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Watch: James Lowe shows finishing prowess with two-try performance in Leinster win
By RugbyPass
Leinster winger James Lowe showed acrobatic finishing ability by scoring two decisive tries in his side's derby win over rivals Munster.
Lowe beat three Munster defenders on route to his first try, combining with another Kiwi, Jamison Gibson-Park down the short side. The halfback found Lowe with a long cutout before Lowe used his strength to stay in play and dot down with one hand to extend Leinster's early lead to 14-0.
The play came down Munster's right side where Kieth Earls was still in the sin bin. Minutes earlier Earls had been yellow carded following an early tackle on Lowe which lead to a penalty try to Leinster. The ex-Chiefs wing then capitalised by scoring where Earls was missing for a 14-point swing.
After a Munster fightback, Lowe scored his second of the match with an aerial effort in the second half, managing the touchline to get the ball down inside the corner flag.
The 30-22 win by Leinster keeps the defending Guinness Pro 14 champions at the top of table in Conference B while Munster fell to fourth in Conference A following the loss.
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Reiko should be the dual winger guy as he should be used to playing either side given he's had to do both at 13 (pass and step left/right).
Maybe he has such a bad preference that that's why he's not a good center?
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It's not about any coach being "right". I think a lot of selections can become defense and while it doesn't really apply here I really enjoyed that Andy Farrell just gave into the public demands and changed out his team for the change that had been asked for. Like why not? This is the countries team, keep them engaged. The whole reason i've only just finished watching the game was because I wasn't interested in watching any of the selected players against a team like Italy (still actually enjoyed the first half with the contest Italy made of it).
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