D-Day for Leinster as they prepare for trench warfare with Exeter
The 2018 European champions meet last year’s Champions Cup winners in the European quarter-finals tonight. Garry Doyle By Garry Doyle Friday 9 Apr 2021, 7:00 AM 18 hours ago 415 Views 0 Comments
Lowe and Henshaw are key players tonight
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Image: Billy Stickland/INPHO
IT IS ALWAYS a grind in Exeter, trench warfare transferred from the Somme to Sandy Park. Every inch of territory is streaked with sweat, every point gained the equivalent of a dozen collected from a Friday night bashing over a Dragons or a Zebre.
Leo Cullen could do with a win there. He wouldn’t mind a few tries, wouldn’t say no to a dazzling display of back play, either. But you get the sense he won’t be greedy, jokily referring to ‘the 9-6 clas
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Exeter beat Lyon to set up date with Leinster
Date published:
April 3 2021
Exeter overcame a shaky start to cruise past Lyon and set up a Champions Cup quarter-final against Leinster with a 47-25 win at Sandy Park.
By the eighth minute Rob Baxter’s European champions had slipped 14-0 behind but through a pair of tries by England lock and man of the match Jonny Hill they clawed their way back into contention.
Further touch downs by Tom O’Flaherty and Ollie Devoto helped them into a 26-20 half-time lead and then the floodgates opened as Dave Ewers, Olly Woodburn and a penalty try swept them clear.
9 Antoine Dupont
(Toulouse): The peerless Dupont makes our team of the week yet again with a brilliant two-try display to catalyse a win for Toulouse against Munster. His rival for the title of best scrum-half in the world,
Faf du Klerk was equally compelling for Sale, whilst the veteran
Maxime Machenaud also delivered the goods for Racing 92 in Paris.
8 Jordan Joseph
(Racing 92): France are hardly short of back-row forwards at this moment in time, and the young former France U20 star put in a massive performance of gain line carry and support to take Racing 92 home at La Defense. Elsewhere,
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