Summary
TIME'S A healer. Last year's European semi-final was a miserable experience for Leinster. With their pack beaten up by Toulouse, they suffered a pasting and while the scoreboard at the finish recorded the margin as just 10 points, the gap was rather flattering.
Yet as peeved as the likes of Jamie Heaslip and Co were at what had transpired amid a southern French rainstorm, their frustration was nothing compared to Jonathan Sexton's.At least they had played. They had tried to make a difference.See the full content of this document
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Semifinal Ordeal On the Toulouse Touchline [Eire Region]
The unlikely hero of Leinster's breakthrough 2009 triumph (the out-half's chance to showcase his credentials came about through Felipe Contepomi's early semi-final injury), it was only 12 months ago when Sexton really got to know how the Argentine must have felt at missing out.
Only worse in his case. Sexton wasn't even stripped for action as the champions lost the grip on their much cherished trophy. A jaw fracture sustained in the knockab...See the full content of this document
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