At last! Long wait is over for elated Lyon

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By BEN JAYCOCK

Lyon ....................30pts
Tries: Couilloud 7, Penalty 45, Barassi 47
Conversions: Berdeu 9, 49
Penalties: Berdeu 20, 59, Ngatai 69

Toulon ................12pts
Tries: Serin 16, Kolbe 73
Conversions: Carbonel 17
LYON ended their 89- year wait for a major trophy as they dismantled favourites Toulon to win their first ever European trophy.
A bumper crowd of over 51,000 were on hand to watch an error-ridden final that failed to live up to the occasion.
Toulon were a shadow of the side that beat Saracens in the semi-final and seemed to have been overwhelmed b...

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