Leinster Keep Double Bid Alive After Edging Munster In Pro 14 Semi-final
Faizan Hashmi Published May 20, 2018 | 12:40 AM
London, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th May, 2018 ) :Leinster remained on course for a domestic and European double after edging past Irish rivals Munster 16-15 in a dramatic Pro 14 semi-final in Dublin on Saturday.
Victory meant Leinster, who beat France's Racing 92 to win the European Champions Cup in Bilbao last weekend, will face reigning Pro 14 title-holders Scarlets in a repeat of the final the Welsh regional side won last season when the teams meet again at Lansdowne Road, a week on Saturday.
Munster, suffering a second semi-final loss of the season after being over-run by Racing in European competition, closed to within a point at Dublin's RDS ground on Saturday when Gerbrandt Grobler crossed for a try converted by Ian Keatley with just a minute left but Leinster held their nerve.
Leinster were without injured fly-half Jonathan Sexton after the star of Ireland's Six Nations Grand Slam campaign was ruled out with a calf injury. But the Dublin-based side were still 10-3 up at half-time after a seventh-minute Jack Conan try proved the difference in an opening period where JJ Hanrahan and Ross Byrne, Leinster's starting fly-half, exchanged penalties.
Munster's Keith Earls scored a try early in the second half only for Byrne's second penalty and a 76th-minute penalty from fullback Joey Carbery to prove sufficient for Leinster to win through in the end.
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