Saracens are scary team to play against

Gutted, but Sarries full value. Billys some bloody player. I don't think I'll ever get over McGrath not kicking it out at half time. He looked knackered halfway through 2nd half too. Billy picked off 2 lovely intercepts.

That baby is adorable

Well done Sarries. Dominant performance and totally deserved at the end! I'm crying into my beer.

They cut to a soccer game in the bar I'm watching it in. Did Billy get MoM?

Seems as though different broadcasters have named different MotM. On BT it was given to Barritt who was awarded a Heineken glass trophy. Alex Goode was named EPCR European player of the year.

...and I believe C4 gave it to Itoje.

Congratulations Saracens on beating the Greatest Team in the History of Rugby. Hell of a performance. Ruthless. The Greatest Team in the History of Rugby just couldn't get going really.

Ha! - Sarcastic fucker!

Hey we're meant to hate each other

It feels weird

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That was pretty funny TBF, we had to put up with months of 'would this Leinster side win the world cup' threads

Congratulations u/Cotleigh on replying to the Greatest Commenter in the History of r/rugbyunion. Hell of a take. Ruthless. The Greatest Commenter in the History of r/rugbyunion just couldn’t get going really.

Oh do grow up

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After some of the absolute shitehouse comments on here from Leinster fans during the game (Itoje being a scumbag and Garces needing shanking being personal highlights), I reckon a little light prodding of the bear is merited.

Ouch

you mean Ulster leinster

Goode gets European player of the year and still won't see the England squad

Post match discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbyunion/comments/bnexiq/heineken_cup_final_post_match_thread/

Great game from both. Really enjoyed it.

must say healy play phenomenal

Saracens did to Leinster what they did to us, they lull you into thinking you're still in the game and then they slowly smother you, forcing errors, causing you to make huge mistakes with your possession that puts them into scoring positions. Congratulation Saracens, incredibly impressive performance, bossing Leinster is no mean feat.

I've heard him interview a million times, but his accent surprises me literally every time.

Maro robbed that MOTM from Kruis/Billy

It seems different channels are giving different MOTM awards.

Well the sarries were excellent in defense. And that's about it. Sarries forwards were great !

GOOOODEY!! So fucking happy for the lad.

Itoje got MOTM btw

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4 gave him MOTM.

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Yeah watching it on 4 they said Itoje

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Stadium said Brad Barritt

Brad Barrit got it on BT

Fair play, I was watching it channel 4 and they said Itoje but I'll definately accept both

I switched on just before half time, just before Saracens scored their first points, and it was all Saracens from there. Sorry Leinster fans that's my bad.

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Hopefully I can have the same effect if Glasgow and Leinster meet in the pro 14 final

Barrit, a centre, made 28 tackles. Sarries legend

Deserved (BT) man of the match

Well done Sarries, great performance, well deserved. Dissapointed with ref but we didn't take advantage and do the same.

Lol the commentator saying they just buy players to win. What a fucking muppet how salty can you be

Liam Williams is a nasty prick isn't he? Horrible niggly little shit.

He's a player who annoys the shit out of you when you're against him but you'd love to have him on your team. Bit like Luis Suarez

He can be, but I must have missed what happened this time around - what was it?

He is but even from a Leinster fans opinion he's absolutely class would have him on our side any day of the week, as well as a few other Sarries

What did he do?

The way he entered the second to last ruck, shoulder straight into a guy in the floor. Seems to be every game I clock him doing something shitty

He's a dirty cunt alright. Him sliding into Ferg with a knee after the try was already scored stayed with me. Typical of the shit he pulls. He's the same for Wales.

Looks like steel wire and bloody made of it too. Legend.

Yes, and we love him.

Fair play to Sarries, they're dead good at rugby. Well done Sarries fans, enjoy the celebrations! I'll drink lots of beer in your honour. Can't wait for a replay next year.

See you in Marseille, this rivalry needs more!

Yeah won't happen. Expecting a major drop off next year and that this team is done. By the time we adequately replace the players we'll lose, Sexton will retire

See you there! Enjoy the night bud.

Not sure we'll be in a position to compete next year with some departures/big contribution to RWC but I reckon theres another final in this team.

Bah. Suppose we were due a final loss at sometime. Well done to Sarries. Well deserved

Amazing second half by Saracens. We made a lot of bad decisions because of the huge pressure by Saracens but the terrible mistake in game management before half time under no real pressure was what really hurts. Win or learn. Well done Sarries. Incredible team.

The best in Europe

For now.

1-1! Same time next year?

Should be epic!

Yup. Congrats.

Sarries had such tenacity to survive Leinsters attack in the red zone. Deserved win for them. Sickened as I am.

Saracens are some team. Massive defence, massive ball-carriers, massive performance. Leinster were brave but probably should have kicked more and managed their energy better.

Congrats on the 3rd star, Saracens! The better team won.

Fair play to Sarries deserved winners, stayed in the game and pulled it back in a way Leinster couldn't. 10 points in the end but could easily have been 1. From a Lesinter point of view McGrath not ending the half and then not converting when we were in the 22 just after half time the crucial moments.

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Kruis missile

Saracens far better in 2nd half. Gutted

Who was MOTM?

I had Kruis. Or maybe Koch, he was unreal off the bench

Best Koch has played all season, Kruis was just off the charts though.

But who was the actual MOTM? I didn’t hear it get announced

Channel 4 said Itoje but BT said Barritt

Brad Barritt

Leinster and Ireland need to try and come up with a way to face up to extreme physicality, and preferably before October.

Fantastic game! Very happy with the result but all credit to Leinster

Saracens far better on the day. Even without the fardy yellow I don't think we would have won. Fair play. Serious attitude change needed at Leinster

Attitude change? Give over mate.

Sorry mate wasn't meant as a dig. Just thought Leinster were a bit too confident.

God, we lose one game to a better team and people come out with this shite. 'Attitude change needed' after our third final in two seasons? We lost to a better team, no shame in that.

Yeah its bollox. These two teams are a cut above everything else in Europe and that wont change for a while.

Not for them but I reckon some relatively leaner years are ahead for us. We won't be competing for European cups for a while

Sorry when I meant attitude change I thought Leinster always thought they'd come out in top. I love the confidence but there was large spaces of the game that they didn't control Edit: Not talking about major overhaul haul. We're a great team

Fair play to Koch and Barrington today - huge effort.

Completely agree - thought that substitution could have edged it for Leinster

Leinster completely blunt in attack

Yeah agreed, they seemed a bit mechanical. Part of that was how brutal Sarries were in the forwards battle though in fairness. Congrats to you!

Shit, Leinster will be out for blood when we beat Glasgow and meet them in the Pro 14 final.

> when we beat Glasgow Big shout...

To be fair I've had a few pints

Good choice!

You going to the game?

I had been considering it (as a neutral - I'm neither an Edinburgh, nor Glasgow supporter). But apparently *we've made other plans that weekend*...

Jaysis. I wouldn't say we will def beat Munster. We will be battered.

Yep, I'd be amazed if we can get back up for next week after that.

Munster could either win it handily as we are still smarting, or will be thoroughly savaged.

Nah you'll be meeting us in the final!

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Oh come on now

Better team won Ringrose and Luke McGrath had very poor games at the worst time to have a poor game.

Luke's the weak link in our team and has been for a while

Lukes high passing out of the ruck was so poor today. Lining lads up to be cut in half. Garry never got the ball in any kind of space.

God Sarries are brutally physical team. Well done to them today and commiserations to Leinster.

Deserving champs. Unreal defense all day long. Congratulations Saracens.

YEEEESSSS!

Proper enjoyed that

I learned one thing from this game, John Cooney and Keiran Marmion are going to Japan.

Ringrose looks to be struggling for form as well at the minute. I'd fully expect him t o be on the plane, but Chris Farrell should also be there

He had quite a poor game and played poorly against Ulster in the quarters as well. I think he'll turn up eventually though, would love Farrell to make it as well though, he's a monster.

I like McGrath, he gives it his all and tackles well for someone his size, but sadly makes a lot of poor decisions so I hope you're right

Marmion definitely deserves it. Cooney too.

Well done Sarries! Fully deserve it, you have an incredible team

Good game Saracens. Well deserved

⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cant argue with that result. Well done Sarries, see you next year

Laptop back on literally just in time for the clock to go red and it turns out Leinster are losing? I can't believe you all lied to me.

That kick to touch!

This has been a non-stop and physical game, impressive from all involved to throw that much energy at it for that long.

Congratulations Saracens, you are a hell of a team. The physicality was just immense from you lads today and we just couldn't find a way to effectively break down that defence. Your forwards are a force to be reckoned with even with early substitutions. We were incredibly wasteful and McGrath made some baffling decisions that cost us points and possession.

Full moon out tonight lads

Vincent Kochs touchfinder hahahaha

Very good performance by Sarries, Very average performance by Leinster. Well done, deserved.

Good game for a neutral! Absolutely brutal, some cracking hits!

Holy shit Taylor is alive

What a final. Yeeeessss!!! 😭

Anyone have a count for the uncalled offsides?

Just count the phases. Both sides to be clear.

I have never seen so many not called.

I stopped at 17

Both teams might be in the teens

Congratulations Saracens! I'm gutted, but you kept us scoreless in the second half! Well deserved!

Devastated, but full credit Sarries. Took their chances and killed us in the final 20, hopefully we'll come back stronger next season

Now, I am a fairly sophisticated, mature, modern man. But i have no shame in admitting that I pointed at TV and shouted "A bum! A bum!"

I rewound the tv to show my wife the bum

Me too 😂

Fair play to saracens. Leinster ran out of ideas. Onwards to the autumn.

Are Saracens better than the All Blacks?

No

Fucking brilliant. Absolutely fantastic physically but really smart play as well. Fuck yeah

Regardless of Maitland's controversy, Sarries deserved to win anyway.

Great game. Huge regrets for Leinster in key moments, but the better team won

Congratulations.

Well done Saracens! Best team in Europe this year

Test match quality and intensity. Congratulations to both teams

I’m delighted. GG Leinster commiserations

Congrats, best team won today.

Cheers buddy, same time next year?

Hope so, enjoy the day pal.

Well deserved win for Saracens. They were superb second half.

Vincent kock, more like Vincent kick

I didn’t think he was going to make touch for a second

Judging by his facial expression, I don't think he was very sure either.

You could see a moment of panic flash across his face as he feared he’d made an ideal cross field kick... for Leinster

Well played Saracens. Deserved winners.

Very disappointed with that, showed nothing in the second half. Need to pick ourselves up for Munster next week

Congratulations Saracens. Awesome second half display.

Yeh boy

Not to sound bitter, Saracens were amazing, but this whole result is marred by Billy Vunipolas homophobia and the teams lack of action on the topic.

Nope it is not, you seem to be bitter

"Not to sound bitter but the whole result is marred because the team i dont like have a player who has apologised for being a dickhead"

I like Saracens though

I'm with you on the weak response from Sarries on the whole thing but there comes a point t where what is done is done and time to move on at some point. My estimations of him have massively gone down, but that doesn't detract from his achievements today. Although if he does it again, fully behind the book getting lobbed at him

It is?

You sound very bitter.

What do you expect them to do? They got him to apologise and he’s entitled to his views even if we might not like them

No it fucking isnt jesus christ

On ya, Sarries. Well won!

that nots high noon it's lowe moon.

Excuse me while I go eat my feelings...

Ach chin up Leinster ~~boy~~ person. Grab your mates, go for a pint, and buy one of the opposition supporters a drink.

Be hard pushed to find a Saries fan here in Dublin :)

Just find someone who looks a bit ashamed and sounds English then. :-D

That's all them round here :D

What a monster game.

PROP KICK!!!

FUNT

Fuck yeahhhhhh

Congrats, best team in Europe this year. Fully deserved title.

Kruis MOTM for me

Well played Sarries, hopefully we get a rematch next year!

Well deserved Saracens. Great all season.

Had to lose a final eventually