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.
Munster v Biarritz May 6, 2010
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Munster
Biarritz 18 Munster 7
Estadio Anoeta, San Seabastian, Spain by Pauric, Dysart N.S.
Munster were knocked out of the Heineken Cup by a hungrier Biarritz (France) side on Sunday.
Coming into the game Munster were without Lions captain Paul O’Connell, and their two wings, Doug Howlett and Denis Hurley, all due to injury. Biarritz were without Damien Trialle, there talisman kicker, also due to injury.
Munster were first to put points on the scoreboard after Donncha O’Callaghan made a run up the field, was tackled and from the resulting ruck, Keith Earls got in at the corner and O’Gara converted. 7-0 Munster.
That was as good as it got for the Irish men though, as Biarritz began to take charge. Munster started to give away penalties in kickable positions, and Dimitri Yachvilli converted. Biarritz began to claw their way back into the game through the boot of Yachvilli, and eventually they went ahead. Munster continued to give away penalties in kickable positions, and all of a sudden were down 15-7. In the last ten minutes Munster began to panic, which usually is the last thing you associate with Munster.
Yachvilli knocked over another penalty to leave the score line 18-7 and thats how the game ended. There were a few candidates for man of the match. From the Biarritz side you had Dimitri Yachvilli, whose kicking was superb and controlled the game at scrum-half, and Harinorduquay who had a good game at number 8 and his handling was excellent. He also had to wear a mask to protect his broken nose. On the Munster side you had Tomás O’Leary who was good at scrum-half, and Keith Earls who scored the only try of the game. In my view the Man of the Match award goes to Dimitri Yachvilli who kicked all of Biarritz’s points and controlled the game at scrum-half.
The result of the match means Biarritz go on to the Heineken Cup Final where they will play another French team – Toulouse. What a year it has been for France!!!!!!
