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In a thrilling Champions Cup quarter-final, Harlequins secured a narrow victory over Bordeaux-Begles with a final score of 42-41, marking their entry into the semi-finals for the first time. The match, described as one of the best in 'Euro' rugby folklore, saw Harlequins take a commanding lead in the first half, with a halftime score of 28-12, only for Bordeaux to fight back, setting the stage for a nail-biting finish. Standout performances included those from Will Porter, Fin Baxter, Will Collier, and Tyrone Green, with Green scoring the winning try. The victory sets up a semi-final clash for Harlequins against either Toulouse or Exeter. In another quarter-final, Leinster triumphed over La Rochelle, ending the reigning champions' run in the tournament and securing a semi-final spot. The match was highlighted by Leinster's dominant second-half performance, ensuring their advancement.
Can the @Harlequins pick up a third win in France this season? 🇫🇷👀 A huge challenge lies ahead when they take on @StadeToulousain in the #InvestecChampionsCup semi-finals! 🗣️ @samwarburton_ https://t.co/kYuqEDKmEM
🔴 Toulouse blew Exeter Chiefs away in the second half. #STvEXE ✍️ The match report from the #InvestecChampionsCup clash. 👇 https://t.co/ZJfluDP4Z8
🗣️ "Whatever about giving away the try before half-time, getting the try just after half-time was massively important, to get the 17-point buffer." #LEIvSR 🔵 Leo Cullen hails Ryan Baird's try in Leinster win over La Rochelle. #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/R0edyRsIgs
🔴 TOULOUSE RUN OUT COMFORTABLE WINNERS OVER EXETER! #STvEXE #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/KB7shPtldJ
Who else but Antoine Dupont! Toulouse score straight from the kick-off to stretch their lead to 26 points ⚡ #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/EGSgVBKNkw
🔴 Toulouse moving through the gears against Exeter Chiefs. #STvEXE #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/8KeaSaLCI3
Switched this Toulouse-Exeter game on 6 minutes ago. Since then Toulouse have scored 21 points🤯. #STvEXE
🔥 Offload HEAVEN Toulouse at their very best 🤩 #InvestecChampionsCup | @StadeToulousain https://t.co/r9DWKZvJ6J
Exeter starting to fade a little now. Toulouse injecting more pace and the Chiefs coming up with errors and penalties. #InvestecChampionsCup
🗣️ “I am just so proud of them, not surprised, because I know the capability of the group. It was quite emotional for us.” 🃏 A dramatic win in Bordeaux handed Harlequins their first #InvestecChampionsCup semi-final ever. https://t.co/PhJMXjmnTZ
⏱️ Half-time in the #InvestecChampionsCup: 🔴 Toulouse 17-16 Exeter Chiefs 🔵 #STvEXE 🔢 Follow the #InvestecChampionsCup, live. 👉 https://t.co/22N7A89ZFE https://t.co/i9HwqNcJZ2
Toulouse lead in a tight affair. Plenty of action and controversial moments 📲 https://t.co/USAibncXoP https://t.co/OMbje4q838
🚽🚽 HALF TIME ❌ This is a bad tempered game! French fans becoming increasingly irate. Toulouse exploiting Exeter's right wing a lot so far, but the Chiefs are scrapping tooth and nail. Feyi-Waboso has shown glimmers of what he can do. Willis with a great score. https://t.co/UbSRFFVo8L
🔥 Toulouse in full flow The hosts find the edge and Romain Ntamack puts the five-time Champions in front 🙌 #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/a95aj9vD7B
🔥 Toulouse is full flow The hosts find the edge and Romain Ntamack puts the five-time Champions in front 🙌 #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/8ZQMhabGQl
🗣️ "That sheer defensive pressure and physicality." #LEIvSR ☘️🇫🇷 Five takeaways from Leinster's win over La Rochelle. 👇 #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/gTmnC2YQEZ
🔵 Rampant Leinster knock out holders La Rochelle. #LEIvSR https://t.co/3R6p5eXIL6
😇 Northampton Saints run in NINE tries against the Bulls. #NORvBUL ✍️ The match report from the #InvestecChampionsCup quarter-final. https://t.co/G4HUJjTron
🗣️ "That sheer defensive pressure and physicality... meant that they never let the two-time champions get into their stride." #LEIvSR ☘️🇫🇷 Five takeaways from Leinster's win over La Rochelle. #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/GvYzpl5Co5
⏱️ Half-time in the #InvestecChampionsCup: 😇 Northampton Saints 28-22 Bulls 🐂 #NORvBUL 🔢 Follow the action, live. 👉 https://t.co/0Z0KjwFqeZ https://t.co/XSxd3tEWte
🔵 Rampant Leinster knock out holders La Rochelle. #LEIvSR ✍️ The match report from the #InvestecChampionsCup game. https://t.co/yGmrCH03bi
Harlequins reach first Champions Cup semi after Bordeaux thriller https://t.co/RkUxGDvePQ
😇🐂 Last up today, Northampton Saints against the Bulls! #NORvBUL 🔢 Follow the #InvestecChampionsCup, live. 👉 https://t.co/0Z0KjwFqeZ https://t.co/vI3fEop2tZ
[📺 LIVE - 21H00] 🏆 Investec #ChampionsCup 🏉 Northampton - Bulls en direct sur beIN SPORTS 1 #RugbyPack
The job isn't finished yet but that's a massive weight for Leinster to shake off their shoulders. La Rochelle beaten for the 2nd time this season. Loads of good play to pick out from that performance but the defence especially was a step above from last year. #LEIvSR
Leinster put an emphatic end to La Rochelle’s European reign. A home semi-final at Croke Park guarantees a towering stage for their excellence.
Follow the live action as the @Vodacom Bulls face Northampton Saints in a Champions Cup knockout clash at Franklin’s Gardens. #NORvBUL https://t.co/pLcFNKwYC2
RATING: Leinster got some sweet revenge on La Rochelle, smashing their bitter European rivals. Here's how we rated the Leinster players #LEIvLAR | #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/VZv1fYCBYi
🔵 OUTSTANDING LEINSTER KNOCK OUT HOLDERS LA ROCHELLE! #LEIvSR #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/22ez1ZLyVP
Leinster through, the champs are out 😮 https://t.co/ZF67ZkmchH
One way traffic in the second half as Leinster take a step closer. 📲 https://t.co/USAibncXoP https://t.co/htfAkeiu6d
And that… probably… is that! Croke Park semi-final looking very likely for Leinster.
Bordeaux Bègles 41 Harlequins 42 ✍️ "Harlequins came to the south of France promising to 'swing the bat' and they produced the innings of a lifetime to reach the Champions Cup semi-finals for the first time in their history" Read @AlexMLowe's report ⬇️ https://t.co/y1COxgnPRS
🗣️ "It’s impossible to underestimate this showing – it was brave, daring and even impudent, in a match for the ages." #InvestecChampionsCup 🃏🔵 Five takeaways from Harlequins' epic win over Bordeaux-Begles. #UBBvHAR ✍️ @jameswhile https://t.co/0CWq1VDNeY
"Leinster find an edge" 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅 from @leinsterrugby gets them another try 🙌🏉 #LEIvSR | #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/fT7RixmXl1
Leinster are on today. Clinical execution. #InvestecChampionsCup
Leinster needed to start hot in the second and have.
Leinster 🤝attacks down the blindside. Fantastic work to make so many passes in so tight a space. https://t.co/AvEynHXh02 #LEIvSR
Well, it's definitely a Leinster-La Rochelle match so far! Leinster with the hot start again, huge physicality again, La Rochelle with a late try before half-time again. If Leinster are to see this out, their 22 exits have to get better because La Rochelle are coming #LEIvSR
🗣️ "Some performance from the scrum-half, who stood in brilliantly for Danny Care. Incredible effort." #InvestecChampionsCup 🃏 Harlequins' ratings after their stunning win over Bordeaux. #UBBvHAR https://t.co/oDUPV6XKzS
⏱️ Half-time in the #InvestecChampionsCup: 🔵 Leinster 23-13 La Rochelle 🟡 #LEIvSR 🔢 Follow the action, live. 👉 https://t.co/n9Vj4S0zdr https://t.co/6e1LWtBFsC
What a game! 🔥 Harlequins stunned Bordeaux 42-41 in an all-time classic to reach their first Champions Cup semi-final #BORvHAR https://t.co/JynevYPeCc
"He's done it again" 🏃 Jamison Gibson-Park 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 to grab @leinsterrugby another try 🚀🏉 #LEIvSR | #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/sGoJsuNA5U
https://t.co/UjlKj1dALr 😮 Harlequins stunned Bordeaux 42-41 in an all-time classic to reach their first Champions Cup semi-final #BORvHAR https://t.co/tD8jO6X6PC
🃏 Harlequins stun Bordeaux-Begles to seal last four spot! #UBBvHAR ✍️ Read the match report from an #InvestecChampionsCup epic. 👇 https://t.co/rPMQnE1LeL
You'd forget how hard Leinster and La Rochelle hit each other! Physicality off the charts at the start of this match. #LEIvSR
Tyrone Green scored the winning try to send Harlquins into their first Champions Cup semi-final after an 83-point thriller against hosts Bordeaux. https://t.co/aQ18CtqQWl
🔵🟡 Next up it is Leinster against La Rochelle in Dublin! #LEIvSR 🔢 Follow the #InvestecChampionsCup. 👉 https://t.co/n9Vj4S0zdr https://t.co/81BPPIKl1j
What a game in Bordeaux and what a result for @Harlequins astonishing https://t.co/Vfw87mldBe
Final score: Bordeaux 41 Harlequins 42. Epic contest - one of the best games I’ve ever seen and straight into ‘Euro’ rugby folklore. Hundreds of Quins fans here singing as the stunned locals stream out of Stade Chaban Delmas. Semi-final v Toulouse or Exeter. Boost for Prem
WHAT A MATCH HARLEQUINS ARE INTO THE SEMIS 🤯 https://t.co/UoFTSj1Kif
Harlequins. Wow, wow, wow. Into a first ever Champions Cup semi-final - spectacular 42-41 win away to Bordeaux-Bègles. Will play Toulouse or Exeter in last four.
🃏 HARLEQUINS WIN QUARTER-FINAL EPIC AT BORDEAUX-BEGLES! #UBBvHAR #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/qNsg523ejo
'THILLA IN MANILA' Thriller in Bordeaux with Harlequins winning an 83 point game to reach their first ever Champions Cup Semi Final 📲 https://t.co/USAibncXoP https://t.co/x9TUjlzNf5
🍷 FULL TIME 🃏 THEY’VE DONE IT BY A POINT!!! HARLEQUINS STORM BORDEAUX! One of the great upsets of European rugby! Who saw that one coming?! Harlequins are in the semi finals! https://t.co/VGrZpOPklJ
God. What a game. Congrats Harlequins. That was stunning. Bordeaux, unlucky. Seriously, rugby was the winner. #UBBvHAR
A tight battle with Harlequins coming out on top, qualifying for their first Champions Cup semi-final 🔥 #rugby #InvestecChampionsCup #BORvHAR https://t.co/G65EXqvKsf
FT: 🍷 BORDEAUX 41 - 42 HARLEQUINS 🃏 QUINS HAVE DONE IT - UPSET OF THE TOURNAMENT. That’s one of the best games I’ve ever seen. Will Porter, Fin Baxter, Will Collier, Tyrone Green - utterly sensational. Harlequins - INTO THE SEMIS! #InvestecChampionsCup
END-TO-END 🏃 @Harlequins have done it again. WHAT A GAME 🤯🏉 #BORvHAR | #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/AgPTcXu2Af
Wow! Bordeaux bulldozed by the Quins maul. Harlequins are edging away… 🍷 22-35 🃏 58’
Quins really lacking control here. Bordeaux not in control either but playing better off the broken field. A few guys on both sides look dead on their feet. What a game!
Wow. Astonishing half. Quins deserve 28-12 lead. Cunningham-South started like a runaway train, Porter sharp for his two tries, Fin Baxter and Will Collier bossing massive Bordeaux scrum, Murley good, Beard good, Evans good - Dombrandt stunning assist. Epic.
⏱️ Half-time in the #InvestecChampionsCup: 🟣 Bordeaux-Begles 12-28 Harlequins 🃏 #UBBvHAR 🔢 Follow the action, live. 👉 https://t.co/fWD8V96gae https://t.co/jqLJ0atDWf
Brilliant half of rugby from Quins. Leading 28-12 in Bordeaux at the break.
A thriller on in France as Bordeaux claw their way back after a strong Harlequins start only for the visitors to pull ahead before the break 📲 https://t.co/USAibncXoP https://t.co/oBF4iKrVlH
Bordeaux struggling to deal with the heat Harlequins are bringing 🔥 #UBBvHAR https://t.co/Zhlj9iHnZa
🟨 YELLOW CARD PERIOD 🍷 5-0 🃏 Harlequins unable to capitalise during the time Bordeaux were without their fly half.
An absolute blitz from Harlequins in the first ten minutes. 14-0 up and Bordeaux have a man in the bin. 👀 👀 👀 #InvestecChampionsCup
🟣🃏 It's time for Bordeaux-Begles against Harlequins! #UBBvHAR 🔢 Follow the #InvestecChampionsCup. 👉 https://t.co/fWD8V96gae https://t.co/SdnbqOiObL
🗣 'If they can get by La Rochelle [...] I don't see a team beating them to the final.' 🏉 @BrianODriscoll on whether Leinster can get the monkey off their back and beat La Rochelle in a knockout game. 🏆 #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/f11krZLWbk
👊 The @ChampionsCup quarter finals are upon us 🗣️ Hear from Rob Baxter ahead of Chiefs game with Toulouse 🎥 @ExeterChiefs https://t.co/zxBHZ2NFZw
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS: Exeter name same team to face a Toulouse team forced into one change #InvestecChampionsCup #STvEXE #GallagherPrem #Top14 Click below for more ⤵️ https://t.co/4JUK1syKeW
Challenges don't get much tougher than a trip to Bordeaux right now. And Harlequins know they will need a 'bit of everything' if they are going to reach the last four of the #InvestecChampionsCup. ✍️ @Fearn_Ciara 🗣️ Billy Millard and Stephan Lewies https://t.co/btk1jyj1gb https://t.co/vmq7rulxv2
❌ Key stars ruled out while Bulls go second string at Saints. #NORvBUL 📋 Plenty to chew over in the #InvestecChampionsCup quarter-final sides. https://t.co/5tXjgJUAYn
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Josh van der Flier benched as Leinster make 2 changes for La Rochelle #InvestecChampionsCup #LEIvLAR #IrishRugby Click below for more ⤵️ https://t.co/JDyKcI2tkR
Josh van der Flier benched as Leinster make 2 changes for La Rochelle #InvestecChampionsCup #LEIvLAR #IrishRugby Click below for more ⤵️ https://t.co/JDyKcI2tkR
‼️TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ 🏉Vodacom Bulls vs Northampton Saints 🗓️13 April 2024 ⏰21:00 📺Supersport 211 @Vodacom @ChampionsCup https://t.co/ASmjCprQaK
📥 | 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲! 💪 Here is the #LeinsterRugby team to face @staderochelais in the @ChampionsCup tomorrow evening #LEIvSR #FromTheGroundUp https://t.co/0e4E5ZWakU
After four attempts, @leinsterrugby secured their first #InvestecChampionsCup victory over @staderochelais with a last-minute 60m penalty from Ciaran Frawley ✅ Watch Leinster vs La Rochelle this Saturday from 5:15pm on @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK 🏆 https://t.co/m28nX42Izm
The last three results between La Rochelle & Leinster 🏉 Leinster had the last laugh, but in recent years La Rochelle have won when it matters most… Can La Rochelle bounce back against Leinster when they face this weekend in the Champions Cup Quarter-Finals? 🤔 https://t.co/yK5amQMMHv
🗣️ "We take every game on its merits. It’s obviously a completely different animal as well. There’s change in staff. Players have come in as well." 🟡⚫️ Donnacha Ryan says La Rochelle do not have an edge on Leinster. #InvestecChampionsCup #LEIvSR https://t.co/JsemqQ8pZo
🗣️ “Everyone is excited and it doesn’t feel like there is a big burden on people’s shoulders either. We are just excited about the opportunity.” 🔵 The Dublin side are read to face La Rochelle. #LEIvSR #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/4QNdMGcBi9
"I think La Rochelle's breakdown work has been more influential in this match-up" "If Leinster allow them to get those carries, it's just a tidal wave" @Murray_Kinsella looks ahead to Leinster and La Rochelle on Saturday 🏉 Get the full podcast ⬇️ https://t.co/GmRR4D4ymi https://t.co/wbf8JFD9j9
Back again for another Leinster vs La Rochelle match-up 🔥 #InvestecChampionsCup #LEIvLAR https://t.co/r3nvSQF5DU
🃏 A busy game from @Harlequins star Will Evans. 🔢 Check out the top #InvestecChampionsCup performers below. 👇 https://t.co/LI6p1qxfdf