Toulouse head coach Ugo Mola was gracious in defeat, acknowledging that his team were well beaten in their Champions Cup semi-final defeat to Leinster. “There were too many things between us. We were unable to stem the blue waves. We came across a much better team than us.”
Mola pointed to the speed at which Leinster played as a central factor in the Irish province’s win, something that Toulouse could not live with for large passages of the game. He said: “We had a deficient kicking game at the beginning of the match. We became ordinary because of our inability to speed up. And on the other hand, Leinster’s speed was quite remarkable.
“I wasn’t talking tongue-in-cheek when I said I admired the way they [Leinster] played and I am even more [enamoured after this game]. We have taken a real rugby less …
- May 16, 2022
