O'Gara steers Munster to half-time lead

Leinster 3 Munster 16

Two penalties from Ronan O'Gara have stretched Munster's lead over rivals Leinster to give them a 13-point gap at the break of the Heineken Cup semi-final at Lansdowne Road.

O'Gara dominated the hald, despite a missed penalty, as Leinster's out-half Felipe Contepomi looked rattled as he missed a penalty to reduce Munster's lead.

Leinster: Dempsey, Horgan, O’Driscoll, D’Arcy, Hickie, Contepomi, Easterby, Corrigan, Blamey, Green, Williams, O’Kelly, Jowitt, Gleeson, Heaslip.

Replacements: Blaney, McCormack, Ronan, Miller, O’Riordan, Lewis, Kearney.

Munster: Payne, Horgan, Kelly, Halstead, Dowling, O’Gara, Stringer, Pucciariello, Flannery, Hayes, O’Callaghan, O’Connell, Leamy, Wallace, Foley.

Replacements: Fogarty, Roche, O’Driscoll, S. Keogh, Manning, Henderson, O’Leary.