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Sexton breaks record as Leinster and Scarlets claim derby spoils
By Peter Thompson
Jonathan Sexton became Leinster's leading all-time points-scorer in a 23-17 derby win over Munster, while the Scarlets edged out the Ospreys in an all-Welsh Pro14 affair on Saturday.
Sexton broke Felipe Contepomi's record of 1,225 points at the Aviva Stadium, landing three penalties and converting both of Rory O'Loughlin's tries as Leinster joined second-placed Ulster on 23 points in Conference B.
Ian Keatley scored a breakaway try in a first half which ended with Leinster 14-7 to the good and Munster were unable to pull off a fightback despite Keith Earls' second-half double in front of a crowd of 46,374 in Dublin.
The Scarlets are sitting pretty two points clear of Ulster and Leinster following a 19-18 derby victory at the Liberty Stadium.
Dan Biggar scored six penalties to pass the 1,500 point mark in the league, but Gareth Davies scored two tries early in the second half and Samson Lee barged his way over for a third as Wayne Pivac's men claimed the narrowest of victories.
Elsewhere, Benetton Treviso ensured the Southern Kings' wait for first Pro14 points goes on, easing to a 31-3 victory.
Angelo Esposito claimed a brace of tries, while Marco Barbini and Cherif Traore also crossed the whitewash as the Kings suffered a sixth loss from as many games this season.
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
Go to commentsYeah nar, should work for sure. I was just asking why would you do it that way?
It could be achieved by outsourcing all your IP and players to New Zealand, Japan, and America, with a big Super competition between those countries raking it in with all of Australia's best talent to help them at a club level. When there is enough of a following and players coming through internally, and from other international countries (starting out like Australia/without a pro scene), for these high profile clubs to compete without a heavy australian base, then RA could use all the money they'd saved over the decades to turn things around at home and fund 4 super sides of their own that would be good enough to compete.
That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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