![]() The defending champions notched the biggest winning margin in the final as well as most points, most tries (5) and most conversions (4), after Ulster failed to build on a promising start.įirst-half tries from Sean O’Brien and Cian Healy, converted by Johnny Sexton, gave Leinster a narrow 14-6 half-time lead, Ruan Pienaar replying with two penalties, before the champions ran riot after the break.Ī penalty-try early in the second period pushed Leinster 21-6 ahead and Sexton kept adding to the lead with three penalties, prior to late tries from replacements Heinke Van der Merwe and Sean Cronin plus a Fergus McFadden conversion, which sealed their biggest win in a Heineken Champions Cup final. ![]() Those records – all five of them – came in the final 11 years ago, when an all-time high EPCR attendance of 81,774 saw Leinster crush their Irish rivals at Twickenham Stadium to claim an unprecedented third Heineken Champions Cup title in four years. ![]()
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