Leinster 22 v 6 Edinburgh

Johnny Sexton and Brendan Macken secured Leinster a 22 v 16 victory over Edinburgh

Sexton and Leinster got off to a flying start when Sexton scored the opening try of the match after 8 minutes converting his own try. Sexton added to his points tally by scoring a penalty. But Edinburgh who have not won in Dublin for 7 years managed to keep in touch with Greig Laidlaw securing two penalties to leave it 10-6 at the break. Leinster although in front would have been nervous about the amount of unforced errors. Isa Nacewa stopped Lee Jones in a one-on-one out wide and the hosts had to scramble as Edinburgh's De Luca and Ross Ford almost secured late 1st half tries. Leinster needed something in the second half in the form of replacement centre Macken who countered from deep. With Leinster working the ball well to keep the move going Edinburgh's John Yapp's was forced to slow the game in the ruck which led to a yellow card the bad luck continued as lock Sean Cox was sin-binned for killing the ball. Somehow the Edinburgh scrum stopped Leinster from scoring. But it was only a matter of time before the advantage took its toll and that man Macken went over in 57 minutes. Sexton missed the conversion and Edinburgh responded with a Laidlaw penalty that kept them in the game. Man-of-the-match Mackens second try came on 66 minutes. Edinburgh Richie Rees kept them in the game and put replacement Nel over in the 71st minute. Laidlaw's conversion gave the visitors a losing bonus point