Result: Leinster 6 Munster 30

Tries from Denis Leamy, Ronan O’Gara and Trevor Halstead helped Munster beat Leinster for a place in the Heineken Cup final on May 20.

…Munster’s Paul O’Connell takes on Leinster out-half Felipe Contepomi at Lansdowne Road…

HEINEKEN CUP SEMI-FINAL: Sunday, April 23

LEINSTER 6 MUNSTER 30, Lansdowne Road (Att: 47,500)

Scorers: Leinster: Pens: Felipe Contepomi 2

Munster: Tries: Denis Leamy, Ronan O’Gara, Trevor Halstead; Cons: Ronan O’Gara 3; Pens: Ronan O’Gara 3

TIME LINE: 2 minutes – Munster penalty: Ronan O’Gara – 0-3; 9 mins – Munster try: Denis Leamy – 0-8; conversion: Ronan O’Gara – 0-10; 20 mins – Leinster penalty: Felipe Contepomi – 3-10; 23 mins – Munster penalty: Ronan O’Gara – 3-13; 29 mins – Munster penalty: Ronan O’Gara – 3-16; 31 mins – Leinster penalty: missed by Felipe Contepomi; 40 mins – Munster penalty: missed by Ronan O’Gara; Half-time – Leinster 3 Munster 16; 48 mins – Leinster penalty: missed by Felipe Contepomi; 69 mins – Leinster penalty: Felipe Contepomi – 6-16; 74 mins – Munster sin binning: Federico Pucciariello; 75 mins – Leinster penalty: missed by Felipe Contepomi; 77 mins – Munster try: Ronan O’Gara – 6-21; conversion: Ronan O’Gara – 6-23; 80 mins – Munster try: Trevor Halstead – 6-28; conversion: Ronan O’Gara – 6-30; Full-time – Leinster 6 Munster 30

LEINSTER: Girvan Dempsey; Shane Horgan, Brian O’Driscoll (capt), Gordon D’Arcy, Denis Hickie; Felipe Contepomi, Guy Easterby; Reggie Corrigan, Brian Blaney, Will Green, Bryce Williams, Malcolm O’Kelly, Cameron Jowitt, Keith Gleeson, Jamie Heaslip.

Replacements used: Eric Miller for Jowitt (57 mins), Ronnie McCormack for Corrigan (70). Not used: David Blaney, Niall Ronan, Brian O’Riordan, Kieran Lewis, Robert Kearney.

MUNSTER: Shaun Payne; Anthony Horgan, John Kelly, Trevor Halstead, Ian Dowling; Ronan O’Gara, Peter Stringer; Federico Pucciariello, Jerry Flannery, John Hayes, Donncha O’Callaghan, Paul O’Connell, Denis Leamy, David Wallace, Anthony Foley (capt).

Replacements used: Rob Henderson for Kelly (12 mins), Tomas O’Leary for Henderson (66), Frank Roche for Foley (76). Not used: Denis Fogarty, Mick O’Driscoll, Stephen Keogh, Jeremy Manning.

Heineken Cup man of the match: Paul O’Connell (Munster)

Referee: Joel Jutge (France)