WATCH | 1000s of fans celebrate Champions Cup with Leyds, Rhule and La Rochelle squad

Two forgotten Springboks, Raymond Rhule and Dillyn Leyds were part of the La Rochelle team that secured a nail-biting 24-21 win over four-time champions Leinster in a thunderous Champions Cup final in Marseille on Saturday.

The duo played a significant part in the victory as Leyds was named man of the natch and Rhule scored the opening try.

Naturally, there were wild celebrations when the team paraded the trophy with fans to the streets of La Rochelle.

WATCH the celebrations below:

#Rugby ????El impresionante recibimiento a los campeones ?? Más de 35.000 fanaticos del @staderochelais festejaron el título de #ChampionsCup, en una ciudad de apenas 77.000 habitantes pic.twitter.com/eQA7N8lQve