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Leinster Rugby, who have already qualified for the last eight of the Heineken Champions Cup, will aim to make their own piece of pool history when they entertain Lyon at the RDS Arena on Sunday.
The Irish province are currently on an eight-match winning run in the pool stage and have never won nine pool matches in a row.
Key facts
- Lyon are seeking their first ever away win in the Heineken Champions Cup following five successive defeats on the road.
- Leinster have the best lineout success rate in this season’s competition with 93%.
- Leinster back Jordan Larmour has made the most metres in the tournament this term with 335.
"Lyon are a serious team. It's a challenge we're looking forward to." 🔵👊
Jordan on our last meeting with @LeLOURugby and the strengths of the TOP 14 side ahead of Sunday's #ChampionsCup game at the RDS Arena. 👇#LEIvLOU pic.twitter.com/s4kh9GXi83
— Leinster Rugby (@leinsterrugby) January 9, 2020
Leinster's Dave Kearney celebrates scoring a try with James Lowe and Jordan Larmour
Leinster Rugby collected another bonus point success in Heineken Champions Cup Pool 1 as they comfortably defeated Lyon 42-14 at The RDS on Sunday afternoon.
The hosts dominated the early proceedings and scored a try after 10 minutes when Ross Byrne played a lovely cross-field kick to James Lowe who popped inside to Dave Kearney for the simple score.
Leinster were 16-0 up after 16 minutes when Josh van der Flier collected the offload from Luke McGrath and dotted down after the line-out set up another superb attacking platform.
The home side were briefly pegged back after attempting some neat passing but it was intercepted by No.8 Virgile Bruni and he sprinted clear to give Lyon a first try of the afternoon.
Cronin poaches another one for Leinster!
The veteran hooker feeds the lineout then spots the opening. Easy work 👊#HeinekenChampionsCup pic.twitter.com/kquaF054Tr
— Rugby on BT Sport (@btsportrugby) January 12, 2020
Dave Kearney then went over for his second of the day but Lyon responded yet again as Hendrik Roodt burrowed a way over the try line, making it 21-14 at the interval.
Leinster dominated the second period with Heineken Man of the Match Max Deegan getting over on 53 minutes after the Irish province stretched the Lyon line that was a man light after Felix Lambey received a yellow card.
Sean Cronin and Andrew Porter also crossed the whitewash in the final 15 minutes to put further gloss on a commanding result that puts Leinster further clear in Pool 1 and in pole position for the No.1 seed. They travel to Benetton next week while Lyon will host Northampton.
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