The eastern province dotted down five times and held off a fightback from an Edinburgh side packed with Scotland internationals.
DESPITE A SPIRITED fightback from Edinburgh in the closing stages of an intriguing encounter, Leinster came away with their second bonus-point triumph in the space of seven days in the United Rugby Championship at the RDS on Saturday.
Whereas Leinster are still to welcome back their Irish contingent, Edinburgh’s match day 23 contained 11 players that were part of the Scotland squad for the Rugby World Cup in France. This included Tipperary native Ben Healy, who was the starting out-half for Munster in their URC semi-final victory over Leinster at the Aviva Stadium a little under six months ago.
Advertisement While this was an early boost for Sean Everitt’s men, their lead proved to be a short-lived one. Leinster were back in the Edinburgh 22’ after Harry Byrne kicked a penalty to touch on the right-wing and although he had to await the result of a TMO referral, hooker Barron bagged his second try of the season with a powerful finish off the ensuing line-out move.
Edinburgh briefly halted Leinster’s momentum with another Healy penalty in the 37th minute, but the hosts ended the opening period on a high when Frawley rounded off another attack with his side’s third converted try of the action. This only proved to be a minor speed bump for Leinster, however, as James Culhane registered his first try in professional club rugby by applying the finishing touches to a line-out maul on 58 minutes.
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