Key Moments: Leinster vs Leicester Tigers
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Back-to-back Champions Cup finalists Leinster proved to strong for English Premiership outfit Leicester Tigers running five tries with three of them being scored by Ireland scrum-half James Gibson-Park.
Here are some key moments:
6' Pollard strikes first for the Tigers
Leicester turn over the lineout with Cronin breaking through into the 22m. They keep pushing and Weise makes a strong carry to offloads to World Cup winning flyhalf Handre Pollard who powers over for the first try of the match
Leinster 3-7 Leicester
32' James Gibson-Park Hatrick
Osborne finds some space after a nice short pass by Henshaw and Gibson-Park is electric in the finish to secure a hatrick inside 30 minutes for Leinster
Leinster 22-10 Leicester
44' James Lowe Yellow Card
Leinster makes a poor start to the second half with James Lowe deliberatly knocking the ball on preventing a line break oppoutruity and gets 10 minutes in the bin as a result. Leinster capitalise immedialty with a maul try to get back into the match
Leinster 22-15 Leicester
51' Leinster Intercept try
Leicester made a great turnover at set piece, however Henshaw reads the poor long pass by Kelly to the wing perfectly and steals the ball to run straight through the middle uncontested scoring under the poles
Leinster 29-15 Leicester
Robbie Henshaw's try seemed to put Leicester out of reach despite both teams scoring a try a piece after, it is the Irish giants Leinster who progress to the quater finals of the Champions Cup.
Fulltime; Leinster 36-22 Leicester