MATCH REPORT: Leinster made one other massive European assertion, whitewashing Glasgow Warriors in a Champions Cup quarterfinal – the second successive week they did it to a prime group.
With Springbok RG Snyman and All Black celebrity Jordie Barrett – additionally the person of the match – on the coronary heart of the efficiency in Dublin, Leinster gained 52-0.
“It’s straightforward for a facet to rise up, do it as soon as, however we confirmed a little bit of character six days later and do the identical factor,” Barret stated in his post-match response.
“We needed to work for it, they’re a facet that throw punches and don’t go away,” he added.
This follows after final week’s 62-0 whitewash in a Spherical of 16 match.
One other week, one other assertion nilling for Leinster.
With 114 factors scored for none conceded in lower than every week, Cullen’s males ship one other highly effective message to the remainder of the Champions Cup crowd.
Both Northampton Saints or Castres Olympique would be the subsequent ones to fancy their possibilities within the Irish facet’s fifth semifinal in as many seasons.
Their relentless hunt for a fifth star goes on.
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Leinster on a mission from the primary minute of the affair as they got here out towards Glasgow Warriors.
Dominating the early exchanges to maintain the guests camped inside their half, the Irish giants thought they’d a 10-minute lead when Jordie Barrett weaved his approach underneath the posts, however a earlier knock-on meant the house followers had been pressured again into their seats.
But it surely was solely a matter of time earlier than the Irish giants discovered their approach via. Simply three minutes later noticed them go over for the primary of the night when some nifty palms noticed the ball finish in Max Deegan’s possession earlier than he crossed on the extremities on the correct.
Glasgow tried to up the ante post-first rating, however their assaults introduced frailties on the again.
They had been caught out as soon as once more on 22 minutes – a Leinster penalty strive elevated the deficit but additional.
Jamison Gibson-Park then shone when he swiftly fed out the ball from the scrum to a James Lowe pounding down the left, leaving him the easy process of crossing into contact.
And Leinster had been simply getting going, a lot to the Warriors’ woes. A swooping transfer discovered its approach out to Tommy O’Brien on the correct for the wing to seize the facet’s fourth in half-hour.
Determined for the break to return, issues went from dangerous to worse for the Scots. Sam Prendergast tore aside their again line when his kicked through-ball bobbled into Hugo Keenan’s stride, who gladly mopped up for 33-0 as Leinster hit fifth gear.
The beginning of the second interval introduced with it Glasgow’s longest spell within the Leinster half and 22, but it surely didn’t take lengthy for the first-half service to be resumed.
Garry Ringrose battled his approach via, smothered by Warriors, to faucet house on 46 minutes for Leinster’s 40 factors.
A flurry of Leinster subs introduced extra worries the Warriors’ approach, with Henshaw’s a hundredth look including to the festive Dublin temper.
Additionally subbed on, Dan Sheehan’s introduction had the specified impression – the hooker quickly rolled over down the left because the Irish neared the half-century.
The Warriors battled on and saved the Leinster beast at bay for essentially the most half, however tiring legs had been lastly exploited on 75 minutes when a superbly chipped Ross Byrne ball excessive was met by a charging Max Deegan.
The scorers
For Leinster
Tries: Deegan 2, Penalty strive, Lowe, O’Brien, Keenan, Ringrose, Sheehan
Cons: Prendergast 5, penalty strive doesn’t require a conversion
For Glasgow Warriors
None
Yellow card: Adam Hastings (Glasgow Warriors, 23 – cynical foul, slapping the ball down)
Groups
Leinster: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Tommy O’Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan (captain),7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Max Deegan, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Dan Sheehan, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Diarmuid Mangan, 20 Caelan Doris, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Robbie Henshaw.
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Jamie Dobie, 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Tom Jordan, 11 Kyle Steyn (captain), 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne, 8 Sione Vailanu, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Alex Samuel, 4 Gregor Brown, 3 Sam Talakai, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Nathan McBeth.
Replacements: 16 Grant Stewart, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Patrick Schickerling, 19 JP du Preez, 20 Max Williamson, 21 Euan Ferrie, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Sebastian Cancelliere.
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Assistant referees: Anthony Woodthorpe (England), Adam Leal (England)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (England)
