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Leinster blow away Sale to set up Champions Cup semi-final with Toulon
Semi-final number 17 beckons for Leinster. The one-time serial champions of this competition will take another, against Toulon, back at the Aviva in a couple of weeks’ time. Sounds epic. Probably will be. But Leinster are still not quite convincing.
TL;DR
- Leinster will face Toulon in their 17th Champions Cup semi-final.
- Leinster's performance against a depleted Sale side was unconvincing for the first 50 minutes.
- Poor handling conditions and set-piece struggles hampered Leinster in the first half.
- Two second-half yellow cards for Sale players proved decisive.
- Leinster scored six tries in total, including four in the final half-hour.