Summary

  • Bordeaux Begles retain Champions Cup with dominant victory at San Mames Stadium in Bilbao

  • French sides have won the last six Champions Cups as Top 14 teams dominate Europe

  • Leinster wing Tommy O'Brien bagged opening try before Bordeaux scored five times to lead 35-7 at half-time

  • Player of the tournament Louis Bielle-Biarrey ran in two tries as Bordeaux showed all their brilliant attacking class

  • Joe McCarthy and Garry Ringrose scored in second half but Leinster have now lost five finals since their last European triumph in 2018

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Alastair Telfer

  1. Leinster 12-41 Bordeaux

    Paul Grayson
    Ex-Northampton and England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live at San Mames Stadium

    Bordeaux are brilliantly organised and putting big hits in.

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    Leinster too scripted, predictable and not playing the game with spontaneity. A rather disappointed Leinster fan.

    Lorraine, Croatia

  3. Leinster 12-41 Bordeaux

    Leinster go in search of a third try. They've been much better in the second half.

  4. Leinster despair.... again

    Leinster 12-41 Bordeaux

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  5. Leinster 12-41 Bordeaux

    Andy Gray
    BBC Sport NI at San Mames Stadium

    The Bordeaux supporters were clapping that penalty like Maxime Lucu was about to do the pole vault or long jump at the Olympics.

    Those cheers soon turned to celebrations as he split the uprights.

    He's that good he could probably do both of those events too.

    Yellow card aside, he’s been superb today.

  6. Leinster 12-41 Bordeaux

    Paul Grayson
    Ex-Northampton and England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live at San Mames Stadium

    Leinster are looking weary. They've been blown away by a remarkable Bordeaux team.

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  7. Leinster 12-41 Bordeaux

    Who saw this scoreline coming?

  8. Penalty - Leinster 12-41 Bordeaux

    Maxime Lucu

    Hammers it over from behind the halfway line.

  9. Replacement

    Leinster 12-38 Bordeaux

    Paddy McCarthy is on for Andrew Porter.

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    Take them away from the Aviva and....

    JonahClaw, Wales

  11. Leinster 12-38 Bordeaux

    Leinster get the ball back and attempt to attack from deep.

  12. Leinster 12-38 Bordeaux

    Paul Grayson
    Ex-Northampton and England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live at San Mames Stadium

    The width of some of Bordeaux's passing to cut out six or seven defenders is something else. This has been absolute dominance.

  13. Leinster 12-38 Bordeaux

    Ben Tameifuna strikes again. You don't nudge him off the ball.

  14. Leinster 12-38 Bordeaux

    That penalty was a good sign of respect. Another water break now.

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  15. Penalty - Leinster 12-38 Bordeaux

    Maxime Lucu

    Maxime Lucu does not miss easy kicks.

  16. Leinster 12-35 Bordeaux

    High tackle on Matthieu Jalibert leads to a Bordeaux penalty.

  17. Leinster 12-35 Bordeaux

    Paul Grayson
    Ex-Northampton and England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live at San Mames Stadium

    Bordeaux are clinical but not mechanical. There's beauty in everything they do.

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    The last team to knock Bordeaux out of Europe was Harlequins.

    Paul Crossey

  19. Leinster 12-35 Bordeaux

    Paul Grayson
    Ex-Northampton and England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live at San Mames Stadium

    Bordeaux are just too smart.

  20. Leinster 12-35 Bordeaux

    Ciaran Frawley, who is joining Connacht next season, has been a real threat since coming on.