LEINS
	No.	Name
15Joey Carbery, FB T
14Adam Byrne, W
13Robbie Henshaw, C T
12Isa Nacewa, C 
11Barry Daly, W T
10Ross Byrne, FH 
9Luke McGrath, SH
1Jack McGrath, P
2James Tracy, H
3Tadhg Furlong, P
4Devin Toner, L
5James Ryan, L
6Rhys Ruddock, FL
7Josh van der Flier, FL T
8Jack Conan, N8
Replacements
16Sean Cronin, R
17Cian Healy, R
18Michael Bent, R
19Ross Molony, R
20Jordi Murphy, R
21Jamison Gibson-Park, R
22Noel Reid, R
23Fergus McFadden, R

MONTP
	No.	Name
15Jesse Mogg, FB
14Benjamin Fall, W
13Joe Tomane, C
12Frans Steyn, C
11Nemani Nadolo, W T 2
10Thomas Darmon, FH
9Ruan Pienaar, SH  2 
1Mikheil Nariashvili, P
2Bismarck du Plessis, H
3Antoine Guillamon, P
4Jacques du Plessis, L
5Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, L
6Kelian Galletier, FL
7Yacouba Camara, FL
8Louis Picamoles, N8
16Romain Ruffenach, R
17Yvan Watremez, R
18Davit Kubriashvili, R
19Julien Delannoy, R
20Wiaan Liebenberg, R
21Benoit Paillaugue, R
22Timoci Nagusa, R
23Joffrey Michel, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: RDS Arena

1:00 PM, October 14, 2017

2385dESPN Staff

Joey Carbery inspires Leinster to bonus point win over Montpellier

Joey Carbery stepped up in the absence of Johnny Sexton as Leinster started their Champions Cup campaign with an impressive 24-17 win over French powerhouse Montpellier at the RDS in Dublin.

Match Commentary

81'		24-17 End of second half
80'		That's it. It wasn't pretty but Leinster take the bonus point win despite missing several key players.
79'		Into the last minute and Leinster keeping it tight.

Match Stats

LEINS

MONTP

49%

51%

49%

51%

LEINS

MONTP

135	Runs	162
499	Metres Run	500
11	Clean Breaks	6
178	Tackles	145
34	Missed Tackles	23
3	Turnover Knock On	14

Standings

Pool 1
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	BEG	4	+89	17
2	BULLS	4	+30	15
3	LYON	4	-2	12
4	SARAC	4	-17	10
5	CONN	4	-52	6
6	BTL	4	-48	5
Pool 2
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	TOUL	4	+109	20
2	HQUIN	4	+42	15
3	BATH	4	+22	15
4	RAMET	4	-1	8
5	ULST	4	-59	5
6	CDB	4	-113	3
Pool 3
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	NTHMP	4	+62	18
2	EXET	4	-12	13
3	GLASG	4	+14	10
4	MUNST	4	0	9
5	BAY	4	-25	8
6	TOUL	4	-39	2
Pool 4
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	LEINS	4	+70	19
2	STORM	4	+3	14
3	LA RO	4	+38	12
4	LEICS	4	-38	9
5	SALE	4	-7	6
6	SFRAN	4	-66	2

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