Leinster Rugby 50 - 21 Northampton Saints 14/12/2019 Aviva Stadium Referee: Daniel Jones (Wal) Att: 42,041

Home , Alex Waller, Caelan Doris, Cian Healy, Dave Kearney, Devin Toner, Ed Byrne (rugby union)

50 (31) FT (HT) 21 (14)

Garry Ringrose (1, 5, 47), Tadhg Furlong (21), Dave Dan Biggar (18), Ollie Sleightholme (38), Ahsee Tuala Tries Kearney (35), James Lowe (42), Caelan Doris (66) (57) Ross Byrne (3, 6, 22, 36), Ciaran Frawley (48, 67) Conversions Dan Biggar (19, 39, 57) Ross Byrne (10) Penalty Goals Drop Goals

Carries Home Attack Away Carries Caelan Doris 16 Possession Api Ratuniyarawa 15 Garry Ringrose 14 51% 49% Lewis Ludlam 15 James Ryan 13 Territory Taqele Naiyaravoro 11 50% 50% Metres Made Carries Metres Made Jordan Larmour 138 144 132 Lewis Ludlam 111 James Lowe 99 Metres Made Taqele Naiyaravoro 53 Caelan Doris 74 602 411 Ahsee Tuala 50 Kicks From Hand Lineouts Won 27 20 Lineouts Won James Ryan 8 Line Breaks Tom Wood 4 Scott Fardy 3 16 5 Jamie Gibson 4 Axis Title Caelan Doris 3 Defenders Beaten Michael Van Vuuren 1 37 21 Tackles Offloads Tackles Josh van der Flier 17 9 14 Lewis Bean 16 James Ryan 16 Rucks/Mauls Won Connor Tupai 11 James Tracy 15 100 102 Matt Proctor 10 Rucks/Mauls Lost 4 2

Home Defence Away Tackles Made 159 140 Missed Tackles 21 37 Tackle Success 88% 79%

Home Penalties / Turnovers Away Total Penalties Conceded 12 14 Total Turnovers Conceded 12 15

Home Set Piece Away Lineouts Won Own Throw 16 12 Lineouts Lost Own Throw 0 0 Lineout Success 100% 100% Lineout Steals 0 0 Scrums Won 2 6 Scrums Lost 0 0 Scrums Success 100% 100% Leinster Rugby 50 - 21 Northampton Saints 14/12/2019 Aviva Stadium 17:15 Referee: Daniel Jones (Wal) Assistant ref: Adam Jones (Wal) Assistant ref: Dewi Phillips (Wal) TMO: Sean Brickell (Wal), Citing Commissioner: Jeff Mark (Wal)

Match Statistics Heineken Man of the Match - Jordan Larmour (Leinster Rugby) Match Statistics App Try Con Pen Drop YC RC Name Name App Try Con Pen Drop YC RC Jordan Larmour 15 Ahsee Tuala 1 1 1 Dave Kearney 14 Ollie Sleightholme 1 3 Garry Ringrose 13 Matt Proctor Robbie Henshaw 12 Andy Symons 1 James Lowe 11 Taqele Naiyaravoro 4 1 Ross Byrne 10 Dan Biggar 1 3 Luke McGrath 9 Connor Tupai Cian Healy 1 Francois van Wyk James Tracy 2 Michael Van Vuuren 1 Tadhg Furlong 3 Paul Hill Scott Fardy (c) 4 Api Ratuniyarawa James Ryan 5 Alex Coles Rhys Ruddock 6 Tom Wood (c) 1 Josh van der Flier 7 Jamie Gibson 1 Caelan Doris 8 Lewis Ludlam

Bryan Byrne 16 Samuel Matavesi Ed Byrne 17 Alex Waller Andrew Porter 18 Ehren Painter Devin Toner 19 Lewis Bean Max Deegan 20 JJ Tonks Jamison Gibson-Park 21 James Mitchell 2 Ciaran Frawley 22 James Grayson Rob Kearney 23 Fraser Dingwall Leinster Rugby 50 - 21 Northampton Saints 14/12/2019 Aviva Stadium Referee: Daniel Jones (Wal) Att: 42,041

Match Timeline

Match Time Home Score Away Match Time

Leinster Rugby Northampton Saints 1:42 Garry Ringrose - Try 5 - 0 3:06 Ross Byrne - Conversion 7 - 0 Off - Alex Coles 3:17 On - Lewis Bean 3:17 5:28 Garry Ringrose - Try 12 - 0 6:13 Ross Byrne - Conversion 14 - 0 10:59 Ross Byrne - Penalty 17 - 0 13:35 On - Ed Byrne 13:35 Off - Cian Healy 17 - 5 Dan Biggar - Try 18:30 17 - 7 Dan Biggar - Conversion 19:31 19:49 Off - Ed Byrne 19:49 On - Cian Healy 17 - 7 Ahsee Tuala - Yellow card 21:16 21:40 Tadhg Furlong - Try 22 - 7 22:30 Ross Byrne - Conversion 24 - 7 24 - 7 Tom Wood - Yellow card 29:51 35:18 Dave Kearney - Try 29 - 7 36:40 Ross Byrne - Conversion 31 - 7 31 - 12 Ollie Sleightholme - Try 38:41 31 - 14 Dan Biggar - Conversion 39:09 40:31 End of first half 31 - 14 31 - 14 40:31 42:36 James Lowe - Try 36 - 14 47:25 Off - Ross Byrne 47:25 On - Ciaran Frawley Off - Michael Van Vuuren 47:29 On - Samuel Matavesi 47:29 On - Fraser Dingwall 47:41 Off - Andy Symons 47:41 47:43 Garry Ringrose - Try 41 - 14 48:48 Ciaran Frawley - Conversion 43 - 14 50:39 Off - Tadhg Furlong 50:39 On - Andrew Porter 53:12 Off - Cian Healy 53:12 On - Ed Byrne 53:15 On - Bryan Byrne 53:15 Off - James Tracy 43 - 19 Ahsee Tuala - Try 57:28 43 - 21 Dan Biggar - Conversion 57:48 On - Alex Waller 58:38 Off - Francois van Wyk 58:38 Off - Connor Tupai 60:42 On - James Mitchell 60:42 60:45 Off - Luke McGrath 60:45 On - Jamison Gibson-Park 60:58 On - Max Deegan 60:58 Off - Josh van der Flier 61:13 On - Rob Kearney 61:13 Off - Robbie Henshaw On - James Grayson 62:05 Off - Dan Biggar 62:05 Off - Paul Hill 65:54 On - Ehren Painter 65:54 66:17 Caelan Doris - Try 48 - 21 67:07 Ciaran Frawley - Conversion 50 - 21 68:20 On - Devin Toner 68:20 Off - Scott Fardy Off - Lewis Bean 72:53 On - JJ Tonks 72:53 81:00 End of second half 50 - 21 50 - 21 81:00