Overview
- Montpellier routed Ulster 59-26 on Friday in the Challenge Cup final, scoring nine tries and securing the club's third title with reliable kicking from Domingo Miotti.
- Bordeaux-Bègles retained the Champions Cup on Saturday with a 41-19 win over Leinster after racing into a 35-7 half-time lead driven by Maxime Lucu's 21 points and Louis Bielle-Biarrey's two tries.
- Lucu was sin-binned for grabbing Joe McCarthy's hair but returned to nail all his kicks and finish player of the match, while Bordeaux's first-half power left Leinster unable to recover.
- Ulster’s defeat caps a season without silverware and leaves them outside next season's Champions Cup after a ninth-place URC finish, and Leinster have now lost five Champions Cup finals since their 2018 win.
- The weekend completes a French sweep of major men’s European honours this season, following France's Six Nations title in March, and reshapes momentum for Top 14 clubs and Irish provinces ahead of domestic campaigns.