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Published 21:39 22 Dec 2018 GMT

12 points to the good, Connacht must have told themselves at half-time that they needed the next score to shudder any thoughts the PRO14 champs had of mounting a comeback.
As it was, former Connacht lock Mick Kearney forced his way over for his first try in Leinster blue and the hists were right back in it. Ross Byrne missed the extra and worse was to follow, for Leinster, when Carty opened them up and scrum-half Caolin Blade did the damage.
That made it 26-12 and Connacht knuckled down to defend their line for the next 15 minutes until they were awarded a penalty, 40 metres out, and Carty sent it over. 17 up with 17 to go, the jig looked up for Leo Cullen's side.
The blues are not league and European champs for nothing, however, and Sean Cronin barrelled over after a rolling maul rumbled nicely off clean lineout ball. 10 down with 10 to go, the game was heating up.
It was on fire, on 74 minutes, when Dan Leavy finished off a stunning, Globetrotters-esque move of offloading class to score in the corner, and the rickety roof almost came off when Ross Byrne converted from the touchline.
The stadium exploded, then, in time added on as - phase after relentless phase - Leinster got over the line through sub Andrew Porter.Explore more on these topics:
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