Summary

  • Harlequins' Champions Cup run ends with semi-final defeat in Toulouse

  • Juan Cruz Mallia try with Quins' Jack Walker in sin-bin proves crucial

  • Tries from Caden Murley & Tyrone Green gave Harlequins hope in electric second half

  • Antoine Dupont scored two tries as Toulouse led 31-12 at half-time

  • Toulouse will seek to win sixth European Cup at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 25 May

  • French side will play Leinster in the final

  1. converted try

    Converted try - Toulouse 31-12 Harlequinspublished at 35 mins

    Antoine Dupont (con: Kinghorn)

    There's a turnover and within a heartbeat, Toulouse have gone right with hooker Peato Mauvaka sidestepping to just short of the line. Antoine Dupont then has an easy task to pick it up and stretch over the whitewash to dot it down.

  2. 'Breathtaking Toulouse'published at 15:37 British Summer Time 5 May

    Toulouse 24-12 Harlequins

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Every time there's a mistake Toulouse come alive and so do their 30,000 supporters.

    The response by Toulouse when they got the ball was breathtaking.

  3. converted try

    Converted try - Toulouse 24-12 Harlequinspublished at 32 mins

    Antoine Dupont (con: Kinghorn)

    It's given! And to rub it in, Blair Kinghorn calmly slots the conversion.

  4. Try reviewpublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 5 May

    Antoine Dupont

    Toulouse win it back on the 22 from a Quins throw, Paul Costes then kicks a grubber ahead and Antoine Dupont races onto it and rolls over.

    But they are checking for a possible knock-on...

  5. Postpublished at 32 mins

    Toulouse 17-12 Harlequins

    Toulouse were convinced that Lynagh's kick before the Quins try was not a 50-22, but they chanelled their grievances into a superb response.

    There was also a fight after the Flament try, but the referee has calmed things down.

  6. 'An absolute gift' for Toulousepublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 5 May

    Toulouse 19-12 Harlequins

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That is an absolute gift. The joy is shortlived for Harlequins. It came from a standard deep restart and Toulouse piled into the breakdown and forced the fumble from Cunningham-South from Care's flicked pass.

  7. try

    Try - Toulouse 17-12 Harlequinspublished at 27 mins

    Thibaud Flament

    This is breathless stuff!

    Care's short pass near the touchline is spilled by Cunningham-South and Flament is straight onto it for an easy run-in.

    Kinghorn's kick from the toughest of angles hits the posts but goes the wrong way.

  8. 'Quins catch Toulouse by surprise'published at 15:29 British Summer Time 5 May

    Toulouse 12-12 Harlequins

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    The drive came in an instant and took no more than a second and a half to get over the line. They caught Toulouse by surprise.

  9. try

    Try - Toulouse 12-12 Harlequinspublished at 15:26 British Summer Time 5 May

    Will Evans

    Quick work from a lineout and Quins are level again!

    A Louis Lynagh grubber kick gave Quins a lineout close to the line, and Will Evans was carried over by a phalanx of his team-mates.

    Marcus Smith drags the conversion wide.

  10. Postpublished at 21 mins

    Toulouse 12-7 Harlequins

    Chandler Cunningham-South charges back to halfway and Marcus Smith chips forward - but the the kick is too long, into the 22 and Romain Ntamack calls an easy mark.

  11. 'Incredible Toulouse power'published at 15:23 British Summer Time 5 May

    Toulouse 12-7 Harlequins

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    There's the incredible power of the Toulouse pack. It's stacked full of internationals and their power output is immense.

    Quins thought they had stopped the maul but Toulouse went again with Mauvaka getting the ball down.

  12. converted try

    Converted try - Toulouse 12-7 Harlequinspublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 5 May

    Peato Mauvaka (con: Kinghorn)

    Yes he has!

    The Toulouse hooker sneaked in under a host of bodies, and the TMO made a very quick decision that it was a good try.

    Blair Kinghorn lands his first kick and the home side are back in the lead.

  13. Try reviewpublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 5 May

    Toulouse 5-7 Harlequins

    Has Peato Mauvaka grounded this?

  14. Great response from Quinspublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 5 May

    Toulouse 5-7 Harlequins

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    What a comeback from Harlequins! It started with good set-piece, they retained possession well, got on the front foot and had an overlap which Smith used well and sprinted into the gap.

  15. converted try

    Converted try - Toulouse 5-7 Harlequinspublished at 13 mins

    Marcus Smith (con: Smith)

    What a response!

    Quins drive Toulouse back with a relentless spell, and after Dombrandt nearly stretches to the line, the ball is recycled to Smith, who jigs past a defender to dot down by the posts.

    He then lands a simple conversion and Quins lead.

    Smith tryImage source, Getty Images
  16. Postpublished at 11 mins

    Toulouse 5-0 Harlequins

    Excellent scrummaging from Quins, they stay solid under huge pressure near their line and then despite an Alex Dombrandt slip they get a penalty which Marcus Smith hammers to the 10 yard line.

  17. Big day for young Baxterpublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 5 May

    Toulouse v Harlequins

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    What an area of confrontation the scrum will be today.

    It's an enormous task but we said that before the Bordeaux game which Quins won. Fin Baxter was other-worldy for a young loose-prop forward that day and faces another massive task today,

  18. Postpublished at 8 mins

    Toulouse 5-0 Harlequins

    This task gets more daunting for Quins by the second.

    A shimmy from Antoine Dupont sets up a couple of minutes of relentless pressure from the hosts until a knock-on under the posts gives Quins a much-needed breather.

  19. Postpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 5 May

    Toulouse 5-0 Harlequins

    Paul Grayson
    Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    The same happened yesterday with Northampton at the first line-out.

    What a sensational pass from Romain Ntamack over the defence.

  20. try

    Try - Toulouse 5-0 Harlequinspublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 5 May

    Matthis Lebel

    Sublime stuff from the hosts - they ran it to the left, the forwards sucked in the defenders and then Romain Ntamack delayed his pass just enough to find Matthis Lebel out on the touchline, who had the simplest of tasks to slide over near the flag.

    Matthis LebelImage source, Getty Images