Leo Cullen’s side move on to a semi-final date at Croke Park after victory over Ronan O’Gara’s side
Leinster’s James Lowe on his way to scoring a try from a crossfield kick during the Investec Champions Cup quarter-final at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/InphoRevenge is a dish best served up in a feverish Aviva.
Meantime their attack hasn’t gone away, and the five tries to one victory margin left no room for argument. Along with a good few others, Ross Byrne banished a few demons from last May by pulling the strings expertly and landing six from seven for a 15-point haul in a capricious wind. The wind affected some of Leinster’s early passing and strike plays but the Byrne, judging the wind perfectly, landed the first of three brilliantly struck first-half penalties from a triangle of about 46 metres out.
Leinster played most of the rugby in that first half and added a brilliantly inventive and quick-witted try when Lowe countered and linked with Frawley. When Gibson-Park went blind, as he and Leinster do so effectively, McCarthy carried and offloaded inside with his left paw to Lowe, who in turn offloaded to Gibson-Park on the loop in the narrowest of touchline corridors to score; video replays confirming there was no forward pass.
Leinster's Ross Byrne offloads in the tackle during the quarter-final clash at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
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