{"id":410397,"date":"2011-04-30T16:28:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T16:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/30\/leinster-beat-toulouse-in-semi-final-classic\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T16:28:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T16:28:04","slug":"leinster-beat-toulouse-in-semi-final-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/leinster-beat-toulouse-in-semi-final-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Leinster beat Toulouse in semi-final classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"133\">\n<div>\n<h2>Leinster (16) 32<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Tries:<\/em> Heaslip, O&#8217;Driscoll<\/li>\n<li><em>Cons:<\/em> Sexton 2<\/li>\n<li><em>Pens:<\/em> Sexton 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Toulouse (13) 23<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Tries:<\/em> Fritz, Picamoles<\/li>\n<li><em>Cons:<\/em> Skrela 2<\/li>\n<li><em>Pens:<\/em> Skrela, Bezy<\/li>\n<li><em>Drop goal:<\/em> Skrela<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/e6208d404475_bod464.jpg.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"261\" alt=\"Heineken Cup action\" \/> Yoann Maestri and Census Johnston tackle Brian O&#8217;Driscoll at the Aviva Stadium<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Leinster clinched their place in the Heineken Cup final with a hard-fought win over Toulouse at the Aviva Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish province led 16-13 at half-time thanks to a Jamie Heaslip try and 11 points from Jonathan Sexton.<\/p>\n<p>Florian Fritz scored a try for Toulouse, with David Skrela kicking eight points during the first period.<\/p>\n<p>After the break Brian O&#8217;Driscoll scored a try and Sexton kicked a further 11 points while Louis Picamoles crossed the line for the four-time champions.<\/p>\n<p>Skrela knocked over a conversion and Nicolas Bezy kicked a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Toulouse raced into an early lead when Fritz touched down under the posts in the fifth minute.<\/p>\n<p>A Skrela penalty rebounded off the left hand upright and Fritz reacted quickly to score the try after the ball took a wicked bounce over the head of Brian O&#8217;Driscoll. Skrela added the conversion.<\/p>\n<p>Sexton reduced the Irish province&#8217;s deficit with a 10th-minute penalty but a wonderfully executed Skrela drop goal two minutes later restored Leinster&#8217;s advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Heaslip scored his ninth Heineken Cup try after half an hour when he completed a fine move which included 17 phases.<\/p>\n<p>The number eight bulldozed his way through the Toulouse defence and touched the ball down, Sexton converting.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Driscoll was yellow-carded in the 36th minute and fly-half Skrela knocked over the resulting penalty to level the scores.<\/p>\n<p>An injury-time penalty by Sexton made it 16-13 to Leinster at half-time.<\/p>\n<p>Five minutes after the break the defending champions made good ground from a scrum, Jean Marc Doussain bounced off Eoin Reddan and he offloaded to Picamoles who dived over unopposed. Skrela again added the two points.<\/p>\n<p>Sexton responded with two successful penalties to nudge the 2009 champions ahead by two points.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Driscoll crossed the Toulouse line for Leinster&#8217;s second try on 59 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Ross and Nathan Hines were held up before O&#8217;Driscoll nipped in between Vincent Clerc and Census Johnston to score, Sexton adding the conversion.<\/p>\n<p>Replacement Bezy landed a penalty but Sexton completed a fine kicking display by kicking his sixth penalty in the final minute of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Leinster will now have the chance to reclaim their place at the top of the European pedestal, which they occupied two years ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leinster:<\/strong> I Nacewa; S Horgan, B O&#8217;Driscoll, G D&#8217;Arcy, L Fitzgerald; J Sexton, E Reddan; C Healy, R Strauss, M Ross, L Cullen (captain), N Hines, K McLaughlin, S O&#8217;Brien, J Heaslip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements:<\/strong> J Harris-Wright, H Van Der Merwe, S Wright, D Toner, S Jennings, I Boss, I Madigan, F McFadden.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Toulouse:<\/strong> C Heymans; V Clerc, F Fritz, C Poitrenaud, M Medard; D Skrela, J Doussain; J-B Poux, W Servat, C Johnston, Y Maestri, P Albacete, J Bouilhou (captain), Y Nyanga, L Picamoles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements:<\/strong> V Lacombe, D Human, J Falefa, T Dusautoir, N Bezy, Y Jauzion, S Sowerby, G Lamboley or R Caucaunibuca.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/e6208d404475_bod464.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/13239672.stm\" title=\"Leinster beat Toulouse in semi-final classic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leinster beat Toulouse in semi-final classic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Leinster (16) 32 Tries: Heaslip, O&#8217;Driscoll Cons: Sexton 2 Pens: Sexton 6 Toulouse (13) 23 Tries: Fritz, Picamoles Cons: Skrela 2 Pens: Skrela, Bezy Drop goal: Skrela Yoann Maestri and Census Johnston tackle Brian O&#8217;Driscoll at the Aviva Stadium Leinster clinched their place in the Heineken Cup final with a hard-fought win over Toulouse at the Aviva Stadium. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":410398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-410397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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