Max Deegan scores Leinster's fifth try against the Sharks. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon/Inpho
URC, round three: Leinster 31 Sharks 5
A better composed, better structured, physical Leinster side were easily good for their first win of the United Rugby Championship (URC) in front of 17, 549 at the Aviva Stadium.
Max Deegan’s try early in the second half added a bonus point as Leinster finally got going in their first home game after two opening defeats on the road in South Africa.
Five tries to one against a Sharks side that showed little variation from hoisted kicks in the first half to a narrow game in the second, where the ball rarely got out wide to their wingers, was just reward to a more familiar looking Leinste
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