You can read part 1 here.
Scarlets 10 – 10 Leinster
Leinster remain top of conference B, despite a late Scarlets equalizer. It was an extremely tight game, and the sides went in level 0 – 0 at the break ,with Scarlets having a try disallowed.
Leinster took the lead in the second half with a try from Ed Byrne, converted by Ross Byrne. Scarlets would equalize 20 minutes later with a try from Paul Asquith, converted by Dan Jones. Ross Byrne missed a drop goal, but then scored what looked to be the winning penalty. Scarlets piled on the pressure and forced a turnover with seconds to go. Opting to go for the posts Dan Jones kicked a pealty, having missed a few earlier in the game.
I see a draw as a decent result. Scarlets is a difficult place to go, and denying Scarlets the win is as good as a BP. Leinster could have easily lost the game having given away a few penalties. The biggest down is Seán O’Brien going off injured, hopefully it’s not too serious.
Rescheduled Fixtures
Cardiff – Benetton and Edinburgh – Munster take place this Friday, the 16th, at 19:35.
Ulster – Glasgow will take place in April on the weekend of the 20th.
Zebre – Ospreys is yet to be rescheduled at time of posting.
Tables
Conference A
|
Pld
|
Pts
|
Wins
|
PD +/-
| |
1
|
Glasgow Warriors
|
16
|
65
|
13
|
+218
|
2
|
Munster
|
16
|
53
|
10
|
+182
|
3
|
Toyota Cheetahs
|
17
|
47
|
9
|
+34
|
4
|
Cardiff Blues
|
16
|
37
|
8
|
-32
|
5
|
Connacht
|
17
|
33
|
6
|
-20
|
6
|
Ospreys
|
16
|
30
|
6
|
-112
|
7
|
Zebre
|
16
|
22
|
4
|
-119
|
Conference B
|
Pld
|
Pts
|
Wins
|
PD +/-
| |
1
|
Leinster
|
17
|
64
|
13
|
+245
|
2
|
Scarlets
|
17
|
61
|
12
|
+170
|
3
|
Edinburgh
|
16
|
51
|
11
|
+75
|
4
|
Ulster
|
16
|
46
|
9
|
+33
|
5
|
Benetton
|
16
|
39
|
8
|
-30
|
6
|
Dragons
|
17
|
17
|
2
|
-253
|
7
|
Southern Kings
|
17
|
9
|
1
|
-391
|
Ciarán Duffy (@TheVoiceDepth) is a Leinster supporter and self-proclaimed ‘big cheese’ of Post To Post (@PostToPostSport). He’ll write about anything rugby under the condition he gets to take it too seriously.
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