LEINS
	No.	Name
15Rob Kearney, FB
14Fergus McFadden, W 
13Garry Ringrose, C T
12Isa Nacewa, C
11James Lowe, W T
10Johnny Sexton, FH  2  3
9Luke McGrath, SH
1Cian Healy, P
2Sean Cronin, H
3Tadhg Furlong, P
4Devin Toner, L
5James Ryan, L
6Scott Fardy, FL
7Dan Leavy, FL T
8Jordi Murphy, N8
Replacements
16James Tracy, R
17Jack McGrath, R
18Andrew Porter, R
19Rhys Ruddock, R
20Max Deegan, R
21Nick McCarthy, R
22Joey Carbery, R
23Rory O'Loughlin, R

SARAC
	No.	Name
15Alex Goode, FB
14Liam Williams, W
13Marcelo Bosch, C 
12Brad Barritt, C
11Sean Maitland, W
10Owen Farrell, FH   3
9Richard Wigglesworth, SH
1Mako Vunipola, P
2Jamie George, H
3Juan Figallo, P
4Maro Itoje, L
5George Kruis, L
6Nick Isiekwe, FL
7Schalk Burger, FL
8Jackson Wray, N8
16Schalk Brits, R
17Richard Barrington, R
18Titi Lamositele, R
19Dominic Day, R
20Blair Cowan, R T
21Ben Spencer, R
22Alex Lozowski, R
23Chris Wyles, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Aviva Stadium

3:30 PM, April 1, 2018

2217dESPN Staff

Leinster end Saracens' Champions Cup run to set up Scarlets semifinal

Leinster lived up to their favourites tag as they ended Saracens' Champions Cup defence with a 30-19 victory at the Aviva Stadium.

Match Commentary

81'		30-19 End of second half
80'		McCarthy boots the ball out as time runs down and the back-to-back defending champions are out. Leinster deserved winners, and they will be favourites now.
79'		Saracens have not given up on their Champions Cup defence just yet but another handling error, this time from Itoje, looks to have ended their hopes.

Match Stats

LEINS

SARAC

47%

53%

46%

54%

LEINS

SARAC

140	Runs	161
414	Metres Run	492
12	Clean Breaks	8
169	Tackles	164
32	Missed Tackles	19
4	Turnover Knock On	11

Standings

Pool 1
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	BEG	4	+89	17
2	BULLS	4	+30	15
3	LYON	4	-2	12
4	SARAC	4	-17	10
5	CONN	4	-52	6
6	BTL	4	-48	5
Pool 2
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	TOUL	4	+109	20
2	HQUIN	4	+42	15
3	BATH	4	+22	15
4	RAMET	4	-1	8
5	ULST	4	-59	5
6	CDB	4	-113	3
Pool 3
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	NTHMP	4	+62	18
2	EXET	4	-12	13
3	GLASG	4	+14	10
4	MUNST	4	0	9
5	BAY	4	-25	8
6	TOUL	4	-39	2
Pool 4
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	LEINS	4	+70	19
2	STORM	4	+3	14
3	LA RO	4	+38	12
4	LEICS	4	-38	9
5	SALE	4	-7	6
6	SFRAN	4	-66	2

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