Leinster smash La Rochelle to set up Croke Park Champions Cup semi-final

Leinster never trailed in this Champions Cup quarter-final against the team that had bested them so narrowly in the last two deciders.

Leinster’s James Lowe scores a try against La Rochelle in the Champions Cup quarter-final. Picture: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Champions Cup quarter-final: Leinster 40 La Rochelle 13 

Nobody, just nobody, saw this coming. The result, sure, maybe. The scoreline, never.