Toulouse aren't the force they were last year

Leinster take on Toulouse in the Champions Cup semi-final at the Aviva Stadium. Tullouse lost a lot of players last year and are not as good as they were. Leinsters are stronger and have more experience. Toloi won't be as strong as before. They lost Antoine Dupont. Andy Farrell picked the team that played New Zealand last November. The team with the same names is the one that defeated the All Blacks. It's the thirteenth time Leins and Tlois have met in European Cup.

Jamison Gibson-Park is playing at the highest level for Leinster. Toulouse are not the force they were last year. Leinsster have a home advantage in the semi-final against Tullouse. The Aviva is about a mile from Leintster's home ground. 39,000 tickets had been sold yesterday afternoon. Leingster won the last two European semi finals in this stadium. They lost to Perpignan in 2003 and Saracens in 2017. It's a big advantage for home teams. There are also home advantages for Ireland and Tollouse in European finals.

Johnny Sexton is captain for Toulouse. Andrew Porter, Rónan Kelleher, Tadhg Furlong, Ross Molony, James Ryan, Caelan Doris, Josh van der Flier, Jack Conan are the other players.

Toulouse aren't the force they were last year. Replacements: Dan Sheehan, Cian Healy, Michael Ala’alatoa, Joe McCarthy, Rhys Ruddock, Luke McGrath, Ross Byrne, and Ciarán Frawley.

15. Thomas Ramos, Juan Cruz Mallia, Pierre Fouyssac, Pita Ahki, Matthis Lebel, Romain Ntamack, Antoine Dupont, Cyril Baille, Julien Marchand, Captain, Dorian Aldegheri, Rory Arnold, Emmanuel Meafou, Rynhardt Elstadt, Anthony Jelonch, François Cros.

Replacements: Peito Mauvaka, Rodrigue Neti, David Ainuʻu, Joe Tekori, Selevasio Tolofua, Thibaud Flament, Martin Page-Relo, Zack Holmes.