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Connacht made a huge PRO14 impact by defeating champion Leinster.
And the Westerners maxed out their first victory in Dublin in 19 years.
In just his second Leinster appearance this season, Johnny Sexton only lasted 24 minutes before failing an HIA.
But his counterpart Jack Carty put himself in the picture of the Six Nations with two attempts in a man-of-the-match display on RDS.
Back by 20 at halftime for the first time in nearly six years, Leinster chased hard and his bench made a big impact.
However, Tom Daly’s excellent interception attempt in the 73rd minute put the result beyond doubt.
“We got into a hole that we couldn’t get out, it was too little, it was too late,” said Blues boss Leo Cullen.
“I’m quite disappointed. Unfortunately, we seemed slow in the first half, they seemed like the most motivated team.”
Chuffed Connacht boss Andy Friend smiled: “It’s huge. It’s huge for Connacht and everyone else to show that they (Leinster) can be beaten.”
It was a remarkable effort from Connacht overall, especially considering Andy Friend’s pre-match admission that he changed his team sheet three times this week due to positive Covid cases, for only his third game away from Galway since March.
Leinster made a late fourth down through Ed Byrne for a solitary bonus point. The result gives Ulster a 10-point lead over the Blues in Conference A, although Leinster has two games in hand. The sides meet at the RDS next Friday.
The last time Leinster suffered a PRO14 loss was against Ulster in April 2019, when they had already reached the play-offs, and their last RDS loss was earlier the same month.
Since then, Leinster has won the title twice – they proved invincible last season and had won all seven of their games this season before Connacht came to Ballsbridge.
With rookies Max O’Reilly and Andrew Smith in Leinster’s last three, Carty’s kicking game was effective.
Carty’s interception of Ross Molony’s attempted pass to Devin Toner allowed him to open the scoring in the 12th minute and converted his own try; After missing a penalty shortly after, the Dubliner added a second try in the 22nd minute.
He was stopped shortly after combining brilliantly with fellow midfielder Caolan Blade, but then pushed his way between two defenders to score.
Leinster struck back almost immediately after winning a fumble on Connacht’s 22.
Night captain Luke McGrath found wing Scott Penny, who faced no opposition when he scored the first points for the hosts.
With Sexton injured in preparation, McGrath himself knocked down the conversion and Liam Turner replaced the veteran.
Connacht reacted by forcing more errors from Leinster and Carty fired more than two penalties, the second after John Porch’s superb chase.
It got even better for the visitors when Alex Wooton scored in the corner and Carty added the extras for 25-5 at the edge of the break.
Leinster got the second-half start they wanted when Luke McGrath sold Quinn Roux a dummy to score, with Jimmy O’Brien converting.
However, a Carty penalty kept Connacht running only for backup Sean Cronin to feed the excellent Ryan Baird and score a third Leinster try for an 11-point deficit.
The Blues thought they had cut it even further with 19 minutes to go when a sensational pass from O’Brien put David Hawkshaw in, but it was disallowed by an earlier obstruction.
Leinster still needed two attempts, but Daly, who burst in to finish it off in spectacular fashion with Hawkshaw’s pass attempt.
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