Why Leinster’s rivalry with Toulouse is the ultimate in European club rugby

The Blues rule in the straight head-to-head in this long-running affair, but the French aristocrats have an extra star on their shirt

Leinster V Toulouse - A Game of Thrones

David Kelly

Toulouse and Leinster. A rivalry like no other. True, they already boast foes within their own lands, where families are split by bloodlines thanks to the footprints of ancient history.

But in the case of Toulouse and Leinster, their meetings may only be a modern phenomenon, but it is a conflict that supersedes internecine warfare.