Rugby-Lyon end 89-year barren spell by beating Toulon in Challenge Cup final


  • Rugby
  • Saturday, 28 May 2022

(Reuters) - Lyon deservedly won their first major rugby trophy in 89 years when they overwhelmed error-strewn triple European champions Toulon 30-12 in an all-French Challenge Cup final in Marseille on Friday.

Appearing in their first major final since they were crowned French champions in 1933, Lyon were on top for most of the game as Toulon looked a pale shadow of the team who overwhelmed Saracens in the semi-finals and fell to a fourth defeat in four finals in Europe's second-tier competition.

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