Alldritt felt disrespected by Ryan at coin toss

La Rochelle captain Gregory Alldritt said he felt disrespected by Leinster skipper James Ryan prior to the French side's Heineken Champions Cup final victory.

The duo met ahead of the game for the coin toss in the Aviva Stadium tunnel and the French back row believed Ryan, who was injured after half an hour of the 27-26 defeat, did not show the correct respect as they shook hands.

The defending champions found themselves 17-0 down after 12 minutes but slowly grew into the game and outscored Leinster 13 points to three in the second half to break Leinster hearts for the second year in a row.

The France international was asked if he felt there was a moment when he felt like they would win the game.

He replied: "There are several. Especially the toss: I think they didn't respect us, me already.

"They didn't look me in the eye while shaking my hand.

"It's something that we mustn't get used to it. We have a lot of values in this club and respect is part of it.

"At 17-0, we managed to reverse the trend and switch at half-time to 23-14.

"The dynamic was for us. We decided that the lost finals were over and that we want trophies. It's just incredible. It's a match that is played with 23 and not with 15."

The 26-year-old later told RTÉ Sport that it "was no big deal".

Director of rugby Ronan O'Gara said: "Yeah, I got word of it down on the pitch.

"Obviously, I have a close relationship with my captain.

"A bizarre action when they were going for the toss. Normally you engage eyes and no eyes were engaged. Greg was disappointed and let down."

The former Munster and Ireland out-half also felt that his team were treated differently than Leinster.

"Obviously Leinster were the home team in terms of accommodation for the families, post-match gigs.

"I