Leinster claimed back-to-back Pro14 titles after beating a spirited Glasgow Warriors outfit 18-15 in a closely-contested final at Celtic Park in Glasgow on Saturday.

The Irish giants, who won their fifth title in this competition, led their Scottish counterparts 15-10 at the break. Matt Fagerson opened the scoring with a try for the Warriors, before Garry Ringrose and Cian Healy crossed the line for Leinster.

Irish flyhalf Johnny Sexton kicked a conversion and a penalty goal for Leinster in the first half, and contributed another penalty in the second half to give the defending champions a 18-10 lead in the 52nd minute.

Replacement hooker Grant Stewart dotted down for the Warriors to make it a three-point game with five minutes to play. However, Leinster held on in the end to win another title.

Glasgow – Tries: Matt Fagerson, Grant Stewart. Conversion: Adam Hastings Penalty: Hastings.
Leinster – Tries: Garry Ringrose, Cian Healy. Conversion: Johnny Sexton. Penalties: Sexton (2).

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Kyle Steyn, 12 Sam Johnson, 11 DTH van der Merwe, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Ali Price, 8 Jamie Bhatti, 7 Fraser Brown, 6 Zander Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Jonny Gray, 3 Rob Harley, 2 Callum Gibbins (c), 1 Matt Fagerson.
Subs: 16 Grant Stewart, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Siua Halanukonuka, 19 Ryan Wilson, 20 Tom Gordon, 21 George Horne, 22 Pete Horne, 23 Huw Jones.

Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Jordan Larmour, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 James Lowe, 10 Johnny Sexton (c), 9 Luke McGrath, 8 Cian Healy, 7 Sean Cronin, 6 Tadhg Furlong, 5 Scott Fardy, 4 James Ryan, 3 Rhys Ruddock, 2 Josh van der Flier, 1 Jack Conan.
Subs: 16 Bryan Byrne, 17 Ed Byrne, 18 Andrew Porter, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Max Deegan, 21 Nick McCarthy, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Rory O’Loughlin.