Snyman double helps Leinster see off Bath
MATCH REPORT: Leinster claimed a 47-21 comeback victory over Bath on Saturday to secure top spot in Pool Two ahead of the Round of 16 in the Champions Cup.
Leinster trailed 0-14 after just seven minutes to the English Premiership leaders before New Zealand centre Jordie Barrett and South Africa lock RG Snyman inspired the four-time winners to finish the pool stage unbeaten.
Snyman scored two of Leinster’s seven tries.
Meanwhile, Bath prop Ben Obano was shown two yellow cards in the match. The first was for a high tackle on Jamison Gibson-Park, and the second for a scrum offence in the 59th minute.
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The Irish province’s success handed Clermont a last-16 berth, after an 86th-minute try from replacement lock Thomas Ceyte helped the French side to a 33-26 victory over Bristol.
Alfie Barbeary crashed over after just a minute for Bath to open the scoring.
Tom de Glanville then added another with less than 10 minutes on the clock to stun the hosts, before two tries from Robbie Henshaw got them back in the game.
But Bath hit back on the stroke of half-time as Ollie Lawrence sliced through and offloaded out the back to De Glanville for his second, and Finn Russell added the extras from out wide to put them 21-19 up at the break.
However, Leinster put their foot down in the second half to score four tries.
Snyman bagged a brace in the second 40 along with tries from Jamison Gibson-Park and Garry Ringrose to make it 47-21 at full-time.
Bath will continue their journey in the EPCR Challenge Cup after finishing fifth.
The scorers:
For Leinster:
Tries: Henshaw 2, Conan, Snyman 2, Ringrose, Gibson-Park
Cons: Prendergast 4, Byrne 2
For Bath:
Tries: Barbeary, De Glanville 2
Cons: Russell 3
Red card: Ben Obano – two yellow cards (Bath, 59′)
Teams:
Leinster: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Garry Ringrose, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Jamie Osborne, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Max Deegan, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter.
Replacements: 16 Gus McCarthy, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Caelan Doris, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Jimmy O’Brien.
Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Ruaridh McConnochie, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (captain, 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Miles Reid, 6 Ted Hill, 5 Ross Molony, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Niall Annett, 1 Beno Obano.
Replacements: 16 Tom Dunn, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Charlie Ewels, 20 Josh Bayliss, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Jaco Coetzee.
Referee: Luc Ramos
Assistant referees: Thomas Charabas, Jonathan Gasnier
TMO: Julien Castaignede
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