Leinster march on at the top
First-half tries from Fergus McFadden and Girvan Dempsey were enough to see Leinster to a 20-14 Magners League victory over Glasgow.
Last Updated: 18/03/10 11:03pm
First-half tries from Fergus McFadden and Girvan Dempsey were enough to see Leinster to a 20-14 Magners League victory over Glasgow.
Centre McFadden bagged all 15 points aside from Dempsey's score on the stroke of half-time as Michael Cheika's side extended their lead at the top to four points.
Glasgow had responded well to McFadden's early penalty and although Ruaridh Jackson failed to level the scores, they led on the quarter-hour mark.
Winger Hefin O'Hare caught a clearance from Paul O'Donohue and launched a counter, side-stepping the Leinster cover on the way to the line.
Jackson added the extras, but the Irish side responded well to dominate possession for the rest of the half.
McFadden landed a second penalty before crossing in the 23rd minute, benefiting from a neat offload from Isa Nacewa.
The centre converted and when Dempsey went over in the corner following good work from Eoin Sheriff at the lineout, he added another two from wide out.
At 20-7 Warriors had a mountain to climb in the second-half but to their credit shut out the hosts for the full 40 minutes, although they only had the solitary score to show for the efforts.
It was replacement Colin Gregor who crashed over in the corner 12 minutes from time to give his side a losing bonus point and while he also added the extras, Glasgow could not add to their score and it was Leinster who almost scored again, only for Michael Keating to be hauled down just short of the line.
