Leinster crush Leicester to advance to Champions Cup semi-finals

Ireland centre Ringrose scored two of his side's seven tries in the first half, the first after just one minute at Lansdowne Road, and Leo Cullen's men led 17-10 at half time.

Anthony Watson replied for Leicester, but Jamison Gibson-Park, a penalty try, Scott Penny, Jimmy O'Brien and John McKee's tries ensured a dominant win.

Leinster, runners-up last year to La Rochelle, will meet the winner of Saturday's quarter-final between Toulouse and South African side Sharks.

A 10-point spurt, including Gibson-Park's try, saw the Irish hosts deal impressively with a Caelan Doris yellow card, before a penalty try and Scott Penny's first Champions Cup score came either side of Charlie Clare's sin-binning.

Mike Brown also saw yellow but Leicester were spent by that stage.

Four tries were shared out in the final quarter, including John McKee's 79th-minute maul effort.

A dozen phases after Hugo Keenan had gathered Ross Byrne's kick-off, Ringrose nipped inside Dan Kelly and burst in behind the posts.

Byrne's conversion with his first kick of an 18-point haul was cancelled out by a Handre Pollard penalty. The visitors also forced an early scrum penalty.

Nonetheless a crisp Leinster move from the scrum put Jimmy O'Brien in position to blast through the middle and he fed Ringrose for a simple finish and a 14-3 lead.

The Tigers tried to frustrate the home side and when Jasper Wiese was caught high by Doris, the Leinster flanker was sin-binned.

However, the seven-man pack calmed the home supporters' nerves with a scrum penalty, slotted over by Byrne, and Leinster had breathing space two minutes later.

Robbie Henshaw's nicely-delayed delivery put Ringrose through a gap and his inside pass released Gibson-Park to coast home with Byrne converting.

An unlikely turnover penalty, won by Byrne, led to Tigers pulling down a dominant Leinster maul for the penalty try and replacement hooker Clare's yellow.

Replacement Penny broke through a maul and handed off Van Poortvliet for his 61st-minute try, converted by Byrne, before Tigers rallied.

Cracknell charged over and fellow replacement Harry Potter ran in a 60-metre try from an interception.

Leinster replied to both scores, taking advantage of Brown's absence for a high tackle. Harry Byrne released O'Brien for the line and McKee touched down after a length move.

On Sunday, reigning champions La Rochelle host three-time winners Saracens as Australia lock Will Skelton welcomes his former side to the Atlantic coast.