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Veronique Landew and Bill Hooper review the European Cup semi-finals and discuss the upcoming Champions Cup final.

Veronique Landew and Bill Hooper review the European Cup semi-finals, praising Toulon’s narrow 29–25 loss to Leinster in Dublin and Bordeaux Bègles’ high-intensity win over Bath at a sold-out Chaban-Delmas to set up a Champions Cup final vs Leinster in Bilbao. They highlight the fly-half duel between Matthieu Jalibert and Finn Russell, and their unexpectedly strong defence, while criticising pundit and coaching complaints about refereeing and warning about match official abuse filtering...

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