Leinster show European credentials with ruthless hammering of Racing:
ANYONE OFFERED A guess at which of these teams spent from 7am until 11pm yesterday making their journey to Le Havre would surely not have even thought about suggesting Leinster.
They might be frustrated not to have kept Racing try-less, with Christian Wade bagging a late consolation score, but their efforts without the ball were strong and their scrum and lineout showed up well too. They now look towards next Friday’s clash with Gloucester at the RDS with huge momentum. The Top 14 side continued to be blighted by discipline issues in a first half that saw them give up nine penalties, but their defence muscled up after the early try as they got success from their counter-rucking efforts and forced a few errors from the Leinster attack.
Leinster soon took advantage as a cohesive multi-phase attack saw Dan Sheehan carry strongly before James Lowe made a half-break running short off the arcing Jamison Gibson-Park to bring Leinster within a few metres. With Eddy Ben Arous down injured and Racing down to 13 men very briefly, Gibson-Park then floated a clever pass wide right for Sheehan to finish past Russell. Ross Byrne nailed the touchline conversion.
With Racing’s discipline slipping again, Leinster were soon down the other end and Lowe went close to finishing in the left corner only to be forced over the touchline.
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