Leinster labour to quarter-final win over Scarlets
- Leinster defeated the Scarlets 33-21 in the 2025 United Rugby Championship quarter-final at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on 31 May 2025.
- Leinster's victory followed a strong start and was aided by the Scarlets conceding two second-half yellow cards to Vaea Fifita and Alec Hepburn.
- The Scarlets recovered from an early 15-0 deficit to trail by only one point at halftime and threatened a late comeback led by Johnny Williams' 70th-minute try.
- Leinster scored four tries from James Lowe, Jamison Gibson-Park, Jamie Osborne, and Hugo Keenan, with Prendergast adding three penalties and two conversions, while the crowd numbered 12,879.
- Leinster advanced to face Glasgow Warriors in the URC semi-final, while the Scarlets exited the play-offs despite a strong performance in their first appearance since 2018.
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Off-colour Leinster advance into URC semi-finals with win over Scarlets
Defending champions Glasgow Warriors are Dublin bound next week after the top seeds capitalised on Alec Hepburn and Vaea Fifita’s second-half sin-binnings to win in front of a disappointing crowd of 12,879.
Hugo Keenan inspires URC semi-final push as Leinster outmuscle Scarlets
HUGO KEENAN is happy to win ugly — as long as Leinster keep winning. James Lowe, Jamison Gibson-Park, Jamie Osborne and Keenan all crossed the line to see off Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium and set up a home URC semi-final next week against Glasgow Warriors. Hugo Keenan starred for Leinster in the quarter-final win over Scarlets Leinster and Leo Cullen lost Josh van der Flier to injury during the game The hosts capitalised on second-half sin-binn…
Darge stresses merits of performance in Stormers win - Scottish Rugby Blog
After a dominant performance against the Stormers, Glasgow Warriors flanker Rory Darge said the side’s blend of mental toughness and physicality was key to victory which means they will face Leinster in the semis. Darge scored the opening try for the hosts at Scotsoun in their 36-18 win over the 2022 champions, one in which the performance was of almost level importance to progression to the next round to the back-rower. “Obviously the result’s …
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