Magnificent Bordeaux thrash Leinster to retain Champions Cup

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Bordeaux-Begles score five first-half tries to retain the Champions Cup title with a comfortable victory over Leinster in the final in Bilbao and prolong the Irish team's agony in European rugby's showpiece game.

Leinster: Keenan; O'Brien, Ringrose, Henshaw, Ioane; Byrne, Gibson-Park; Porter, Sheehan, Clarkson, J McCarthy, Ryan, Conan, Van der Flier, Doris (capt)

Replacements: Kelleher, P McCarthy, Furlong, Mangan, Deegan, McGrath, Frawley, Osborne

Bordeaux-Begles: Rayasi; Uberti, Penaud, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey; Jalibert, Lucu (capt); Poirot, Lamothe, Sadie, Palu, Coleman, Bochaton, Woki, Gazzotti

Replacements: Barlot, Boniface, Tameifuna, Swinton, Matiu, Vergnes-Taillefer, Retiere, Reus

Sin-bin: Lucu (42), Boniface (74)

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