# #42: Leinster (H) vs Sale Sharks - Investec Champions Cup Review Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014/42-leinster-h-vs-sale-sharks-investec-champions-cup-review Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014/42-leinster-h-vs-sale-sharks-investec-champions-cup-review.md Podcast: [The Leinster Listen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014) Published: 2026-04-12T21:13:08+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/the-leinster-listen/2729536 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/356999/2729536/the-leinster-listen/2026_04_12_21_07_58_e6841454-34df-45fc-995c-ac474f76d6e9.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leinster-listen-7601014/episodes/42-leinster-h-vs-sale-sharks-investec-champions-cup-review Duration seconds: 1150 ## Resource Job done, but it took a while to get going. Leinster were flat in the first half, giving Sale just enough hope to hang around, before turning on the afterburners after the break and putting the Sharks to the sword in ruthless fashion. The Aviva crowd got their European night in the end, and Leinster are into the last four. πŸ† Champions Cup Quarter-Final Results; How the other ties played out and who is through to the semis πŸ—ΊοΈ Semi-Final Picture; The matchups and what stands between Leinster and a Champions Cup final πŸ—£οΈ Overall Opinion of the Game; A flat first half, a dominant second and what it tells us about this Leinster side πŸ“‹ Recap of the Game Events; The tries, the turning points and the moment Leinster flicked the switch ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leinster-listen-7601014/episodes/42-leinster-h-vs-sale-sharks-investec-champions-cup-review/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014/42-leinster-h-vs-sale-sharks-investec-champions-cup-review.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.