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Leinster went top of Pool 2 last weekend with a 26-10 win over second placed Agen, but now face a daunting trip to Stade Armandie for the return fixture.
In an incredibly tight Pool, where just six points separate all four teams, both sides know that a defeat could spell the end of their Heineken Cup dreams.
A convincing win for Leinster would see them go seven points clear of Agen, while a big home win for the French side would result in them leap-frogging last season’s semi-finalists into first position.
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Little known Leinster replacement Andy Dunne stepped up in extra time to score a fine drop goal and help to secure a valuable away win for his team.
The Irish side were leading by just two points with moments to go in a match that could still have swung in favour of the home team as the final minutes of a tense match wer being played out
It had been a game for those who liked to watch hard hits, and heaywwight battles. However the home side surprised their opponents by running the ball on every occasion in the opening quarter. One well-worked move had the Irishmen scrambling in defence and Agen fly-half Jerome Miquel opened the scoring with a well-struck penalty goal.
Leinster have struggled to find a replacement goal-kicker after the loss of Argentinian star Felipe Contepomi with a knee injury, but inside centre Gordon D’Arcy stepped up to level the scores from point-blank range.
A clever break from Whitaker gave Leinster backrower Jamie Heaslip the space to crash over for the game’s opening try, but the visiting fans were still on their feet when one of world rugby’s most lethal finishers made them sit down abrubtly. Fijian winger Rupeni Caucaunibuca gathered a stray kick, chipped D’Arcy, regathered and brushed off the final defenders to score a scintillating try and give his side a 10-8 lead at the break.
Miquel extended the lead with a margin early in the second spell, and Leinster’s kicking woes came back to haunt them when a D’Arcy effort finished closer to the corner flag the the uprights.
Ironically, the lack of a polished goal-kicker led to a Leinster try that gave them the lead. Ignoring the chance of another shot at goal, Whitaker took a quick tap to set up a try to winger Denis Hickie. With the scores level, replacement kicker Girvan Dempsey ignored the boos to slot the ball between the uprights from out wide.
Leinster were still leading by two points when the clock ticked past the 80-minute mark, but up stepped Leinster replacementDunne who nothced a supurb drop goal, and the Irishmen stunned the much-vaunted Agen pack by driving prop Ronan
McCormack over for a try in the final minute.
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