Clinical Ospreys punish depleted Leinster

EUROPEAN kings Leinster made a nightmare start to the RaboDirect Pro12 after being blown away by the Ospreys in Swansea last night.

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In a repeat of the 2009 Magners League Grand Final, the Welsh region cruised into an emphatic lead with a ferocious first-half performance and Joe Schmidt’s men trailed 27-3 at the interval.

Rhys Webb, Hanno Dirksen and Justin Tipuric all crossed for the hosts, while all Leinster could manage was a single Mat Berquist penalty.

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Courts Rugby Place: Swansea Place: Wales Place: New Zealand Place: Europe Place: Ravenhill Place: Biggar Person: Joe Schmidt Person: Rhys Webb Person: Hanno Dirksen Person: Justin Tipuric Person: Mat Berquist Person: Shane Jennings Person: David Wallace Person: Tommy Bowe Person: Rhys Ruddock Person: Richard Fussell Person: Ashley Beck Person: Beck Person: Andrew Bishop Person: Webb Person: Biggar Person: Jonathan Thomas Person: Dirksen Person: Berquist Person: Fionn Carr Person: Isa Nacewa Person: Tipuric Person: Kevin McLaughlin Person: Luke Fitzgerald Person: Carr Person: Tom Isaacs Person: Eoin O’Malley Person: Darren Cave Person: Paul Marshall Person: Chris Henry Person: R Webb Person: H Dirksen Person: M Berquist Person: R Fussell Person: K Phillips Person: T Isaacs Person: A Bishop Person: S Parker Person: D Biggar Person: M Morgan Person: D Jones Person: J Rees Person: M Davies Person: K Dowding Person: C Griffiths Person: M Dwyer Person: I Gough Person: J King Person: I Evans Person: T Smith Person: M Allen Person: J Tipuric Person: J Thomas Person: I Nacewa Person: D Kearney Person: E O’Malley Person: L Fitzgerald Person: B Macken Person: F Carr Person: I Madigan Person: J Cooney Person: C Willis Person: H van der Merwe Person: J O’Connell Person: R Strauss Person: A Dundon Person: J Hagan Person: J McGrath Person: D Browne Person: M Flanagan Person: D Toner Person: K McLaughlin Person: D Ryan Person: R Ruddock Person: L Auva’a Person: Peter Fitzgibbon Person: Cave Person: P. Marshall Person: Henry Person: Humphreys Person: Tries Person: Nathan Person: Weir Person: Ulster Person: D’Arcy Person: Gilroy Person: Spence Person: I. Whitten Person: McAllister Person: Kyriacou Person: Cronin Person: Stevenson Person: Tuohy Person: Wannenburg Person: Faloon Person: Brady Person: Hogg Person: Seymour Person: Dewey Person: Shaw Person: Gregor Person: Welsh Person: Macarthur Person: Cusack Person: Ryder Person: Harley Person: Eddie Person: Fusaro Person: Wilson Person: Horne Person: Pyrgos Person: Aramburu Person: Grant Person: Kalman Person: Campbell Person: Pitman Person: Leighton Hodges Event: 2009 Magners League Grand Final Event: Cup Organisation: Ospreys Organisation: Leinster Organisation: Canada Organisation: Samoa Organisation: Welsh Organisation: Wales Organisation: Ulster Organisation: Glasgow Organisation: RFU

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