RECAP: Leicester Tigers v Leinster

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our live coverage of the European Cup quarterfinal encounter between Leicester Tigers and Leinster at Welford Road.

This quarterfinal is building up into an epic confrontation, with little to separate the teams beforehand.

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Teams

Leicester: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Matías Moroni, 12 Guy Porter, 11 Harry Potter, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Hanro Liebenberg, 5 Calum Green, 4 Ollie Chessum, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Julián Montoya, 1 Ellis Genge (captain).

Replacements: 16 Nic Dolly, 17 James Whitcombe, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Harry Wells, 20 George Martin, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Nemani Nadolo.

Leinster: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Jimmy O’Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 James Lowe, 10 Johnny Sexton (captain), 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Caelan Doris, 5 James Ryan, 4 Ross Molony, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter.

Replacements: 16 Dan Sheehan, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Michael Ala’alatoa, 19 Joe McCarthy, 20 Rhys Ruddock, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Tommy O’Brien.

Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

Assistant referees: Tual Trainini (France), Thomas Charabas (France)

TMO: Philippe Bonhoure (France)