'It's not about where you're born, it comes down to who you are'

La Rochelle's Director of Rugby, Jono Gibbes, has opened up on the culture and the people that have taken the unfashionable French club into a first Heineken Champions Cup final at Leinster's expense

La Rochelle's Will Skelton celebrates after the win with Arthur Joly. Picture: INPHO/Dave Winter

Whatever happens from here on in, France has confirmed its European hegemony.

Seven teams in the last 16, they brought five forward to the quarter-final even after Toulon lost out to Covid rather than Leinster, and three semi-finalists has now fed into a decider between La Rochelle and Toulouse.