Leinster made to work for bonus point against Montpellier

Leinster survived a nail-biting finish to begin their Champions Cup campaign with a 24-17 bonus-point win over Montpellier at the RDS.

Sat, 14 Oct, 2017 - 17:35

Leinster survived a nail-biting finish to begin their Champions Cup campaign with a 24-17 bonus-point win over Montpellier at the RDS.

Man-of-the-match Robbie Henshaw and European debutant Barry Daly went over after the interval to add to first-half tries from Joey Carbery and Josh van der Flier to give Leinster a winning position.

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