Ruthless Leinster overcome injuries to beat Edinburgh

United Rugby Championship

Edinburgh (12) 31

Tries: Schoeman, Van der Merwe 2, Cherry, Scott Cons: Thompson 2, Healy

Leinster (12) 33

Tries: O'Brien, Tector, Larmour, Gibson-Park, Conan Cons: Prendergast 4

Edinburgh began their URC play pinch a disappointing conclusion astatine location to an understrength, but much ruthless, Leinster astatine Hive Stadium.

Sean Everitt’s squad secured a losing prize constituent erstwhile taking advantage of a precocious yellowish paper for fly-half Ross Byrne.

Minutes later, Ben Vellacott raced distant successful nan past play and fed Matt Scott to people nether nan posts. Ben Healy’s conversion ended it astatine 33-31.

Edinburgh besides landed a four-try prize pinch earlier scores from Pierre Schoeman, Dave Cherry and 2 from Duhan van der Merwe.

All of that wasn’t capable to spot disconnected Leinster, who scored 5 tries of their own.

With location advantage and playing against an force missing much than a twelve Irish internationals, nan power was connected Edinburgh. On opening night, they conscionable weren’t bully enough.

They started well, Schoeman blasting complete and caller boy, Ross Thompson, making it 7-0 pinch nan boot. And then, aged failings appeared.

Leinster’s onslaught was slick erstwhile putting Tommy O’Brien distant up nan left, but nan location defence wasn’t precisely accelerated successful response.

It was positively comatose erstwhile young centre Charlie Tector scored not agelong after.

Ali Price’s clearing footwear from his ain 22 was fielded by Tector - supra Jamie Ritchie, Ben Muncaster and Van der Merwe - and nan 22-year-old, playing wonderfully connected his first start, ran away, dummied nan past defender and scored astatine his leisure.

Sam Prendergast made it 12-7 to nan visitors, past Matt Currie was forced disconnected injured and replaced by Scott, backmost up nan roadworthy again from England.

Edinburgh needed a spark and they recovered it erstwhile Thompson put them connected nan beforehand ft pinch a break that took him past 2 defenders.

Wes Goosen took it connected and erstwhile Ritchie brilliantly took interaction and spun astir to deed Van der Merwe, location was only going to beryllium 1 outcome.

It was 12-12 astatine nan break but only aft Edinburgh survived dense occurrence connected their line.

When Cherry rumbled complete disconnected a driven lineout 3 minutes into nan caller half, things were looking encouraging astatine 19-12, but Everitt’s squad were over-run from there. Same old, aforesaid aged arsenic Leinster layered connected nan power.

Edinburgh sewage sucked successful heavy successful their ain 22 and past done retired wide erstwhile Jordan Larmour scored. Tector was fantabulous again successful nan build-up. Prendergast’s conversion levelled it astatine 19-19.

Jamison Gibson-Park, arsenic ascendant arsenic ever connected his comeback from injury, past easy swatted Price, and others, astatine nan broadside of a ruck for nan bonus-point try.

A regular lineout maul saw Jack Conan piling complete for a fifth. Prendergast’s extras made it 33-19

Van der Merwe struck again conscionable aft nan hr - a lineout connected 1 broadside of transportation was vanished disconnected connected nan other. A nine-point crippled now.

Byrne took retired a subdued Darcy Graham successful nan aerial and sewage binned. Healy had a ace from nan resultant punishment from halfway, but he was short.

There was different people to come, erstwhile replacement Vellacott manufactured nan Scott try.

Leinster didn’t look astatine each that bothered and, successful truth, Edinburgh didn’t look each that pleased contempt salvaging 2 points from nan night.