In the end, it was a four-minute double-whammy that did the damage. Yannick Jauzion and David Skrela showed their class with two tries around the hour mark in Toulouse to turn a 9-9 game into a 23-9 lead.
Leinster hit back through the brilliant Jamie Heaslip but in the end it was a bridge too far for Michael Cheika’s boys.
Check out the JOE gallery of the best pics from the day in the south of France.
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