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As It Happened: Leinster Defeat Toulouse To Reach Champions Cup Final

12 January 2019; Jack Conan of Leinster dives over to score his side's first try during the Heineken Champions Cup Pool 1 Round 5 match between Leinster and Toulouse at the RDS Arena in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
Gary Connaughton
By Gary Connaughton
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Leinster will head to a rocking Aviva Stadium today ready to take on French side Toulouse, with a place in the Champions Cup final on the line. We will provide you with Leinster vs Toulouse live updates as Leinster hope to continue their title defence.

Leinster will enter the game as favourites, but Toulouse have already overcome to odds to reach this stage of the competition, overcoming a fancied Racing Metro side in the quarter final. The two teams are very familiar with each other, having been in the same pool earlier in this year's competition. Each side won one of the meetings, with Leinster most recently coming out on top at the RDS in January.

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Johnny Sexton and James Lowe both return to the Leinster side for this one having overcome their recent injury troubles to take their place in the starting XV.

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Devin Toner is also back in the side, which will no doubt have a major impact on the lineout over the course of the 80 minutes.

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As for Toulouse, they have been handed a boost with the news Joe Teroki will not face a citing for his high tackle during their Top 14 victory over Clermont last weekend.

Leinster Team:

15. Rob Kearney, 14. Jordan Larmour, 13. Garry Ringrose, 12. Robbie Henshaw, 11. James Lowe,10. Johnny Sexton (capt), 9. Luke McGrath; 1. Cian Healy, 2. Sean Cronin, 3. Tadhg Furlong, 4. Devin Toner, 5. James Ryan, 6. Rhys Ruddock, 7. Sean O'Brien, 8. Jack Conan.

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Replacements: James Tracy, Ed Byrne, Michael Bent, Scott Fardy, Max Deegan, Hugh O'Sullivan, Ross Byrne, Rory O'Loughlin.

Toulouse Team:

15. Thomas Ramos, 14. Yoann Huget, 13. Sofiane Guitoune, 12. Pita Ahki, 11. Cheslin Kolbe, 10. Antoine Dupont, 9. Sébastien Bézy; 1. Clément Castets, 2. Peato Mauvaka, 3. Charlie Faumuina, 4. Richie Arnold, 5. Richie Gray, 6. Rynhardt Elstadt, 7. Joe Tekori, 8. Jerome Kaino (capt).

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Replacements: Guillaume Marchand, Cyril Baille, Maks Van Dyk, Selevasio Tolofua, Piula Faasalele, Francois Cros, Romain Ntamack, Maxime Médard.

SEE ALSO: Jamie Cudmore: Leinster Can't Make The Same Mistakes We Did

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