Leinster 17-10 Leicester

Great game! Powerful performance!
It didn't start too fantastically for the men in blue with the Tigers bashing away at the gainline. But it would have been a big confidence builder for them with the Tigers barely making an inch. Richardt Strauss hit everything that moved that wasn't wearing blue!
Some great go forward from Mike Ross who rumbled forward with ball in hand (is there a more beautiful sight than that of a prop charging forward with the ball?). After that initial charge the team ran some great lines and offloaded well before Strauss offloaded to Luke Fitzgerald ,with the line at his mercy, who dropped the crucial pass. Frustrating and unlucky.
Leinster made a lot of line breaks and made a lot of ground but didn't convert some of it into points.
In the second half Leicester came out and put it up to Leinster again like at the start of the first half. This time though, they got the break, and Alessana Tuilagi smashed through Brian O'Driscoll to dive for the line. Sean O'Brien got across to force him into touch and save the day! Phew!
Cometh the hour, cometh the man. And I don't mean O'Driscoll. Isa Nacewa has been immense all season and he scored a magnificent individual try. He ran from just outside his own half ,after a Leicester clearance kick, and carrying the ball in both hands, he dummied and stepped his way to the Leicester try line. He turned half of the Tigers inside out in the process!
Leicester never know when they're beaten though, and kept attacking Leinster. Their persistence paid off when Rob Hawkins ran from deep and took the pass from Ben Youngs to get over the Leinster line.
That brought the gap to just 7 points and a few very uncomfortable minutes at the end.
Leinster held out, Leicester go out.
The Leinster pack were awesome today, especially the tight five. The scrum went well, the lineout went well and the ruck went well. Leinster were on top in every facet of play during this game and deserved the win in the end. Isa Nacewa was the standout player in the backline in a game that was decided by the big men up front.
Leinster have certainly banished the demons of Thomond from last week and can take an awful lot of positives from this performance.
My Man of the Match is Richardt Strauss. He defended superbly, carried supremly, offloaded expertly and did his donkey work brilliantly! Honourable mentions for the rest of the tight five and Isa Nacewa.
Now bring on the rest of them!
COME ON LEINSTER!!!!