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Barry Daly celebrates scoring Leinster's fourth and final try

Leinster survive testing finish to seal bonus-point win

Leinster survived the closing stages with 14 men to record a bonus-point victory over Montpellier in the Champions Cup at the RDS this afternoon.

Rugby • 14 Oct 17

Joey Carbery scores Leinster's opening try against Montpellier

Recap: Leinster v Montpellier

Relive Leinster's 24-17 victory over Montpellier on an entertaining afternoon at the RDS.

Rugby • 14 Oct 17

Isa Nacewa will lead Leinster against Montpellier

Nacewa fit to face Montpellier but O'Brien, Sexton out

Leinster have been handed a boost ahead of their Champions Cup clash with Montpellier at the RDS, with the news that captain Isa Nacewa will start but the game has come too soon for back-row Sean O'Brien and out-half Johnny Sexton.

Rugby • 13 Oct 17

Leinster go into their game with Montpellier on the back of a derby win over Munster

Donal Lenihan's Champions Cup preview

RTÉ rugby analyst Donal Lenihan expects tough games for the Irish provinces involved in the Champions Cup this week and warned that Leinster and Munster have plenty to do as they take on French teams.

Rugby • 14 Oct 17

Toner is confident ahead of Montpellier clash

Devin Toner hoping to build on Munster performance

Leinster go into the Montpellier game off the back of a convincing Pro14 win over rivals Munster at the Aviva Stadium and Devin Toner is hoping they can build on that performance.

Rugby • 10 Oct 17

Racing 92 president Jacky Lorenzetti (R) and Stade Francais Paris president Thomas Savare (L) pictured at the announcement of the now cancelled merger

Montpellier want compensation for cancelled Racing game

Montpellier have demanded that France's rugby bosses pay their six-figure expenses for Saturday's postponed Top 14 clash with Racing 92.

Rugby • 21 Mar 17

Francois Steyn is appealing against his four week ban

Francois Steyn appeals ban for Sexton tackle

Montpellier star Francois Steyn has lodged an appeal against a four-week ban imposed following his dismissal in a European Champions Cup game.

Rugby • 31 Jan 17

Rory O'Loughlin: 'One bad performance can put you out of the team'

Leinster's O'Loughlin has home comforts in mind

Rory O'Loughlin has home comforts in mind as Leinster bid to secure a Dublin quarter-final in the Champions Cup.

Rugby • 17 Jan 17

Jack Conan made a big statement with a hat-trick of tries

Leinster storm into Champions Cup quarter-finals

Leinster became the first team to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup after they romped to 57-3 a victory over Montpellier.

Rugby • 13 Jan 17

RECAP: Rampant Leinster reach knock-out phase

Relive the action as Leinster qualified from Pool 4 of the Champions Cup with a win over Montpellier at the RDS.

Rugby • 13 Jan 17

Nacewa scored a crucial try against Montpellier in round two

Winning buzz back at Leinster, says Nacewa

Leinster will become the first team to qualify for the knockout stages of this season's Champions Cup if they defeat Montpellier tomorrow, and Isa Nacewa admits the team has come a long way in 12 months.

Rugby • 12 Jan 17

Leinster's Tadgh Furlong and Northampton's Tom Wood tussle for possession

Furlong: Ireland and Leinster have a lot to prove

Tadhg Furlong believes both Leinster and Ireland must restore their reputations at European level after disappointing campaigns last year.

Rugby • 11 Jan 17

Try scorer Adam Byrne celebrates the win over Connacht

Cullen pleased with competition for places

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen says the performances of the younger members of his squad in the victory over Connacht bodes well for the future.

Rugby • 30 Oct 16

O'Brien and Sexton sit in the Leinster dugout with former team-mate Eoin Reddan

Cullen 'ultra cautious' with Sexton and O'Brien

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen bemoaned the concession of cheap tries during his side's 22-16 European Champions Cup loss to Montpellier at the Altrad Stadium.

Rugby • 23 Oct 16

Nacewa's last-gasp try kept Leinster top of Pool 4

Nacewa rescues Leinster bonus after star duo exit

Isa Nacewa rescued a late losing bonus point for Leinster which kept them top of Champions Cup Pool Four following a 22-16 defeat by Montpellier at the Altrad Stadium.

Rugby • 09 Jan 17

RECAP: Connacht and Leinster pick up bonus points

Relive all the action from the Champions Cup with Leinster in Montpellier, and Connacht visiting Zebre.

Rugby • 23 Oct 16

The Breakdown podcast: Stand up and fight!

Michael Corcoran speaks to Leinster scrumhalf Luke McGrath about this tragic week for Irish rugby and preparing for a trip to Montpellier and we listen back to Wednesday's heartbreaking Munster press-conference with Rassie Erasmus and Peter O'Mahony.

Rugby • 20 Oct 16

O'Leary has been signed as cover to scrum-half Benoit Paillaugue

Montpellier sign Tomás O'Leary as injury cover

Munster scrum-half Tomás O’Leary has joined Top 14 side Montpellier on a short-term deal as a 'medical joker'.

Rugby • 19 Oct 16

Leinster preparations 'tough' after Foley passing

Leinster coach John Fogarty admits that preparing for this weekend’s Champions Cup tie against Montpellier will be “difficult” as the squad and management come to terms with Anthony Foley’s death.

Rugby • 18 Oct 16

O'Brien in line for Leinster return in France

Sean O’Brien is in line for a recall when Leinster travel to Montpellier this weekend.

Rugby • 18 Oct 16

Recap: Opening-day wins for Connacht and Leinster

Connacht and Leinster began their Champions Cup campaign with home wins over French opposition. Look back at how the two matches played out.

Rugby • 15 Oct 16

Montpellier - 2015-16 Challenge Cup winners

Montpellier outmuscle Quins to land Challenge Cup

Harlequins saw their hopes of giving rugby director Conor O'Shea a winning send-off fall short as Montpellier outmuscled them to win the European Challenge Cup.

Rugby • 13 May 16

Ollie Lindsay-Hague of Harlequins dives over for a try

Harlequins crush lacklustre Montpellier

Jake White's first audition for the vacant England head coach job ended in a hugely underwhelming 41-18, six-try European Challenge Cup defeat at Harlequins.

Rugby • 12 Nov 15

Morgan Parra is sent from the field against Montpellier

Parra suspended for France-Scotland match

Morgan Parra has been suspended for two weeks for his headbutt on Rene Ranger during Clermont's clash with Montpellier in the Top 14.

Six Nations • 27 Feb 14

Ulster's Rory Best tackles Anthony Floch of Montpellier

Ulster shine as Montpeiller brushed aside

Ulster secured one of their most memorable away Heineken Cup wins as they comprehensively beat Montpellier 25-8 in France.

Rugby • 19 Oct 13