Glasgow Warriors lose their URC crown

Glasgow Warriors' reign as URC champions is over after their semi-final defeat by Leinster in Dublin

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00:00Hello, it's Graham Bean from The Scotsman at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, where Glasgow

00:05Warriors reign as the champions of the URC has just ended. They've lost in the semi-final

00:12to Leinster by 37 points to 19 in a fairly one-sided match. Leinster outscored the visitors

00:21by six tries to three, and in truth there was a bit of gloss applied to the scoreline

00:26by two late Glasgow tries from Jamie Dobie and Sione Tupulotu. This was a game that Leinster

00:35dominated, particularly in the first half. They led 25-5 at half-time, scoring four tries.

00:41They opened the scoring through Dan Sheehan, who scored two tries in the first half. George

00:48Horne scored a very good try for Glasgow to bring them back into it at 7-5, but then Leinster

00:53ran away with it with three tries in the final 30 minutes of the half. One from Jamie Osborne,

01:00one from Thomas Clarkson, and then Sione with his second. Leinster came out strongly again

01:05in the second period. George Barnard went close, and then Jamie Osborne got his second try before

01:12Hewann Frawley then got in the act. That made the score 37-5, and Leinster were running away

01:18with it at that point, with still 20 minutes left. Then Glasgow did have a late flourish,

01:23as I say, Jamie Dobie scored a good try. Then Tupulotu weaved his way past four or five Leinster

01:28players to score. Tom Jordan converted both those scores, but you know, Glasgow were definitely

01:35second best today. Leinster now go through to the final, which they'll host, not here,

01:40but at Croke Park next weekend. Final score again, Leinster 37, Glasgow Warriors 19.