Scarlets hit for seven as Leinster claim top spot

If you saw the way Scarlets dug themselves out of a hole in Thomond Park last weekend you reckoned that Leinster would be dealing with a team who don't do early exits. With only one defeat in their last 13 Guinness Pro12 games, they came to the RDS with high expectations. On a cold night where the swirling breeze carried some rain with it by the time the game was into its second quarter, our expectations were a bit off.