Champions Cup: Leinster 57-3 Montpellier
European Champions Cup

Champions Cup: Leinster 57-3 Montpellier – Leinster thump 14-man Montpellier

13 January 2017
Rugby Rucker
  • Leinster 57-3 Montpellier: Irish province romp to dominant bonus-point victory against 14-man Montpellier
  • Tries from Isa Nacewa, Jack Conan and Adam Bryne gave the hosts a 24-3 lead at halftime
  • Conan completed a treble after the break with Garry Ringrose, Cian Healy and Luke McGrath also touching down
Leinster booked their place in the Champions Cup quarter-finals after they demolished Montpellier 57-3 at the RDS on Friday.

RUCK Man of the Match Jack Conan scored a hat-trick of tries for the dominant hosts.

Full-back Isa Nacewa, winger Adam Byrne, scrum-half Luke McGrath, replacement prop Cian Healy and centre Garry Ringrose also touched down in a rampant displau.

Montpellier had fly-half Frans Steyn, who scored the visitors only points from the tee, was red-carded for a high challenge on Johnny Sexton when the score was 14-3.

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Leinster, who finished bottom of their group last season, can secure a home quarter-final by beating already eliminated Castres on 20th January.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt would have been thrilled to see so many of his internationals, namely Sexton, heading into the 2017 Six Nations

MANOFTHEMATCH

Leinster: Jack Conan

LINE UPS

Leinster: 15 Isa Nacewa (c), 14 Adam Byrne, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Rory O’Loughlin, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Luke McGrath, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Jack Conan, 5 Hayden Triggs, 4 Devin Toner, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 James Tracy, 1 Jack McGrath
Replacements: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Michael Bent, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Dan Leavy, 21 Jamison Gibson-Park, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Rob Kearney
Montpellier: 15 Joffrey Michel, 14 Timoci Nagusa, 13 Vincent Martin, 12 Joseph Tomane, 11 Nemani Nadolo, 10 Frans Steyn, 9 Nic White, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Akapusi Qera, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 5 Konstantine Mikautadze, 4 Paul Willemse, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Shalva Mamukashvili, 1 Mikheil Nariashvili
Replacements: 16 Charles Geli, 17 Yvan Watremez, 18 Davit Kubriashvili, 19 Antoine Battut, 20 Kelian Galletier, 21 Tomas O’Leary, 22 Henry Immelman, 23 Jesse Mogg