Glasgow - 10 Leinster - 31 Winning is becoming an enjoyable habit for Leinster who, last night in Glasgow, recorded their third successive win and their second in Scotland to move into the top half of the Celtic League.
This was a comprehensive win by the Leinster side after stuttering to victory last weekend against The Borders. Last night Leinster ran in three tries and with Brian O'Meara kicking six goals from seven attempts, Glasgow had no answer to the Irish team's all-round game.
It was Leinster's forwards who created the basis for the win with a powerful performance that always kept them ahead of the Glasgow pack. Prominent for the Leinster eight were flanker Niall Breslin and lock Aidan Kearney.
Behind the scrum, O'Meara confirmed his readiness to fly out to Australia if needed while half-back partner Matt Leek produced an exciting peerformance of explosive running and crisp distribution complemented by astute kicking from hand.
Elsewhere Gordon D'Arcy was a constant threat on the counter-attack while centres James Downey and David Quinlan were too sharp for their opponents. A penalty apiece by Dan Parks for Glasgow and O'Meara for Leinster accurately reflected the equal ebb and flow of the match in the opening quarter.
It was Leinster who broke the stalemate with a try by winger Peter McKenna converted by O'Meara, the score emanating from a storming run by Kearney and good approach work by Leek.
Then with half-time approaching Glasgow infringed at the tackle and, from just outside the 22, O'Meara landed his third goal and the scrumhalf still had time to add a further goal before half-time to give Leinster a 16-3 interval advantage.
Leinster, looking much the hungrier of the two sides at the beginning of the second half, quickly added further points, this time a try from full back D'Arcy after excellent running by Leek and subtle inter-passing between wings McKenna and Gary Brown.
O'Meara's conversion made the scoreline 23-3 and when the scrumhalf landed a sixth goal Leinster were home and dry.
Fortunately, for home fans and indeed for the game, Glasgow finally rallied to produce a score by replacement number eight Rory McKay, converted by substitute outhalf Calvin Howarth.
But Leinster quickly reasserted themselves, bagging their third try with an interception and sprint to the line by Ireland under-21 cap Kearney, the lock's second try in two weeks. O'Meara missed the conversion to prove that he was, after all, fallible.
GLASGOW: S Moffat; S Lamont, G Morrison (G Maclure 50), A Bulloch, R Kerr; D Parks (C Howarth 50), S Pinder (M McMillan 70); E Murray, S Lawson, L Harrison, A Hall, N Ross, R Reid (A Wilson 40), D Macfadyen, P Dearlove (capt) (R McKay 62).
LEINSTER: G D'Arcy; P McKenna (S Whelan 80), J Downey (D O'Shea 70), D Quinlan, G Brown; M Leek, B O'Meara; E Byrne (N Treston 54), D Blaney (B Blaney 80), P Coyle, A Kearney, B Gissing, N Breslin (N Ronan), S Jennings (capt), D Dillon (C Potts 76).
Referee: N Owens (Wales).
