Holders Bordeaux advance to Champions Cup final after 38-26 win over Bath

May 3 : Holders Bordeaux Begles eased past Bath with a 38-26 victory on Sunday to reach their second Champions Cup final in a row, where they will face Leinster.

The French side scored tries through Marko Gazzotti, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Maxime Lucu, Ben Tameifuna and Temo Matiu at the Matmut Atlantique stadium, with Lucu kicking 13 points.

Winger Will Muir shone with two tries for Bath with Louie Hennessey and Tom Carr-Smith adding further tries. Finn Russell contributed with six points from the tee.

"They gave us quite a few problems, but we rose to the challenge and managed to turn the match around," Bordeaux flyhalf Matthieu Jalibert told France TV.

"We are off to Bilbao to compete once again for this trophy we love so much, and we will face a tough challenge because Leinster are a tough side. Leinster are among the very best in Europe."

The final will take place in Bilbao on May 23.

After a 10-minute delay to kickoff due to the weather conditions, Bordeaux scored and converted the first try within two minutes as Gazzotti powered over the line following his team's opening possession.

Bath, however, refused to let Bordeaux dictate the pace and quickly equalised as a brilliant cross-kick from Ben Spencer set up Muir.

The title holders regained the advantage through clinical try-scorer Bielle-Biarrey, who touched down in the corner for his eighth try of the campaign.

Muir responded once again for Bath, diving in at the corner under pressure from Bordeaux captain Lucu.

The French side opened the first significant gap, with 10 points in a row scored by Lucu - a converted try between the posts and a penalty - to hand them a 24-12 lead at halftime.

Bath, who won the Challenge Cup and the Premiership last season, emerged from the