In acest weekend s-au desfasurat sferturile de finala ale celei mai prestigioase competitii de rugby din Europa.
In primul sfert de finala Leinster a trecut greu de Clermont. Francezii au pierdut practic pe mana lor, ratand cinci lovituri de pedeapsa, o transformare si doua dropgoluri prin Brock James si Morgan Parra.
Meciul Biarritz-Ospreys a debutat furtunos, dupa ce Damien Traille a reusit un dropgol in secunda 29 si s-a incheiat la fel dupa eseul aripii Nikki Walker, care a marcat in minutul 74.
Northampton Saints le-au tinut piept celor de la Munster doar in prima repriza. Raportul eseurilor a fost de 4 la 1 pentru irlandezi.
Cu uvertura David Skrela in mare forma, marcator a 27 de puncte, Toulouse nu a avut probleme in fata celor de la Stade Francais Paris.
In semifinale, Toulouse si Leinster vor juca pe 1 mai. Partida Biarritz – Munster va avea loc pe 2 mai.
Stade de France va gazdui finala pe 22 mai.
Leinster-ASM Clermont Auvergne: 29-28
Leinster: Heaslip – eseu (2); Sexton – transformare (2), lovitura de pedeapsa (5)
Clermont: Malzieu – eseu (3); James – transformare (2), lovitura de pedeapsa (3)
Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Shane Horgan, 13 Brian O’Driscoll, 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Isa Nacewa, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Shane Jennings, 6 Kevin McLaughlin, 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Leo Cullen (C), 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 John Fogarty, 1 Stan Wright.
Rezerve: 16 Bernard Jackman, 17 Mike Ross, 18 Cian Healy, 19 Malcolm O’Kelly, 20 Stephen Keogh, 21 Paul O’Donohoe, 22 Shaun Berne, 23 Girvan Dempsey.
Clermont Auvergne: 15 Anthony Floch, 14 Aurelien Rougerie (C), 13 Marius Joubert, 12 Gonzalo Canale, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Brock James, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Elvis Vermeulen, 7 Alex Lapandry, 6 Julien Bonnaire, 5 Thibault Privat, 4 Jamie Cudmore, 3 Davit Zirakashvili, 2 Mario Ledesma, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Rezerve: 16 Benoit Cabello, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Cedric Ric, 19 Julien Pierre, 20 Alexandre Audebert, 21 Kevin Senio, 22 Gavin Williams, 23 Wesley Fofana.
Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque-Ospreys: 29-28
Biarritz: Ngwenya – eseu; Balshaw – eseu; Yachvili – transformare (2), lovitura de pedeapsa (2); Traille – dropgol (3)
Ospreys: R Jones – eseu, Byrne – eseu, Walker – eseu; Biggar – transfomare (2), lovitura de pedeapsa (2), dropgol
Biarritz: 15 Iain Balshaw, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Karmichael Hunt, 12 Damien Traille, 11 Ilikena Bolakoro, 10 Julien Peyrelongue, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Florian Faure, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Manuel Carizza, 4 Jérôme Thion (C), 3 Campbell Johnstone, 2 Benoit August, 1 Eduard Coetzee.
Rezerve: 16 Romain Terrain, 17 Fabien Barcella, 18 Rémy Hugues, 19 Trevor Hall, 20 Fabien Alexandre, 21 Valentin Courrent, 22 Arnaud Mignardi, 23 Jean-Baptiste Gobelet.
Ospreys: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Andrew Bishop, 12 James Hook, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Ryan Jones (C), 7 Marty Holah, 6 Jerry Collins, 5 Jonathan Thomas, 4 Alun-Wyn Jones, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Huw Bennett, 1 Paul James.
Rezerve: 16 Ed Shervington, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Craig Mitchell, 19 Ian Gough, 20 Filo Tiatia, 21 Jamie Nutbrown, 22 Sonny Parker, 23 Nikki Walker
Munster-Northampton Saints: 33-19
Munster: Warwick – eseu; Howlett – eseu (2); De Villiers – eseu; O’Gara – transformare (2), lovitura de pedeapsa (3),
Northampton Saints: Clarke – eseu; Myler – transformare, lovituri de pedeapsa (4);
Munster: 15 Paul Warwick, 14 Doug Howlett, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Ian Dowling, 10 Ronan O’Gara (C), 9 Tomas O’Leary, 8 James Coughlan, 7 David Wallace, 6 Alan Quinlan, 5 Mick O’Driscoll, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 John Hayes, 2 Jerry Flannery, 1 Marcus Horan.
Rezerve: 16 Damien Varley, 17 Julian Brugnaut, 18 Tony Buckley, 19 Billy Holland, 20 Nick Williams, 21 Niall Ronan, 22 Peter Stringer, 23 Lifeimi Mafi.
Northampton Saints: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Jon Clarke, 12 James Downey, 11 Bruce Reihana, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Lee Dickson, 8 Roger Wilson, 7 Neil Best, 6 Phil Dowson, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Dylan Hartley (C), 1 Soane Tonga’uiha.
Rezerve: 16 Brett Sharman, 17 Regardt Dreyer, 18 Brian Mujati, 19 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, 20 Mark Easter, 21 Alan Dickens, 22 Shane Geraghty, 23 Joe Ansbro.
Toulouse-Stade Francais Paris: 42-16
Toulouse: Jauzion – eseu; Albacete – eseu; Heymans – eseu; Skrela – transformare (3), lovitura de pedeapsa (7)
Stade Francais: Roncero – eseu; Beauxis – transformare, lovitura de pedeapsa (3)
Toulouse: 15 Clément Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Florian Fritz, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Cédric Heymans, 10 David Skrela, 9 Byron Kelleher, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Thierry Dusautoir (C), 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Romain Millo-Chluski, 3 Benoit Lecouls, 2 William Servat, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Rezerve: 16 Virgile Lacombe, 17 Daan Human, 18 Census Johnston, 19 Shaun Sowerby, 20 Yoann Maestri, 21 Nicolas Bezy, 22 Maxime Medard, 23 Grégory Lamboley.
Stade Français: 15 Hugo Southwell, 14 Julien Arias, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Mark Gasnier, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Lionel Beauxis, 9 Noel Oelschig, 8 Juan Leguizamon, 7 Pierre Rabadan, 6 Antoine Burban, 5 Pascal Pape, 4 Tom Palmer, 3 Sylvain Marconnet, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Rodrigo Roncero (C).
Rezerve: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Rayno Gerber, 19 Arnaud Marchois, 20 Simon Taylor, 21 Benjamin Tardy, 22 Ignacio Mieres, 23 Geoffroy Messina.
