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Leinster batter Munster at Thomond Park to remain undefeated

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Leinster players celebrate their URC round 9 victory over Munster

Leinster claimed the festive derby spoils at a sold-out Thomond Park, winning 28-7 to hand Munster only their second home BKT United Rugby Championship defeat of 2024.

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Sam Prendergast took his chance to impress in the absence of his Ireland fly-half rival Jack Crowley, who missed the derby in line with IRFU player management guidelines.

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Player-of-the-match Prendergast slipped through for a 32nd-minute try, adding to an early Luke McGrath effort, to establish a 14-0 half-time lead despite Tommy O’Brien’s yellow card.

The 26,267 crowd watched Tom Ahern and Josh van der Flier swap scores, before captain Caelan Doris piled over with seven minutes remaining to extend Leinster’s winning run this season to 11 games.

Having been involved in a smart initial break involving Jamie Osborne, there was no stopping McGrath in the eighth minute. He sniped over from a ruck with Prendergast converting.

Munster had a purple patch midway through the first half with three tap penalties in quick succession. Skipper Tadhg Beirne was held up after O’Brien was sin binned for repeated team infringements.

Leinster were clinical on the half-hour mark despite being a man down. A bout of forward pressure ended with Prendergast darting in between Tom Farrell and Shane Daly to double their lead.

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Individual errors were proving costly for Munster who were also without the injured Peter O’Mahony and Conor Murray, and both Craig Casey and Jean Kleyn who underwent surgery last week for knee and thigh injuries respectively.

Nonetheless, the leaders’ poor discipline moved the penalty count to 11-3 early on the resumption, and Munster finally took advantage.

The athletic Ahern reached out for the try-line following replacement John Hodnett’s well-timed pass. Billy Burns curled the conversion over.

Leinster managed to quickly silence the home fans, in response. A powerful scrum forced a penalty, and van der Flier crossed from the back of a ruck, allowing Prendergast to make it 21-7.

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Van der Flier and Joe McCarthy stood out during a scrappy finale. A well-supported Doris muscled over for the bonus point try, converted by replacement Ross Byrne.

Replacement Lee Barron was also held up during a strong Leinster finish.


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RedWarrior 56 days ago

That was Munster playing very well (albeit with a weakened team) going out of their skin to get 7. Leinster had a try for 35 disallowed at the death.

Last year Leinster conceded 19 pts per match in the league phase. Half way through this year its 12 pts. Leinster have to play Bulls and Sharks away during the 6N this year. While I expect them to lose, I expect them to be competitive as all players are familiar with the Nienaber defense. Snyman and Barrett will be available too.

With Glasgow and Sharks losing I think Leinster will be able to comfortably ensure home advantage in all URc knock out matches this year.

A lot of talk is of how many Toulouse are scoring. Maybe it should be on how few Leinster are conceding. First major contender clash this year coming soon as La Rochelle Host Leinster. We may get more accurate indications of Leinster's progression then.

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