{"id":15815,"date":"2024-04-07T07:03:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T07:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/investec-champions-cup-leinster-36-22-leicester-jamison-gibson-park-scores-first-half-hat-trick-for-hosts\/"},"modified":"2024-04-07T07:03:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T07:03:05","slug":"investec-champions-cup-leinster-36-22-leicester-jamison-gibson-park-scores-first-half-hat-trick-for-hosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/investec-champions-cup-leinster-36-22-leicester-jamison-gibson-park-scores-first-half-hat-trick-for-hosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Investec Champions Cup: Leinster 36-22 Leicester – Jamison Gibson-Park scores first-half hat-trick for hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jamison Gibson-Park scored against France in Ireland’s opening game of the Six Nations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Leinster: <\/strong>(22) 36<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tries: <\/strong>Gibson-Park 3, Henshaw, Conan<\/span> Pen: <\/strong>R Byrne <\/span>Cons: <\/strong>R Byrne 3, H Byrne <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leicester Tigers: <\/strong>(10) 22<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tries: <\/strong>Pollard, Cronin, Clare<\/span> Pen:<\/strong> Pollard<\/span> Cons: <\/strong>Pollard 2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Jamison Gibson-Park scored a first-half hat-trick as Leinster beat Leicester Tigers to set up an Investec Champions Cup quarter-final against La Rochelle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Handre Pollard scored the opening try before Leinster’s scrum-half responded with three tries in 17 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Prop James Cronin grabbed a score at the start of the second half to give Leicester hope, but Robbie Henshaw hit back with an intercept try.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Conan raced clear to add another, before Charlie Clare’s late reply.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leinster will face reigning champions La Rochelle at home in the quarter-finals next weekend in a repeat of the last two finals.<\/span><\/p>\n

The French side progressed after Stormers fly-half Manie Libbok missed a conversion – with the clock in the red – to ensure the holders stayed alive in the competition thanks to a 22-21 victory in Cape Town.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leo Cullen’s Leinster have suffered back-to-back final defeats against La Rochelle, but they did clinch a pool-stage victory against Ronan O’Gara’s side in the opening game of this year’s tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gibson-Park inflicts more pain on Leicester<\/h3>\n

Leinster had knocked Leicester out of Europe at the quarter-final stage in the past two seasons, inflicting a heavy <\/span>55-24 victory<\/span><\/a> in Dublin 12 months ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sides also met during the pool stages in January, with the four-time champions grabbing a late <\/span>bonus-point win<\/span><\/a> at Welford Road.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Tigers started fast that day and Pollard’s early score indicated a similar approach in Dublin on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

But lock Joe McCarthy, who was one of the <\/span>breakthrough stars<\/span><\/a> of the Six Nations, had other ideas and continued his impressive form when he broke clear, before sending Gibson-Park in to quickly respond.<\/span><\/p>\n

The scrum-half has been one of Ireland’s standout players since his introduction by Andy Farrell in 2020 thanks to his speed of play and quick thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n

They were on show for his second try when he linked with hooker Dan Sheehan to catch Leicester down the blind-side, before popping up on another smart support line to run in his hat-trick score after Jamie Osborne’s line break.<\/span><\/p>\n

Henshaw’s intercept score summed up the Premiership side in the second half as the difference in clinical nature showed, proven when Ollie Hassell-Collins butchered a score for Leicester after a sharp break.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Irish province will now face La Rochelle for the fifth time in four seasons, and with only one victory over O’Gara’s side and a loss at Aviva Stadium last season, it could prove a more difficult game.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘We can lift it to another level’<\/h3>\n

Player of the match Gibson-Park, speaking to TNT Sports: <\/strong>“It was great to be back home in front of our fans. I am lucky to have great players around me to make my job easier.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I didn’t have to do too much work other than run them [tries] under the sticks.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It is pretty exciting to now come back here against arguably the best team in the competition [La Rochelle].<\/span><\/p>\n

“We can lift it to another level next week. We will be confident going into next week.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Line-ups<\/h3>\n

Leinster:<\/strong> Keenan; Larmour, Henshaw, Osborne, Lowe; R Byrne, Gibson-Park; Porter, Sheehan, Furlong, Molony, McCarthy, Baird, Van der Flier, Doris (capt).<\/span><\/p>\n

Replacements:<\/em> Kelleher, Healy, Ala’alatoa, Jenkins, Conan, Murphy, H Byrne, Frawley.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leicester Tigers:<\/strong> Shillcock; Steward, Kelly, Kata, Hassell-Collins; Pollard, Van Poortvliet; Cronin, Montoya (capt), Cole, Wells, Hatherell, Liebenberg, Cracknell, Wiese.<\/span><\/p>\n

Replacements:<\/em> Clare, Van Wyk, Hurd, Carnduff, Ilione, Whiteley, Cokanasiga, Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sin-bin: <\/strong>James Lowe (46)<\/span><\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Pierre Brousset (France)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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