For the fourth time, Leinster are European champions and they did it the hard way in Bilbao. For the fourth time, Leinster are European champions and they did it the hard way in Bilbao. Leinster forced to dig deep to see off teak-tough Racing 92 to secure fourth European crownUp against a relentless Racing 92 effort that made life incredibly difficult for them for 80-plus minutes, they never led until Isa Nacewa delivered a penalty with 90 seconds remaining to secure the trophy. It was an absorbing game in difficult conditions and the fluency we’ve seen all season from Leinster disappeared. Nakarawa picked off James Tracy’s throw, but Jack Conan hunted Thomas into touch and this time they went to Leavy at two.

Source: Irish Independent May 12, 2018 17:48 UTC