Leinster close in on trophy

THERE may still be five rounds to play before this year’s Magners League campaign is put to bed, but Leinster already have one hand gripped firmly around the trophy after events in Dublin and Wales last night.

A five-try defeat of Glasgow in the RDS was in itself sufficient reason to make this a very Good Friday, but Llanelli’s win over Cardiff at Stradey Park saw a lead that had been eight points at the table’s summit stretched to 10.

After a stuttering opening quarter, Leinster were never in danger of slipping up and, with the injured Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon D’Arcy due back in two weeks, the season’s final chapter looks predictable.