Leinster receives an injury boost with two Ireland stars fit for the Northampton clash in the Champions Cup Semi Final at Croke Park. Northampton, the underdogs, are preparing to face Leinster, with Saints learning about Croke Park's history. Leinster is favored in the clash, but Northampton aims to challenge despite missing key players.
🗣️ "Frankly speaking Leinster are the favourites for this clash and if allowed to play their own game in front of a loaded cathedral they will run away with it." 🔵😇 Read our preview of the #InvestecChampionsCup semi-final in the reply. https://t.co/NMxjhNuLaN
✖️ Leinster ditch 6-2 split. 🤕 Saints lose two stars. 👀 Thomas Ramos benched. ✍️ @jaredwright17's five takeaways from the #InvestecChampionsCup matchday squads. https://t.co/gRKwuQ7oJw
Leinster feature once again in the latter stages of the Champions Cup as they take on Northampton Saints on Saturday. Here's everything you need to know https://t.co/nY1OhZobFC
The European Semi Finals are here, and what a weekend is in store. We start in a packed-out Croke Park for what is sure to be one of the Rugby years best occasions as Leinster take on high flying Northampton Powered by @Oval_Insights 1/ https://t.co/N2UdcMhzrn
Quins create tailor-made plan to down European giants Toulouse #InvestecChampionsCup #TOUvHAR #rugby Click below for more ⤵️ https://t.co/dODk8H7jAa
Matt Williams: If Leinster are to fulfil their destiny and prevail this season, they will need more than Xs and Os explaining defensive systems on a whiteboard. They must capture inside their hearts all the intangibles floating within the heady atmosphere of Ireland’s most…
It's semi-final time 🤩 @leinsterrugby 🆚 @SaintsRugby @StadeToulousain 🆚 @Harlequins 📺 Watch the @ChampionsCup this weekend on @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK https://t.co/2BpUH9ORcx
🗣️ "Frankly speaking Leinster are the favourites for this clash and if allowed to play their own game in front of a loaded cathedral they will run away with it." 🔵😇 Our preview for the #InvestecChampionsCup semi-final. ✍️ @dylancoetzee241 https://t.co/Fth8P1smyg
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Ludlam and Sleightholme out as Saints make 7 changes for Leinster #InvestecChampionsCup #LEIvNOR #GallagherPrem Click below for more ⤵️ https://t.co/8gqGhbqE8g
BREAKING: Toulouse have named a stacked side for their Investec Champions Cup clash with Harlequins on Sunday. #InvestecChampionsCup #TOUvHAR https://t.co/LYTdJnz5gO
🔵 LEINSTER vs NORTHAMPTON 😇 A fixture steeped in history. At a ground also steeped in history. Watch out for the two scrum halves. Lawes handed the captaincy. Ludlam is out with a shoulder injury. Northampton are also missing Sleightholme. Who wins this one? https://t.co/xrHWUuorKt
🔴⚫️ 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝘃𝘀 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗦 🃏 This will be a lot of fun. As we saw in the QFs, the Harlequins ‘Swing the bat’ approach is the best way to go about beating a side like Toulouse - outscore them. I’m not writing off Quins 👀 #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/wwUYiS92xF
🗣️ "Quins 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 a shootout - they 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 a close high-scoring game." How would you approach the Toulouse game if you were Harlequins' coach? 🤔 #ITVRugby | #InvestecChampionsCup | 🎙️ @topsy_ojo https://t.co/uB434rsFJu
BREAKING: Leinster change 2️⃣ but Garry Ringrose and Hugo Keenan remain absent writes Liam Heagney 👨💻 #LEIvNOR #ChampionsCup #rugby Click below for more ⤵️ https://t.co/WlEnez8ndW
🔵 𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝘃𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗧𝗢𝗡 😇 Northampton will give this a real good go, they can trouble anyone. Leinster without James Ryan, Garry Ringrose & Hugo Keenan - huge outs. Some atmosphere it will be at Croke Park - 82,000 expected! #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/zyzO2gZIoI
Can @Harlequins overcome the odds again this weekend against @StadeToulousain? @ChampionsCup semi-finals preview on this week's pod in partnership with @QBEeo recorded @voxpodstudio 👇 https://t.co/5l9n9hq2Gc
🔵 LEINSTER vs NORTHAMPTON 😇 A fixture stooped in history. At a ground also stooped in history. Watch out for the two scrum halves. Lawes handed the captaincy. Ludlam is out with a shoulder injury. Northampton are also missing Sleightholme. Who wins this one? https://t.co/fofwG9LGQs
Going for Croke ☘️ Here are your Saints to face Leinster in the #InvestecChampionsCup semi-finals. https://t.co/Ah10HhskAT https://t.co/Xou3WXvKPS
🗣️ “We have been good this year at making sure we are not getting ahead of ourselves." 🔵 Leinster are keeping their focus in check for the #InvestecChampionsCup semi-finals. https://t.co/61SGGmjZJf
How Leinster became the most revered rugby club in the world ✍️ @GavinMairs #TelegraphRugby
🔵 The last time Leinster were at Croke Park. #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/fWuI2ZCo5k
🔵 Are Leinster the biggest underachievers in rugby? - Last Champions Cup title was six years ago. - Lost three finals in the last four years. - Last URC title was three years ago.
🏆 EUROPEAN SEMI FINALS Toulouse and Leinster are no strangers to the semi finals. They have 31 appearances between them. In contrast, this will be a first semi final appearance for Harlequins. Northampton head to Croke Park for their fourth appearance at this stage. https://t.co/RyKnSh4lR9
"Leinster have the experience, class and knowledge of Europe at the highest levels, but home advantage? Croke Park is not the home of Irish — nor Leinster — rugby. History screams from this colossal stadium; it also whispers that Northampton have a chance" ✍️ @SBarnesRugby
🏉🇫🇷 Toulouse 🆚 Harlequins 🏴🏉 🗣️ @HughWoozencroft, @ChrisRobshaw, @topsy_ojo, @davidflatman, @BenjaminKayser, @MilesHarrisonTV and @MissLJJ 🗓️ Sunday, 5th May 📺 ITV1, 14.30 #ITVRugby | #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/xVNYWrrH6N
🗣️ "We are fully aware that we will go there as pretty decent underdogs, but what an opportunity that we have." 🃏 ‘Decent underdogs’ Harlequins to ‘throw the kitchen sink’ at Toulouse. #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/nEHQmXfj4X
Credit to @SaintsRugby for educating their players on the history of Croke Park ahead of this weekend's @championscup semi-final. @TommyFreemo15 believes the pressure is on @leinsterrugby. This week's @standardsport ep is out now, in partnership with @QBEeo recorded @voxpodstudio https://t.co/BkmOqdUbyA
"Leinster will have trained against this for eight years." "It's very hard to carry the ball against." @jamestracy02 looks at how Leinster will deal with Northampton's 13:2 split in defence 🏉 Get the full podcast ⬇️ https://t.co/GmRR4D4ymi https://t.co/dVSswyDXSi
13 years ago Leinster and Northampton met in one of the most memorable and exhilarating European showpieces in history ✍️ @CRichardsonTel #TelegraphRugby
Ultimate Investec Champions Cup Semi-Finals Preview 🏆 feat. @AlexPayneTV @BenjaminKayser @WillGreenwood & Shane Horgan. Watch now: https://t.co/qpl9ywcQGG #Investecchampionscup #rugby https://t.co/Pa7IeS6UkL
Northampton have beaten Leinster only once in 10 attempts, with their one win coming in Dublin 👀 Can Saints repeat their heroics of 2013 at Croke Park on Saturday? https://t.co/eK1MQ9jJht
🗣️ "We'll have to see how he gets on." #InvestecChampionsCup 😇 Saints have fitness concerns ahead of Leinster semi-final. 👇 https://t.co/O7OFtoeEU0
Northampton need ‘appreciation and respect’ for Croke Park history ahead of semi-final with Leinster https://t.co/jjEgDUTsbI
Northampton have been learning about the history of Croke Park in anticipation of becoming the first English club side to play at the home of Gaelic sport when they clash with Leinster on Saturday ✍️ @DuncanBech https://t.co/qj9KfHiWlK
The excitement is building for this one 🔥 Croke Park is the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association and will host Northampton v Leinster this Saturday in the Champions Cup Semi Final 🏟️ The fixture sold within 36 hours with 82,300 tickets sold 🤯 May 2009 saw the last club… https://t.co/CgNDWTV0aj
The excitement is building for this one 🔥 Croke Park is the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association And will host Northampton v Leinster this Saturday in the Champions Cup Semi Final 🏟️ The fixture sold within 36 hours with 82,300 tickets sold 🤯 May 2009 saw the last club… https://t.co/BFUYEyaWIc
Leinster are 13-point favourites but this is a fine Northampton side: https://t.co/2qsVmwILmo
🗣️ "The ‘Bogeyman’ looks back to the form that earned him a Rugby World Cup winner’s medal after a blockbuster showing, complete with a dummy that will haunt Leinster." 📋 Our #URC team of the week for Round 15. ✍️ @dylancoetzee241 https://t.co/6Z3GQ388HD
Leinster receive injury boost with 2 Ireland stars fit for Northampton #InvestecChampionsCup #LEIvNOR #URC #IrishRugby Click below for more ⤵️ https://t.co/3Z0aex213Q