Leinster dig deep after first-half blitz from Connacht

Leinster 30 Connacht 20

Sat, 08 Oct, 2011 - 20:15

Leinster 30 Connacht 20

Leinster produced an assured second-half display as they came from 12 points down to defeat Connacht in their RaboDirect PRO12 clash at the RDS today.

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