State of PlaySaturday’s Champions Cup final between Leinster and Racing 92 will be held at the rebuilt 53,000-seater San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao. They then put 30 points past reigning champions Saracens in the Aviva, before beating last season’s Pro12 winners Scarlets by 22 points. Racing 92 meanwhile finished second in their pool to Munster, after losing away to Castres and at Thomond Park. Replacements: J Tracy, J McGrath, A Porter, R Molony/R Ruddock, J Conan, J Gibson-Park, J Carbery, R O’Loughlin. It’s something you can’t teach someone but he’s great for the team.”Man in the middleWayne Barnes of England will referee the final - his second European Cup final having refereed the 2010 decider between Toulouse and Biarritz.

Source: The Irish Times May 10, 2018 09:56 UTC