In truth, Munster laboured a tad to put their spiky old foes away, until Conor Murray pilfered his second try just past the hour. Afterwards, Munster didn’t swing from the chandeliers and Johann van Graan struck a sufficiently balanced tone. The coup de grace was a penalty try off a maul to seal their biggest win since that 30-6 European Cup semi-final win 15 tears ago. Scoring sequence: 5 mins Murray try, Carbery con 0-7; 9 mins Hawkshaw pen 3-7; 37 mins Carbery pen 3-10; (half-time 3-10); 53 mins Carbery pen 3-13; 62 mins Murray try, Carbery con 3-20; 72 mins penalty try 3-27. LEINSTER: Jordan Larmour; Dave Kearney, Garry Ringrose (captain), Rory O’Loughlin, James Lowe; Harry Byrne, Hugh O’Sullivan; Ed Byrne, Dan Sheehan, Andrew Porter; Ross Molony, James Ryan; Ryan Baird, Scott Penny, Josh Murphy.

Source: The Irish Times April 26, 2021 00:00 UTC