Leinster beat Edinburgh in Champions Cup thriller

Tommy O'Brien scored two tries in the first eight minutes in Leinster's win [Getty Images] Investec Champions Cup Leinster 49 (28) Tries: T O'Brien (2), J O'Brien, Keenan, van der Flier, Clarkson, Ioane Cons: Byrne (7) Edinburgh 31 (26) Tries: Shiel, Thompson (2), Currie, Graham Cons: Thompson (3) Leinster turned on the style in the second half to beat Edinburgh 49-31 in a chaotic Investec Champions Cup last-16 game at the Aviva Stadium. It was an entertaining first half in Dublin that yielded 54 points between the two teams as Leinster were stunning going forward but error-prone defensively, gifting Edinburgh their four tries. Sean Everitt's side were big underdogs heading into the game and pushed Leinster hard, but the hosts had too much in the second half as they pulled away with three more tries for a vital win.

They will now face Sale Sharks in the quarter-finals at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, 11 April at 17:30 BST. End-to-end first half with four tries apiece Leinster excelled going forward in the first half, scoring four tries, but they also gifted Edinburgh four tries [Getty Images] Leinster were heavy favourites heading into the game as they had landed nine bonus-point wins in a row against Edinburgh and had won every meeting in Dublin in the past 21 years. Cullen's side made a storming start in Dublin with Tommy O'Brien scoring their first try with just 70 seconds on the clock.

Jimmy O'Brien burst forward before Dan Sheehan released Tommy O'Brien to dot down in the corner. Tommy O'Brien got his and Leinster's second on eight minutes with a fine individual try again in the corner. Just as they looked to be about to run away with it, mistakes started to creep in which handed Edinburgh a route back into the game.

An error from Tadhg Furlong enabled Edinburgh to get their first points on the board on 16 minutes as Charlie Shiel pounced on a misplace offload to Jamie Osborne before racing over. A second followed soon after from Ross Thompson, who also nailed a fine conversion, to narrow the gap to two points. Leinster hit back five minutes later, with Jimmy O'Brien getting over in the corner.