{"id":20872,"date":"2021-04-11T15:21:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T19:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20872"},"modified":"2021-04-12T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:22:57","slug":"leinster-to-face-la-rochelle-in-heineken-champions-cup-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20872","title":{"rendered":"Leinster To Face La Rochelle In Heineken Champions Cup Semi-Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_20873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20873\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/inpho-01800567.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/inpho-01800567.jpg 525w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/inpho-01800567-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leinster&#8217;s Hugo Keenan and James Lowe celebrate as Jordan Larmour scores a try against Exeter Chiefs in the Champions Cup Quarter Final (\u00a9INPHO\/James Crombie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>Leinster will face La Rochelle in the Heineken Champions Cup semi-finals on the weekend of April 30th-May 2nd.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish province advanced to the last four after dethroning holders Exeter 34-24 at Sandy Park on Saturday and their prize is a challenging clash with the Top 14\u2019s second-placed team.<\/p>\n<p>La Rochelle, who are coached by Munster great Ronan O\u2019Gara, overwhelmed Sale 45-21 at the Stade Marcel Deflandre to secure their place in the penultimate phase and help ensure there was no English representation.<\/p>\n<p>The second semi-final sees Toulouse taken on Bordeaux-Begles, with the countries and venues for the matches to be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>In the Challenge Cup semi-finals, Leicester meet Ulster and Bath take on Montpellier.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-20872\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20872&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-20872\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20872&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-20872\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20872&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=20872\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leinster will face La Rochelle in the Heineken Champions Cup semi-finals on the weekend of April 30th-May 2nd. 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