The Heineken Cup Semi Finals are decided following a thrilling weekend of Quarter Finals. Today we catch up and archive the highlights from all the matches, all in one place for easy viewing. Other random clips from the matches will be posted separately.
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Munster vs Toulouse – View highlights | ||
Munster scored six tries to beat Toulouse 47-23 at Thomond Park on Saturday. They channelled the energy of the home crowd as they scored through Keith Earls, Dave Kilcoyne, CJ Stander, Casey Laulala, Simon Zebo and Paul O’Connell. Man of the Match was outstanding flanker CJ Stander. | ||
Clermont vs Leicester Tigers – View Highlights | ||
Clermont maintained their fantastic home record as they beat Leicester Tigers 22-16 after shooting off to a 16-0 lead in the first half. The Tigers fought back with a try to Jordan Crane, but Morgan Parra held them off with the boot. Clermont are now unbeaten 75 times at Stade Marcel Michelin. | ||
Ulster vs Saracens – View Highlights | ||
Saracens beat 14-man Ulster 17-15 in a tense battle at Ravenhill in Belfast. Jared Payne was sent off in the fourth minute but Ulster refused to give up and actually led at half time, but two Chris Ashton tries proved too much. Courageous stuff from Ulster but it was an uphill battle all day long. | ||
Toulon vs Leinster – View Highlights | ||
Defending champions Toulon won this titanic battle 29-14 at Stade Felix Mayol as they put an end to Brian O’Driscoll’s European season. It was ultimately a comfortable victory, with second half tries to Xavier Chiocci and Drew Mitchell. Jordi Murphy scored late in the game but Toulon held on. |
At this stage in the tournament Ian Keatley of Munster and Jonny Wilkinson of Toulon are joint top points scorers, each with 79 points. Chris Ashton leads the top tries, with a total of 9, followed by Clermont’s Napolioni Nalaga on 5.
After the weekend’s play, Saracens will host Clermont at Twickenham while Munster will take on champions Toulon in Marseille in the Heineken Cup semi finals on the weekend of 26-27 April.
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