out. Full Wolfpack mode. Though the visitors would get on the try-sheet moments later when Sweetnam found space on the outside to cross and JJ Hanrahan slotted the extras.
But it didn’t rattle Sarries who rallied to put the contest to bed. An excellent take from self-proclaimed bomb defuser Williams and the brilliant Strettle’s slalom moved the two-time winners up the field and Vunipola showed great strength to place on the stretch.
MY OPINION
This to me says that Munster can beat anyone on their day but when the Saracens decide to start looking they are unstoppable as a forced and that second half back the fact up completely. There are few teams that can do something like that in such a short period of time.

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