Leinster concede a penalty at the break down. Carty puts his side into the Leinster 22 metre for a lineout. A attacking position for the visitors.

Gopperth makes no mistake to extend Leinster's lead to 9 points.

The Connacht defence holds strong against the Leinster attack as Luke Fitzgerald makes a good break. But the ref awards a penalty to Leinster. Gopperth points to the posts.

Leinster put the pressure on Connacht in defence. Marmion is forced to box kick the ball clear but his clearing kick gets caught in the wind. Leinster have a lineout inside the Connacht 22.

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Noel Reid puts a clever in over the head of Poolman. Connacht have a lineout from well inside their own 22. Good spell of pressure from Leinster

Gopperth with a superb kick from distance restores Leinster's 5 point lead following an offside.

The teams are back out for the second half as Gopperth gets the game back underway

Half-Time: Leinster lead by two at the break after an exciting forty minutes. Connacht will feel aggrieved to not be in front. Opportunities at the end of the half were not taken by the visitors after some lengthy spells of pressure. Leinster are lucky to be in front although they dominated for large spells in the opening exchanges, they allowed Connacht to grow into the game. Live coverage of the second half is coming up in a few minutes. Stay with our live coverage for updates throughout!