Leinster undone in Edinburgh by last-ditch score
who welcomed back John Hardie from a three-month ban — an entertaining win in the Guinness MARK Bennett scored a PRO14. last-minute try to give EdinEdinburgh had hardly felt the burgh a dramatic 29-24 win over ball in hand but found themselves Leinster at Myreside. seven points down after Leinster
With time running out, it went through the phases before looked as though the hosts’ wastefulness Max Deegan bundled over from with the boot would cost close range in front of a group of them a victory despite running Irish fans. in four tries. The hosts were handed a way
However, Bennett was on hand back into the game when Ross to collect a Jaco van der Walt Byrne, after kicking the converkick and after a painful wait for sion, telegraphed a chip over the confirmation, the try was given to defensive line and was charged thedelightofthecrowd. down by Luke Crosbie, who picked
There was barely time to restart up nicely before showing a good thegamebeforetherefereeblew turn of pace to touch down under the whistle to give Edinburgh — the posts from inside his own half.
Out of nowhere, they were ahead as Bennett did well to rip the ball in the tackle, and Nathan Fowles picked up and wriggled out of a couple of tackles before racing into the corner to give Edinburgh a somewhat fortunate lead against the run of play.
The game continued to see-saw as Leinster hit back, eventually finding an overlap on the blindside to record a fourth try in the opening half hour of a hectic match and put them 14-12 up.
Barry Daly added another try from out wide but Edinburgh responded strongly on the verge of half-time with a strong maul and new Scotland cap Murray McCallum barged over from point-blank range to leave Leinster narrowly ahead,19-17,atthebreak.
The second half took a while to get going, but the hosts were back ahead as Sam Hidalgo-Clyne kicked cutely for Van der Merwe, and the ball bounced nicely into the winger’s arms for a simple score.
Leinster again battled their way upfield before spinning the ball out to Daly who scored again in the corner.
It looked like Edinburgh would be made to pay for a poor kicking display, but with seconds to go, Van der Walt chipped over the top and Glenn Bryce’s attempted catch dropped to Bennett who charged over for the match-winning try.