Two former Wallaby forwards are celebrating their part in a European club rugby triumph for Union Bordeaux Begles after the French powerhouse outfit downed Irish side Leinester to scoop back-to-back Champions Cup titles in Spain.
The 34-year-old lock Adam Coleman and 29-year-old flanker Lachlan Swinton were in the engine room of a dominant performance from the French 14 outfit on Saturday as they ran out convincing 41-19 winners at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao.
Coleman, a 38-time capped Australia lock between 2016 and 2019 before he later began representing Tonga on ancestry grounds, played the first half, excelled in the opening half, helping crush the Irish into near-submission at 35-7 up at the break.
When the former Western Force and Melbourne Rebels second-rower came off after the break, he was replaced by Sydney flanker Swinton, who played the last of his seven Wallabies Tests against Wales in 2021.
