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Cautious optimism has started to build as Leinster bid to break their finals losing streak in European action. Underdogs against Bordeaux, is this the year they finally win a coveted fifth star?
What of Ulster’s chances, shorn of big players due to injury and needing a Challenge Cup win to guarantee top tier action next year?
Gordon D’Arcy joins Nathan Johns to preview this weekend’s European finals.
Produced by John Casey.
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