Ten yards from his own posts, he went wide to Denis Hickie, the wing easing past Omar Hasan and Fabien Pelous and speeding 60 yards before exchanging passes with Gordon d'Arcy, beating Vincent Clerc 20 yards out and convincing the video referee.

Stade Toulousain (Toulouse) and Leinster are 6–6 after 12 matches between the two teams. Referee: D Pearson (England). [17][18] Although this was the formal founding of Leinster as we know it today, with the amalgamation of the Irish Football Union and the Northern union, the Leinster provincial team had been active since 1879 – when the first interprovincial derby was played against Ulster.

Secretary of the Branch and C.B. With Martin Johnson retired there is currently no more inspirational forward in Europe.

On 2 October 2010, Leinster played Munster in the 5th round of the league at the Aviva Stadium, this set a new crowd attendance record for a Pro12 game at 50,645. Les jeux de lettre français sont :

Leinster hold only a narrow head-to-head lead against arch-rivals Munster in one of the most intense derbies in world rugby, where they possess a 25–16 advantage. That gave us a lot of confidence. [34] Games were first played at the RDS during the 2005–06 season, initially just for European Cup games. The following Leinster players have also represented the British and Irish Lions. Denis Hickie reflected on the 2006 Heineken Cup quarter-final win away to Toulouse on the Champions Rugby Show podcast this week.

All players listed below are Irish unless otherwise noted.

In 2005–06, Leinster progressed to the semi-final but were eliminated by Irish rivals Munster at Lansdowne Road and they reached the quarter-final the following year where they were beaten by eventual winners London Wasps. Once again, Leinster targeted the double, and faced a repeat of the 2010 Pro12 final against the Ospreys. On this occasion the power and the glory was Munster's and the peerless O'Connell's. Representative side consisting of New Zealand soldiers who completed military service in World War II. They compete in the Pro14 and the European Rugby Champions Cup (where their 4th title, achieved in 2018, ties the record for that competition alongside Toulouse). Leinster average Celtic League attendance was 12,796 [1] (boosted heavily by two games held at Lansdowne Road). Also despite having topped the Pro12 league during the regular season, Leinster lost the first ever Play-off Final 17–12 on their home ground to the Ospreys. [44] For this reason, Leinster have signed a long-term lease with the Royal Dublin Society to play home games at the RDS Arena. [43] The following season Leinster hosted Munster, Bath and Cardiff at the Aviva Stadium and remained unbeaten at the ground until December 2012 when they lost 21–28 to ASM Clermont Auvergne. [52], The last match at the old Lansdowne Road stadium was against Ulster on 31 December 2006 before it was demolished to make way for the new Aviva Stadium, earning the match the moniker of "The Last Stand". Toulouse: Poitrenaud (Medard, 83); Clerc, Jauzion, Fritz (Kunavore, 75), Heymans; Michalak (Dubois, 72), Elissalde; Poux, Bru (capt; Lacombe, 77), Hasan (Menkarska, 75), Pelous, Brennan (Millo-Chlusky, 49), Bouilhou (Lamboley, 67), Nyanga, Maka. [59] During the 2013–14 season the contest was won by Dublin-based meat wholesaler Gahan Meats[60] and for 2014–15 the shirt sponsorship winners were accounting software provider Big Red Cloud. The following Leinster players were listed on the Pro 14 team of the year.  | Privacy policy He had a shocker: botched re-starts, costly touch-kick errors, three missed penalties and, most uncharacteristically of all, a lengthy punch-up with Leamy some 50 metres off the ball.

The match was played on 20 May 2006 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Pens: Contepomi 5. [15], In the 2010–11 European Cup, Leinster defeated the top English teams (Leicester Tigers, Saracens & Northampton Saints), as well as top French sides, Toulouse (who were the defending European champions), Racing Metro & Clermont Auvergne, (the French Champions). Official Supporters. The ball went back to the fly-half, who found Brian O'Driscoll steaming through to go under the posts. But Dave Pearson to his credit let the game flow and let that passage of play go on. Stade Francais lead Leinster 3–2, while RC Toulon have a commanding 4–0 head-to-head lead.

This is the third occasion in six years that Munster have come this far and they look utterly determined to make it third time lucky. It certainly was nowhere near where it is now. Last night, long after the Heineken road show had moved on to San Sebastián and the Leinster team had flown home to Dublin and the first all-Irish semi-final, enough fans to block the pavements along the Canal du Midi were still celebrating their side's remarkable victory over the giants of Europe. Leinster were also chasing a Pro12 & European Cup double, but lost 19–9 to Irish rivals Munster in the Pro12 Final. Cons: Contepomi 3.

“There’s an element of luck whereby Dave Pearson the referee – lots of referees will have an opportunity in a passage of play of that length to blow for a knock-on, to not play advantage, to maybe be a little bit more pedantic with the whistle. Fortunes in the newly formed Champions Cup were better, with the team reaching the semi-final where they were defeated in extra-time by eventual winners, Toulon. Pens: O'Gara 3. [36], In July 2014, it was announced by the RDS and Leinster rugby that a design competition was being held to develop the arena into a 25,000 capacity world class stadium, with work expected to commence on the redevelopment in April 2016. Les lettres doivent être adjacentes et les mots les plus longs sont les meilleurs. Pro14 Team of the Year Leinster: Dempsey; Horgan, O'Driscoll (capt; Lewis, 85), D'Arcy (Kearney, 80), Hickie; Contepomi, Easterby; Corrigan (McCormack, 54), Blaney, Green, Williams, O'Kelly, Jowitt (Miller, 66), Gleeson, Heaslip. They compete in the Pro14 and the European Rugby Champions Cup (where their 3rd title, achieved in 2018, ties the record for that competition alongside Toulouse). If anyone did attend mass locally their prayers were oval-dominated, invoking the now familiar holy trinity of Father, Son and Brian O'Driscoll. Whereas we had a huge crowd that went to (Toulouse). The soundtrack to O'Driscoll's nightmares for the forseeable future, in contrast, will be the Fields of Athenry.

The prize has been awarded annually since 2012. We then won the following season against Bourgoin in Bourgoin.

Before the start of the 2004–05 season, the 'Lions' was dropped from the name. The province's current kit (2018/19) is blue with a pattern of spearheads on the jersey which takes inspiration from the people of Laighean (the ancient Irish name for Leinster), while the alternative kit is green with gold features, the colours seen in the Flag of Leinster, with a pattern of geographical cutouts for its 12 counties. [50] Leinster currently have roughly 12,500 season ticket holders. Jouer, Dictionnaire de la langue françaisePrincipales Références. Between 1946 and 2002 the sides would meet annually to contest the Irish Interprovincial Championship and on rare occasion would be tested against touring international sides. [26] Leinster successfully completed the double on 25 May, defeating Ulster 24–18 in the Pro12 final to claim their third league championship. [49], Leinster have the best support of any club in the PRO12 league and had an average attendance of 17,717 in the 2014–15 Pro12 season. Bernard Laporte will also have concerns about his other first-choice half-back, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, who too often fumbled, passed lamely and turned a much vaunted midfield into a log jam. Click on the button below to sign up to the Leinster … [19], In 2011–12 Leinster became only the second side ever to retain the title of European Champions. Inaugurated 2006-07.

“I think if you only had to lose one to win a big one, it wouldn’t be so bad. [2], The Leinster Branch was inaugurated at a meeting on 31 October 1879. They had the experience, they knew how to win in knock-out competitions both domestically, but particularly in Europe. "It only gets more difficult from here." Leinster Rugby (Irish: Rugbaí Laighean) is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland and the most successful Irish team both domestically and in European competition. [13] Leinster won the 2009 European Cup Final in Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, beating Leicester Tigers 19–16 to claim their first European crown. Upon the founding of the union, Munster were also added to the fray in 1879, when their first provincial team was selected and first Munster players represented Ireland.[3][4]. At the end of the season, Head Coach, Matt O'Connor, left the club by mutual consent with former club captain, Leo Cullen, being named as his replacement.

The current crest was introduced in 2005 as Leinster Rugby held no copyright on the previous crest. They can expect few of the favours shown by Toulouse and again much will depend on their fly-half Felipe Contepomi. He impressed, too much, and Leinster signed him before he had played a game. The pool stages started on 20 October and concluded in January, going for six rounds. Leinster's tie against Ulster Rugby set a Magners League record with a sell out attendance of 48,000 at the last ever game at Lansdowne Road.

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