LEINSTER ARE ON TRACK FOR THE DOUBLE

THE dream double is still alive for Leinster after narrow win over Munster in a pulsating Guinness Pro14 semi-final at the RDS.

Gerbrandt Grobler’s late try set up a nerve-jangling final minute, but the Champions Cup winners prevailed to set up a rematch with Scarlets in Saturday’s final at the Aviva Stadium.

A seventh-minute try from Jack Conan was the difference between the sides at half-time, Leinster establishing a 10-3 lead with JJ Hanrahan and Ross Byrne exchanging penalties in front of an 18,930-strong crowd.

A momentum-shifting try from Munster’s Keith Earls, two minutes into the second half, took the heat out of Jean Kleyn’s sin-binning, only for Byrne’s second penalty and a 76th-minute penalty from Joey Carbery to prove just enough for the hosts in the end.

But Munster desperately staged a late rally. TMO Neil Paterson confirmed Grobler’s last-gasp try.

Ian Keatley’s conversion had the margin down to a single point, but Leinster replacement Max Deegan latched onto a ruck ball to force a final penalty and end Munster’s breathless comeback bid.

lSCOTLAND winger Sean Maitland helped Saracens reach the Aviva Premiership Play-off final after they crushed Wasps 57-33.

In the other semi-final, Exeter Chiefs thumped Newcastle Falcons 36-5.