Leinster and Toulouse will contest the 2024 European Rugby Champions Cup final. The competition’s two most successful teams will meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to decide the outcome on May 25th, and in our latest rugby betting picks, we tell you who to get your money on.
- What: 2023/24 European Rugby Champions Cup Final
- Who: Leinster vs. Toulouse
- Where: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England
- When: Saturday, May 25th
- Time: 9.45 a.m ET
Background to the 2024 Final
This is the final that all neutral rugby fans were hoping for. Toulouse is the most successful side in the competition's history, with five wins. Leinster is the second most successful, with four wins.
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— Investec Champions Cup (@ChampionsCup) May 5, 2024
In this year’s final, either Toulouse will break new ground by winning the competition for a record sixth time, or Leinster will join their French rivals on five wins.
Toulouse last won this cup in 2021, defeating La Rochelle 22-17 in an all-French affair at Twickenham. Leinster last won the Champions Cup in 2018, defeating Racing 92 by three points (15-12) in the final in Bilbao, Spain.
In recent years, the Irish province has been the team to beat. They’ve reached the last two finals, losing both to La Rochelle. The final this year will be Leinster’s third successive appearance, and they will want to put the record straight.
To sum things up, these two are the heavyweights of European rugby, and the final promises to be a classic.
Betting to win the 2024 European Champions Cup
Even before the semi-finals, the bookmakers had the 2024 European Champions Cup down as a two-horse race.
Leinster was the betting favorite at +100 with BetOnline, with Toulouse second favorite at +110.
Northampton were Leinster’s semi-final opponents, and they had shorter odds to win the competition than Harlequins, who faced Toulouse. Northampton were +1200 and Harlequins at +3300.
The bookmakers must have believed that the Northampton Saints were a better side than Quins. They still have the Irish team as the favorites to win the trophy, but at odds of -137, Leinster is not as short as many predicted they might be to lift the trophy. Toulouse is +100.
Leinster vs. Toulouse Match Betting
In the betting to win the match, the latest rugby betting odds favor the Irish. On the money line, Leinster is -115, with Toulouse at -105.
Onto the handicap spread, and this is also close. Toulouse is receiving a 1.5-point start. To win with the spread, Toulouse is -115. To win and cover the 1.5-point spread, Leinster are -105.
The betting is tight, and it could flip over to seeing Toulouse as the favorite before the match starts.
More Leinster vs. Toulouse betting options are on our odds table. We have gathered our odds from the best rugby betting online sites for the Champions Cup.
| Leinster vs. Toulouse |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leinster | -115 | -115 | -115 |
| Toulouse | -105 | -105 | -105 |
| Leinster (-1.5) | -105 | -105 | -105 |
| Toulouse (+1.5) | -115 | -115 | -115 |
The route to the final
Leinster made light work of topping Pool D, winning all four matches en route to finishing 2nd in the overall standings.
As Pool winners, the Irish team got a home draw in the Round of 16, where they defeated Leicester Tigers 36-22 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The win set Leo Cullen’s team up with a showdown against La Rochelle in the quarter-final.
La Rochelle were the back-to-back defending champions, having defeated Leinster in the past two finals. But their winning run against the Irish came to an end, thanks to a thumping 40-13 win for Leinster.
In the semi-final against the Northampton Saints, the Irish outfit made hard work of things. Coasting at 20-3 with just over 20 minutes to go, Leinster took their foot off the gas, allowing the Saints back into the match.
Leinster booked their spot in the @ChampionsCup Final with a three-point win over Northampton Saints
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— Leinster Rugby (@leinsterrugby) May 4, 2024
In the end, the Irish were hanging on for their 20-17 win, with the Saints just one score from winning a game they should have been well beaten in.
Toulouse started their campaign by winning Pool B with four wins from four. They also scored the most points of any team in the Pool section and, as a result, entered the knock-out stages as the No.1 seeded team.
In the Round of 16, the five-time cup winners defeated Racing 92 by a massive 24-point margin (31-7).
The margin of victory was even greater in the quarter-final, with Blair Kinghorn’s 23-point haul helping the French outfit to a convincing 64-26 win over the Exeter Chiefs.
In the semi-final, Toulouse were made to work for their 38-26 win over Harlequins.
𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝟯𝟴-𝟮𝟲 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗦
Toulouse overcome Quins to join Leinster in eighth final👇👇👇https://t.co/KDLaAAP8CO pic.twitter.com/nBUPi9Vq89— The Rugby Paper (@TheRugbyPaper) May 6, 2024
A 31-12 halftime lead was brought back to just five points before a converted Try by Cruz Mallía on 67 minutes clinched the win.
Leinster vs. Toulouse betting picks
We’ve seen this before from Leinster. They look the best side in Europe for the majority of the season but seem to run out of gas when the medals get handed out.
Have they learned their lessons from the cup final losses of 2022 and 2023? On the evidence we’ve seen lately, no, would have to be the answer.
They ended up laboring to a win over Northampton in the semi-final. And on another day, they would have lost that match.
That said, a match against the most successful team in the history of the competition should be enough to lift the Irish outfit. But the problem is, we can’t trust them.
We feel it will be the third time unlucky for Leinster and make Toulouse our betting pick to win the 2024 European Champions Cup in the outright winner market.
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