"Leinster 52 Connacht 17"
"This was the kind of scoreline Stuart Lancaster was used to during his seven seasons in blue and the Connacht coach must have found the experience in the visiting team's coaching box utterly miserable."
"Leinster ran in eight tries and played some good rugby along the way, but their style of play is a world away from the all-court way of playing they had when the former England supremo was running the show."
Leinster beat Connacht 52-17, running in eight tries and producing sustained periods of effective rugby. The Connacht coach suffered an unpleasant experience in the visiting team's coaching box as the scoreline widened. Leinster combined clinical finishing, territorial control and attacking variety to achieve the margin. The current Leinster style of play is a world away from the all-court approach they used when Stuart Lancaster spent seven seasons in blue. The result underlined Leinster's dominance in both structure and execution while exposing a gulf in tempo and style between the two teams.
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