Double delight for Leinster

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European champions Leinster beat the Scarlets 40-32 in the Pro14 final in Dublin on Saturday.

Leinster became the first team to win both the European Champions Cup and Pro14 in the same season. It was the Irish province’s fifth Pro14 title.

Leinster scored five tries through lock Devin Toner, left wing James Lowe, hooker Seán Cronin, right wing Jordan Larmour and No 8 Jack Conan, with flyhalf and Man of the Match Johnny Sexton contributing 13 points with the boot.

Right wing Johnny McNicholl scored a hat-trick for the Scarlets.

Leinster led 21-11 at half-time and 40-18 after 70 minutes, before two late tries from the defending champions added some respectability to the scoreline.

Leinster – Tries: Devin Toner, James Lowe, Seán Cronin, Jordan Lamour, Jack Conan. Conversions: Johnny Sexton (2), Joey Carbery. Penalties: Sexton (3).
Scarlets – Tries: Johnny McNicholl (3), Werner Kruger. Conversions: Leigh Halfpenny (2), Dan Jones. Penalties: Halfpenny (2).

Leinster – 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Jordan Larmour, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Isa Nacewa (c), 11 James Lowe, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Luke McGrath, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Dan Leavy, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 5 James Ryan, 4 Devin Toner, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Seán Cronin, 1 Cian Healy.
Subs: 16 James Tracy, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Andrew Porter, 19 Scott Fardy, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 Nick McCarthy, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Rory O’Loughlin.

Scarlets – 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Johnny McNicholl, 13 Scott Williams, 12 Hadleigh Parkes, 11 Steff Evans, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Tadhg Beirne, 7 James Davies, 6 Aaron Shingler, 5 Steve Cummins, 4 Lewis Rawlins, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Ken Owens (c), 1 Rob Evans.
Subs: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Werner Kruger, 19 David Bulbring, 20 Will Boyde, 21 Jonathan Evans, 22 Dan Jones, 23 Tom Prydie.

Photo: Seb Daly/Getty Images

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