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Sunday, April 22, 2018

Leinster into European Champions Cup final after Sexton smites Scarlets

• Leinster 38-16 Scarlets
• Sexton try completes crushing win to put Leinster into final

When the venue for the semi-final was announced there were mutterings of discontent in Wales that Leinster had been given an unfair advantage, playing home and away, but this game could have been staged anywhere in the world and the outcome would have been the same given the pace, precision, purpose and power of the Irish province who had in effect reached their fourth final in 10 years by half-time.

The Scarlets defeated Leinster in the semi-final last season of what was then the Pro12 with a lung-busting exuberance that showcased their ability to extemporise in broken play but they had nothing to work with here. It was they who were hustled into making mistakes and, while they kept trying to play and had the last word when the former Leinster second-row Tadhg Beirne completed the scoring in the final minute, the try was the faintest of consolations.

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