Heineken Champions Cup: Leinster 36-10 Racing 92 - hosts top Pool A

Jimmy O'Brien and Hugo Keenan both scored two tries for Leinster

Leinster secured the top spot in Pool A of the Heineken Champions Cup with an impressive 36-10 bonus-point win over Racing 92 in Dublin.

The unbeaten Irish province progress to the knockout stages and will enjoy home advantage all the way to a potential final at the Aviva Stadium.

Jimmy O'Brien and Hugo Kenan both grabbed two tries while Josh van der Flier and Garry Ringrose also scored.

Janick Tarrit and Christian Wade touched down for Racing.

Leo Cullen's side remain unbeaten in all competitions this season. Racing, by contrast, have registered a solitary victory in the competition and needed a win today to further their involvement in the tournament.

Leinster started with the majority of possession but struggled to convert this into points because of a determined defensive effort from the visitors.

A well-rehearsed sweeping Leinster backs move eventually unlocked the Racing defence, with centre Ringrose choosing an excellent line to break into space and assist winger O'Brien, who dotted down in the corner.

Despite scoring first, the hosts struggled to move up through the gears as Racing did their best to disrupt and battle their way back into the game.

Racing were rewarded for efforts approaching the break, with hooker Tarrit steering a line-out maul towards the Leinster line and burrowing over to bring his side back into the game as Leinster led 7-5 at half-time with the game on a knife-edge.

Leinster surge clear

Early into the second half, Finn Russell's incisive break and long skip pass sent winger Christian Wade scampering over, leaving the hosts looking rattled.

Minutes later however, Leinster responded with a try from Keenan, who crashed over from close range following a powerful carry from replacement hooker Dan Sheehan.

Leinster started to dominate and quickfire scores by Van der Flier and a second for Keenan gave Leinster the bonus point.

The try of the game came when Ringrose collected his own kick and managed to offload to O'Brien for his second.

Captain Ringrose capped off a man-of-the-match performance with a try in the last play to seal a comprehensive win and perfect record for Leinster.

Leinster: Keenan; Larmour, Ringrose (c), Osborne, O'Brien; Byrne, Gibson-Park; Porter, Kelleher, Ala'alatoa; McCarthy, Ryan; Doris, van der Flier, Conan.

Replacements: Sheehan, Milne, Healy, Molony, Baird, McGrath, Byrne, Penny.

Racing 92: Gelant; Wade, Klemenczak, Fickou, Dupichot; Russell, Le Garrec; Ben Arous, Tarrit, Nyakane; Chouzenoux, Palu; Lauret, Coulibaly, Kamikamica.

Replacements: Narisia, Gogichashvilli, Kharaishvilli, Hemery, Baudonne, Gilbert, Saili, Spring.

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