• Sean Maitland and Billy Vunipola lead Champions Cup fightback
The unstoppable shifted the immovable. A meeting of the two leading clubs in Europe always threatened to come down to a few moments and two, either side of the interval, decided it in favour of Saracens who came from 10 points down against the holders to secure the Champions Cup for the third time in four years.
The first came four minutes before the break and marked the game’s turning point. Leinster were 10-0 ahead and had a man advantage with Maro Itoje in the sin-bin for two counts of offside as Saracens defended a series of drives near their line. In addition, the Premiership champions had just lost their two props, including Mako Vunipola, to injury. They looked vulnerable and the European champions sensed their moment.
Written by Paul Rees at St James’ Park
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/11/leinster-saracens-champions-cup-final-match-report under the title “Saracens’ Billy Vunipola bursts through to beat Leinster in Champions Cup final”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
