Leinster keep Heineken Cup hopes alive

Holders Leinster have kept alive their slim hopes of reaching the Heineken Cup quarter-finals with a 33-14 win over Scarlets in Dublin.

Aled Thomas kicked a penalty and Liam Williams scored a drop goal for the visitors in the first half, but it was Leinster who took control thanks to tries from Cian Healy, Shane Jennings and Luke Fitzgerald.

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Jonny Sexton converted two of those scores to put the home side 19-6 in front with 33 minutes on the clock.

Scarlets struck on the stroke of half time as Williams touched down, only to miss with the resulting kick.

Sexton then converted a Rob Kearney try early in the second half to stretch Leinster's advantage.

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Scarlets cut the deficit to 12 points thanks to a second Thomas penalty, but Leinster had the last say when Ian Madigan converted his own try in the 79th minute.