LEINS
	No.	Name
15Rob Kearney, FB
14Jordan Larmour, W
13Garry Ringrose, C
12Robbie Henshaw, C
11Isa Nacewa, W  2
10Johnny Sexton, FH  3
9Luke McGrath, SH
1Cian Healy, P
2Sean Cronin, H
3Tadhg Furlong, P
4Devin Toner, L
5James Ryan, L
6Scott Fardy, FL
7Dan Leavy, FL
8Jordi Murphy, N8
Replacements
16James Tracy, R
17Jack McGrath, R
18Andrew Porter, R
19Rhys Ruddock, R
20Jack Conan, R
21Jamison Gibson-Park, R
22Joey Carbery, R
23Rory O'Loughlin, R

RAMET
	No.	Name
15Louis Dupichot, FB
14Teddy Thomas, W
13Virimi Vakatawa, C
12Henry Chavancy, C
11Marc Andreu, W
10Patrick Lambie, FH
9Teddy Iribaren, SH  4
1Eddy Ben Arous, P
2Camille Chat, H
3Cedate Gomes Sa, P
4Donnacha Ryan, L
5Leone Nakarawa, L
6Wenceslas Lauret, FL
7Bernard Le Roux, FL
8Yannick Nyanga Kabasele, N8
16Ole Avei, R
17Vasil Kakovin, R
18Census Johnston, R
19Boris Palu, R
20Baptiste Chouzenoux, R
21Antoine Gibert, R
22Remi Tales, R
23Joe Rokocoko, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: San Mamés Stadium

4:45 PM, May 12, 2018

2174dESPN Staff

Leinster snatch Champions Cup glory as Remi Tales drop goal drifts wide

Racing 92 fly-half Remi Tales missed a late drop-goal as Leinster clung on to claim a 15-12 victory in the Champions Cup final in Bilbao.

Match Commentary

81'		15-12 End of second half
81'		Drop goal-missed
80'		Tales drops back but his kick drifts badly to the left of the uprights. Leinster are European champions having led for a grand total of two minutes.

Match Stats

LEINS

RAMET

54%

46%

52%

48%

LEINS

RAMET

124	Runs	114
337	Metres Run	251
5	Clean Breaks	1
149	Tackles	156
15	Missed Tackles	19
3	Turnover Knock On	8

Standings

Pool 1
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	BEG	4	+89	17
2	BULLS	4	+30	15
3	LYON	4	-2	12
4	SARAC	4	-17	10
5	CONN	4	-52	6
6	BTL	4	-48	5
Pool 2
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	TOUL	4	+109	20
2	HQUIN	4	+42	15
3	BATH	4	+22	15
4	RAMET	4	-1	8
5	ULST	4	-59	5
6	CDB	4	-113	3
Pool 3
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	NTHMP	4	+62	18
2	EXET	4	-12	13
3	GLASG	4	+14	10
4	MUNST	4	0	9
5	BAY	4	-25	8
6	TOUL	4	-39	2
Pool 4
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	LEINS	4	+70	19
2	STORM	4	+3	14
3	LA RO	4	+38	12
4	LEICS	4	-38	9
5	SALE	4	-7	6
6	SFRAN	4	-66	2

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