Challenge Cup Win

[Flash Gordon]

Ten years to the day we won the Challenge Cup at the RDS. Seems like a lifetime away, the team that day:

LEINSTER SCORERS: I. Madigan (1 try), S. Cronin (1 try), R. Kearney (1 try), C. Healy (1 try), J. Sexton (4 conversions and 2 penalties)

STADE FRANCAIS SCORERS: J. Sinzelle (1 try), J. Plisson (1 conversion), J. Porical (2 penalties)

LEINSTER:

15: Rob Kearney (Dave Kearney, 80)
14: Andrew Conway
13: Fergus McFadden (Andrew Goodman, 67)
12: Ian Madigan
11: Isa Nacewa
10: Jonathan Sexton
9: Isaac Boss (John Cooney, 80)

1: Jack McGrath (Cian Healy, 52)
2: Sean Cronin (Richardt Strauss, 52; Cronin, 72)
3: Mike Ross (Jamie Hagan, 60)
4: Quinn Roux (Leo Cullen, 60)
5: Devin Toner
6: Rhys Ruddock
7: Sean O’Brien (Shane Jennings, 58)
8: Jamie Heaslip CAPTAIN

[naraic]

4 of that 23 are still in our squad.

2 of that 23 coach us now.

[johng]

4 of that 23 are still in our squad.

2 of that 23 coach us now.

Leo, Seanie, Andrew Goodman. Which one are you not counting

[cormac]

The only Leinster match at the RDS where I wasn't standing in one of the terraces.

[Flash Gordon]

4 of that 23 are still in our squad.

2 of that 23 coach us now.

3 coaches and few of those lads still playing. Quinn Roux, Madigan and Conway are players I wish we'd kept.

[Dexter]

The only Leinster match at the RDS where I wasn't standing in one of the terraces.

The other way around for me. The only time I've been on the RDS terraces. Was great!

[Barry]

Ten years to the day we won the Challenge Cup at the RDS. Seems like a lifetime away, the team that day:

LEINSTER SCORERS: I. Madigan (1 try), S. Cronin (1 try), R. Kearney (1 try), C. Healy (1 try), J. Sexton (4 conversions and 2 penalties)

STADE FRANCAIS SCORERS: J. Sinzelle (1 try), J. Plisson (1 conversion), J. Porical (2 penalties)

LEINSTER:

15: Rob Kearney (Dave Kearney, 80)
14: Andrew Conway
13: Fergus McFadden (Andrew Goodman, 67)
12: Ian Madigan
11: Isa Nacewa
10: Jonathan Sexton
9: Isaac Boss (John Cooney, 80)

1: Jack McGrath (Cian Healy, 52)
2: Sean Cronin (Richardt Strauss, 52; Cronin, 72)
3: Mike Ross (Jamie Hagan, 60)
4: Quinn Roux (Leo Cullen, 60)
5: Devin Toner
6: Rhys Ruddock
7: Sean O’Brien (Shane Jennings, 58)
8: Jamie Heaslip CAPTAIN

Went to the RDS that night and so, missed my daughter's school graduation.

Still not forgotten!!!

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[FLIP]

The only Leinster match at the RDS where I wasn't standing in one of the terraces.

The other way around for me. The only time I've been on the RDS terraces. Was great!

Same, Contepomi was on the side lines in the Stade Francais technical area and didn't appreciate the serenading the terrace was giving him. Too busy focusing on the match!

[blockhead]

Ten years to the day we won the Challenge Cup at the RDS. Seems like a lifetime away, the team that day:

LEINSTER SCORERS: I. Madigan (1 try), S. Cronin (1 try), R. Kearney (1 try), C. Healy (1 try), J. Sexton (4 conversions and 2 penalties)

STADE FRANCAIS SCORERS: J. Sinzelle (1 try), J. Plisson (1 conversion), J. Porical (2 penalties)

LEINSTER:

15: Rob Kearney (Dave Kearney, 80)
14: Andrew Conway
13: Fergus McFadden (Andrew Goodman, 67)
12: Ian Madigan
11: Isa Nacewa
10: Jonathan Sexton
9: Isaac Boss (John Cooney, 80)

1: Jack McGrath (Cian Healy, 52)
2: Sean Cronin (Richardt Strauss, 52; Cronin, 72)
3: Mike Ross (Jamie Hagan, 60)
4: Quinn Roux (Leo Cullen, 60)
5: Devin Toner
6: Rhys Ruddock
7: Sean O’Brien (Shane Jennings, 58)
8: Jamie Heaslip CAPTAIN

Went to the RDS that night and so, missed my daughter's school graduation.

Still not forgotten!!!

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Barry, you will get your reward in Leinster Heaven.

I began chanting "championay" when Healy scored the late try and it took off and the chant went around the ground. I was quite proud of that at the time.
Was that the night we also won the B&I Cup up in Newcastle?

[Barry]

Ten years to the day we won the Challenge Cup at the RDS. Seems like a lifetime away, the team that day:

LEINSTER SCORERS: I. Madigan (1 try), S. Cronin (1 try), R. Kearney (1 try), C. Healy (1 try), J. Sexton (4 conversions and 2 penalties)

STADE FRANCAIS SCORERS: J. Sinzelle (1 try), J. Plisson (1 conversion), J. Porical (2 penalties)

LEINSTER:

15: Rob Kearney (Dave Kearney, 80)
14: Andrew Conway
13: Fergus McFadden (Andrew Goodman, 67)
12: Ian Madigan
11: Isa Nacewa
10: Jonathan Sexton
9: Isaac Boss (John Cooney, 80)

1: Jack McGrath (Cian Healy, 52)
2: Sean Cronin (Richardt Strauss, 52; Cronin, 72)
3: Mike Ross (Jamie Hagan, 60)
4: Quinn Roux (Leo Cullen, 60)
5: Devin Toner
6: Rhys Ruddock
7: Sean O’Brien (Shane Jennings, 58)
8: Jamie Heaslip CAPTAIN

Went to the RDS that night and so, missed my daughter's school graduation.

Still not forgotten!!!

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Barry, you will get your reward in Leinster Heaven.

I began chanting "championay" when Healy scored the late try and it took off and the chant went around the ground. I was quite proud of that at the time.
Was that the night we also won the B&I Cup up in Newcastle?

Won't be in this life.

Foolishly thought that giving her a premium level seat for clermont v toulon the following day would get me off the hook

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[FLIP]

Went to the RDS that night and so, missed my daughter's school graduation.

Still not forgotten!!!

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Barry, you will get your reward in Leinster Heaven.

I began chanting "championay" when Healy scored the late try and it took off and the chant went around the ground. I was quite proud of that at the time.
Was that the night we also won the B&I Cup up in Newcastle?

Won't be in this life.

Foolishly thought that giving her a premium level seat for clermont v toulon the following day would get me off the hook

Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk

Watching Toulon win anything is a cruel punishment for anyone who likes rugby

[domhnallj]

Barry, you will get your reward in Leinster Heaven.

I began chanting "championay" when Healy scored the late try and it took off and the chant went around the ground. I was quite proud of that at the time.
Was that the night we also won the B&I Cup up in Newcastle?
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Yip. I lived in Newcaslte at the time so was a bit torn as to which game to go to (in the end was in the RDS)

[Keith]

Barry, you will get your reward in Leinster Heaven.

I began chanting "championay" when Healy scored the late try and it took off and the chant went around the ground. I was quite proud of that at the time.
Was that the night we also won the B&I Cup up in Newcastle?

Won't be in this life.

Foolishly thought that giving her a premium level seat for clermont v toulon the following day would get me off the hook

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Watching Toulon win anything is a cruel punishment for anyone who likes rugby

I actually miss that Toulon side. It's nice to have a "panto villian" and plus a game between this Leinster side and that Toulon team would be pretty incredible.

[blockhead]

Won't be in this life.

Foolishly thought that giving her a premium level seat for clermont v toulon the following day would get me off the hook

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Watching Toulon win anything is a cruel punishment for anyone who likes rugby

I actually miss that Toulon side. It's nice to have a "panto villian" and plus a game between this Leinster side and that Toulon team would be pretty incredible.

That's us now.
Demographics, no salary, cap, not a real club etc.

[joooooe]

Watching Toulon win anything is a cruel punishment for anyone who likes rugby

I actually miss that Toulon side. It's nice to have a "panto villian" and plus a game between this Leinster side and that Toulon team would be pretty incredible.

That's us now.
Demographics, no salary, cap, not a real club etc.

There's a panto villain in every competition, and if you think that there is no panto villain in your competition then you are the panto villain.

[Keith]

Watching Toulon win anything is a cruel punishment for anyone who likes rugby

I actually miss that Toulon side. It's nice to have a "panto villian" and plus a game between this Leinster side and that Toulon team would be pretty incredible.

That's us now.
Demographics, no salary, cap, not a real club etc.

Yeah true. Seems crazy that fans can give out about a team that can send out fully homegrown match day squads, but here we are.

[Dexter]

I actually miss that Toulon side. It's nice to have a "panto villian" and plus a game between this Leinster side and that Toulon team would be pretty incredible.

That's us now.
Demographics, no salary, cap, not a real club etc.

Yeah true. Seems crazy that fans can give out about a team that can send out fully homegrown match day squads, but here we are.

There's a cohort of people who just want to moan, that's what they do. They'll find an angle to moan about no matter what, even it's a totally incredible angle.
I find it crazy too but there's plenty of them out there.

[Oldschool]

I actually miss that Toulon side. It's nice to have a "panto villian" and plus a game between this Leinster side and that Toulon team would be pretty incredible.

That's us now.
Demographics, no salary, cap, not a real club etc.

There's a panto villain in every competition, and if you think that there is no panto villain in your competition then you are the panto villain.

Brilliant.

[Dave Cahill]

There's a cohort of people who just want to moan, that's what they do. They'll find an angle to moan about no matter what, even it's a totally incredible angle.
I find it crazy too but there's plenty of them out there.

Yeah, the same kind of people who moaned about Toulon are moaning about Leinster now. Basically they're ignoramuses who can't accept that in the house of rugby there are many rooms.

[Keith]

There's a cohort of people who just want to moan, that's what they do. They'll find an angle to moan about no matter what, even it's a totally incredible angle.
I find it crazy too but there's plenty of them out there.

Yeah, the same kind of people who moaned about Toulon are moaning about Leinster now. Basically they're ignoramuses who can't accept that in the house of rugby there are many rooms.

I used to moan about Toulon because I thought we'd start losing our best homegrown talent to them (and other Top14 teams). Looking back now they were actually great for the competition.