Rugby union: talking points from the weekend’s Champions Cup action

Exeter will take some stopping in the knockout stages, Leinster have top-seed status and Racing 92’s reward is to face ClermontLeinster secured top-seed status after a hard-earned victory at Treviso. They did not need a bonus point which was just as well as they scored only two tries and it took them an hour to manufacture the first one. At one point it seemed Leinster would repeat their 3-0 Pro14 victory at Zebre in October but tries from Caelan Doris, who had spent 10 minutes in the sin-bin in the first half, and James Tracy ensured a stress-free final 15 minutes. The game in Lyon was far mo…