Heineken Champions Cup: Leinster 55-24 Leicester Tigers - Leinster into semi-finals
Leinster thrashed Premiership champions Leicester Tigers in Dublin to become the first side through to this season's Heineken Champions Cup semi-finals.Anthony Watson replied for Leicester, but Jamison Gibson-Park, a penalty try, Scott Penny, Jimmy O'Brien and John McKee tries secured a dominant win.
Tigers' attentions will now turn to defending their Premiership title, with Richard Wigglesworth's team currently third behind Saracens and Sale in the table.Relive Leinster's win over Leicester as it happenedRingrose gave Leinster the best possible start, touching down under the posts after one minute, but strong Leicester defence and solid work at the breakdown prevented the hosts from performing at their fluent best in the first period.
Attacking line-outs were the starting points for the final three of Leinster's seven tries, as the home side preserved their unbeaten record in all competitions this season. "It's an amazing competition and it's a real privilege to be in the quarter-finals, to get through this stage and be fighting it out in the semi-final now.""We were in the contest at 50 minutes, made some mistakes and then discipline cost us and they're going to hurt you.
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