La Rochelle became the fifth team to win back-to-back European Champions Cups on Saturday when they clawed back a 17-point deficit to beat Leinster 27-26 at the Aviva Stadium in another breathless final between the sides.
The Irish province made a dream start and were 17-0 up after 11 minutes thanks to a try from Jimmy O'Brien and two for Dan Sheehan but the defending champions managed to cut the halftime deficit to nine thanks to tries from centres Jonathan Danty and UJ Seuteni.
O'Brien added a second with the next attack and one minute after La Rochelle scrumhalf Tawera Kerr-Barlow was sin-binned, his opposite number, Jamison Gibson-Park, found Sheehan in the corner with a beautiful blindside looped pass to the delight of the partisan crowd. After Hastoy narrowed the gap further with two penalties to Byrne's one early in the second half, errors began to creep into a nervy Leinster, particularly from the boot of Gibson-Park and James Lowe, to put the four-time winners firmly on the backfoot.
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