| Contepomi the star as Leinster take maximum points |
Leinster |
35 - 13 |
Newport Gwent Dragons |
| Donnybrook Att: 4,790 |
| Referee: Graeme Hannah |
| Saturday 4th November 2006, 19:30 |
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| Leinster scored a bonus point win over Newport Gwent Dragons at Donnybrook on Saturday night – with skipper Felipe Contepomi scoring 25 points – including two of their four tries. |
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| The captains clash - Felipe Contepomi and Jamie Ringer |
Any early Gareth Wyatt try for the Dragons had rocked the hosts - but Contepomi – who was leading the side in the absence of Brian O’Driscoll- soon steadied the ship with two penalties before Mike Hercus regained the lead for the Welsh region. Hover Contepomi struck again with two tries which he converted himself to open a 20-8 lead.
However the hero turned villain as he was sin binned just before the break which allowed the Dragon to regain a foothold in the game as Richard Fussell immediately scored, Hercus converting, to close the gap to only seven points.
However Leinster struck again when Contepomi returned with first Christian Warner and then Gary Brown touching down to secure the bonus point, Contepomi converting Brown's try.
The Argentinean, who will be on test duty next weekend against England, competed the scoring as he took his personal tally to 25 points with a penalty deep in injury time.
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| First half timeline |
| 8 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Try - G Wyatt |
| 18 | Leinster | Penalty kick - F Contepomi |
| 26 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Yellow card - K Crawford |
| 27 | Leinster | Penalty kick - F Contepomi |
| 29 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Penalty kick - M Hercus |
| 30 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - B Daly on for N Fitisemanu |
| 32 | Leinster | Try - F Contepomi |
| 32 | Leinster | Conversion - F Contepomi |
| 36 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - N Fitisemanu on for B Daly |
| 38 | Leinster | Try - F Contepomi |
| 38 | Leinster | Conversion - F Contepomi |
| 40 +4 | Leinster | Yellow card - F Contepomi |
| 40 +4 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Try - R Fussell |
| Second half timeline |
| 41 | Leinster | Substitution - R Corrigan on for F Pala'amo |
| 56 | Leinster | Try - C Warner |
| 56 | Leinster | Conversion - F Contepomi |
| 57 | Leinster | Substitution - M Berne on for C Warner |
| 57 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - B Griffiths on for P Sidoli |
| 57 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - C Charvis on for N Fitisemanu |
| 60 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - J Ireland on for A Walker |
| 61 | Leinster | Try - G Brown |
| 62 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - A Brew on for P Emerick |
| 64 | Leinster | Substitution - H Vermaas on for B Blaney |
| 64 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - C Warlow on for M Hercus |
| 67 | Leinster | Substitution - R McCarron on for D Hickie |
| 72 | Leinster | Substitution - R Leyden on for J Heaslip |
| 72 | Leinster | Substitution - N Ronan on for K Gleeson |
| 73 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - B Daly on for K Crawford |
| 76 | Newport Gwent Dragons | Substitution - I George on for L Harrison |
| 77 | Leinster | Substitution - A Dunne on for C Willis |
| 80 +4 | Leinster | Penalty kick - F Contepomi |
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