Tag: Toulouse

Jack Willis unlikely to return to England after more top honours with Toulouse

Jack Willis has developed an emotional attachment to Toulouse that indicates a prompt return to England is unlikely. Willis added a Investec Champions Cup winners’ medal to the Top 14 honours he claimed last season after Leinster were defeated 31-22 in extra time at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday. The 27-year-old flanker was magnificent in […]

Leinster beaten as Toulouse lift Champions Cup after extra time

Leinster were unable to shed their losing habit in Investec Champions Cup finals after they were edged 31-22 by Toulouse with only extra time separating the rivals at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The two most successful teams in the competition’s history went toe to toe in a thunderous collision that was scarred by too many errors […]

Leinster face Toulouse in Champions Cup final, FA Cup final day

Rugby Leinster will hope to end a six-year wait for European glory this afternoon. Leo Cullen’s side take on French giants Toulouse in the Investec Champions Cup final in London. Kick-off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is at 2:45pm. Welcome to the Leinster Rugby dressing room. 👕#LEIvTOU #FromTheGroundUp pic.twitter.com/v6D9L9YOlV — Leinster Rugby (@leinsterrugby) May 25, […]

Leinster will face ‘on fire’ Toulouse buoyed by past wins

Leinster scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park says his side’s recent record against Toulouse provides confidence as the two most decorated teams in the history of the Champions Cup prepare to meet in the 2024 final. Toulouse have five tournament wins to Leinster’s four, but the Irish province head to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday with three successive […]

Toulouse see off Exeter to reach Champions Cup semi-finals

Five-time champions Toulouse booked their place in the semi-finals of the Investec Champions Cup as they disposed of visiting Exeter Chiefs with a nine-try 64-26 victory at the Stade Ernest Wallon. The French giants were made to fight in an end-to-end first half, but their vast European experience proved too much for Rob Baxter’s youthful […]

Furious French farmers launch a pungent protest in Toulouse

Paris — Angry French farmers dumped piles of manure in front of city buildings in the southwest city of Toulouse Tuesday, a pungent protest against the government’s agricultural policy which they say is leaving them to face increased hardships. Nearly 400 tractors and 1,000 farmers from across southwest France converged on the city after rallying […]