Replay. Leinster-Northampton: Huge surprise, the English won in Dublin and qualify for the final of the Champions Cup! Relive the match
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The first semi-final of the Champions Cup, this Saturday, May 3 in Dublin (6.30 p.m.), saw the players of the Irish province, impressive since the start of the competition, receiving the English who heard well playing their luck. Mission accomplished: they won 37-34.
Irish surplus in the face of the ambitious English. This Saturday, May 3, at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, the Leinster rugby players received those from Northampton (England), as part of the first semi-final of Champions Cup.
- At home, the Leinstermen went widely favorite: with their stars including Josh van der Flier, Garry Ringrose or James Lowe, the Irish people impressed by their offensive force since the start of the competition,
- In the quarter-finals, the players of the Leinster had easily defeated the Glasgow Ecossary (52-0), and aimed at the final victory in the competition, they who had not won it since 2018 failing three times in the final in the past three seasons (beaten by La Rochelle (2 times) and Toulouse),
- The English, tombors in the previous round (51-16), dreamed of the feat in Dublin and advanced ambitious, taken in particular by their young talent Henry Pollock.
- And the Northampton players managed to thwart all the forecasts and win (37-34), they will compete in the competition final, on May 24 in Cardiff, against the Union Bordeaux-Bègles or the Toulouse stadium which compete this Sunday during the second semi-final.
