Ruthless Leinster crush Zebre to claim top URC seeding
LEINSTER bounced back from their Euro heartache to seal top seeding in the URC.
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Leinster hammered Zebre as they put 12 tries past their Italian opposition
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James Lowe scores his side's seventh tr at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin
While Gonzalo Garcia's effort was Zebre's only response, Sam Prendergast, Josh van der Flier, Jamie Osborne (two), Ciarán Frawley, and James Culhane added to the hosts' record winning margin.
Two minutes in, Jack Conan offloaded for fellow Lion Kelleher to finish and Prendergast kicked the first of his 17 points.
McGrath took Leinster into double figures, following up on a van der Flier surge. Baird then barged over for 19-0.
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Barrett crashed over again on the half-hour and Prendergast tagged on his fourth conversion.
Lowe got over before the interval and Prendergast started the second half's try-scoring by finishing a counter attack.
And when a high ball bounced loose, van der Flier capitalised to complete his brace.
Osborne soon collected Barrett's kick to go in at the corner. Zebre prop Juan Pitinari threatened before replacement Frawley's fine finish from 42m.
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Simone Gesi's weaving run had Leinster back-pedalling, and scrum-half Garcia squeezed over.
LEINSTER 75 - 6 ZEBRE
Culhane and Osborne added late tries for a record winning margin.
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SCORERS — Leinster: Tries, Kelleher, McGrath, Baird, Barrett 2, Lowe, Prendergast, van der Flier, Osborne 2, Frawley, Culhane; cons, Prendergast 6, Frawley 2. Zebre: Try, Garcia.
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