Leinster v Toulouse May 12, 2010
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Lenister V Toulouse
Toulouse 26 Leinster 16
1 / 5 / 2010 Le Stadium, Toulouse, France by Ben, Dysart N.S.
Lenister were coming into this game without Jonathon Sexton, Luke Fitzgerald and Sean O’Brien. The starting team had few injury’s but the injured players themselves might have made a difference to the game. The starting team was 1 Cian Healy 2 John Fogerty 3 Stan Wright 4 Leo Cullen 5 Nathon Hynes 6 Kevin Mc Loughlan 7 Shane Jennings 8 Jamey Heaslip 9 Eoghan Redden 10 Shaun Berne 11 Isa Nacewa 12 Gordon D’arcy 13 Brian O’Driscoll 14 Shane Horgan 15 Rob Kearny. The game was started at 3:45pm with a long straight kick off by Skrela which was received by Heaslip. He in turn passed it to Berne, whose kick high into the Toulouse half was caught by himself but he was tackled into touch by Heymans. Toulouse put the first points on the board through Skrela, after a penalty, from a difficult angle. Toulouse 3 Leinster 0. Leinster battled on trying to put points on the board. But unfortunatly for Leinster the next points come from the boot of Skrela again who makes no mistakes of knocking the ball over. Toulousse 6 Leinster 0.
- In the 24th minute Leinster nearly get a try but Clerc forced Reden to spill the ball. Leinster again give away another penalty and again Skrela made no mistake of putting another 3 points on the score board. Toulouse 9 Leinster 0.Van Der Linde replaced Healy to steady the scrum and Byrne got a chance to put 3 points on the board and he makes no mistake. Toulouse 9 Leinster 3.In the 40th minute Leinster get a penalty and Byrne barely lifted the ball but it finally went over to leave it Toulouse 9 Leinster 6 going in at half time. Leinster started the second half well piling the pressure on but Toulouse recovered well. Eventually Leinster caught the ball but Toulouse put the ball wide and Medard chiped over Redden but Redden managed to out pace the Frenchman and touch the ball down. However much to the disappointment of the Lenister fans Owens does not give the try.In the 43rd minute Tolouse gave away a penalty on the half way line Kearney stepped up, took it and made no mistake in putting it over and for the first time both teams were level. Toulouse 9 Leinster 9. Skrela however got a chance to put Toulouse ahead but his attempt squeezed to the right of the post. Jauzion then drove through Leo Cullen to claim 5 points. Toulouse 14 Leinster 9. Skrela again knocked over the conversion to make it Toulouse 16Leinster 9. Stan Wright was then forced off through injury and Healy was back on. Skrela managed to side step Byrne and scored under the posts. Toulouse 21 Leinster 9. Again Skrela made no mistake and kicked it over the bar. Toulouse were now well in front Toulouse 23 Leinster 9.
In the 64th minute Heaslip managed to go over for a try. Byrne’s kick was perfect but it still left Leinster seven points short. Toulouse 23 Leinster 16. Skrela again got another chance to put 3 points on the board and once again he made no mistake. Toulouse 26 Leinster 16
Leinster battled on but just didnt have enough time to catch up.
Final score: Toulouse 26 Leinster 16
There were many candidates for man of the match such as Nacewa, Jauzion, Redden and Heaslip but the title went to Skrela who deserved it.
This was a very disappointing match Leinster did not play nearly as good as they should have.