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The La Rochelle rugby players were crowned European champions and retain their title. The players won the Champions Cup final by overthrowing the Irish from Leinster (27-26) in Dublin (Ireland). A victory celebrated by the team on site and by the inhabitants of La Rochelle on Saturday evening.
The yellow and black banner of the people of Rochelle floats proudly in the sky of Dublin (Ireland). The Irish fortress has just fallen under the repeated assaults of the French. An hour and a half earlier, it all started yet in the worst way for this European Cup final. Less than a minute of play and the XV of Leinster already scored a try. After eleven minutes of play, the irish lead 17-0, a nightmare for La Rochelle. In the ropes, the revolt of the Maritimes can finally begin.
Thousands of supporters in the old port of La Rochelle
A few hundred kilometers of the, in the old port of La Rochelle, several thousand supporters follow the battle. Less than ten minutes from the end of the encounter, the Rochelais took control of the match. A second star consecutive European Championship for this team full of character which will celebrate this new coronation on Sunday with its supporters.
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