Leinster rallies to beat Chiefs
Leinster continued its march towards the last eight of the European Champions Cup by coming from behind to beat Premiership champion Exeter.
Leinster came storming back to maintain its 100 per cent European Champions Cup record with a 22-17 win over Exeter Chiefs and Anthony Watson's double gave Bath victory over Toulon in a classic at The Rec.
Exeter travelled to Aviva Stadium smarting from a home defeat to Leinster last weekend and looked set to gain revenge when it led 17-3 late in the first half, Sam Skinner and Luke Cowan-Dickie scoring tries.
Leinster lost Jonathan Sexton to a head injury, while Cian Healy was fortunate to escape with just a yellow card for a forearm on Cowan-Dickie at a ruck. Scott Fardy was also sin-binned as the Premiership champion had much the better of the first half.
Leo Cullen's Pool 3 leader hung in there and Isa Nacewa's fifth penalty reduced the deficit to only two points, before Luke McGrath took a pass from Dan Leavy, which looked suspiciously close to being forward, to dart away for a decisive try 10 minutes from time.
Leinster is five points clear of Montpellier, which moved above Exeter courtesy of a 36-26 victory against Glasgow Warriors at Altrad Stadium.
Glasgow led 19-14 at the break, but Henry Immelmann claimed a second-half brace as Montpellier came out on top in a pulsating clash to keep itself firmly in the hunt for a place in the last eight and leave the Warriors still without a win.
Toulon left it late to beat Bath last week but Todd Blackadder's men gained revenge this weekend, going top of Pool 5 with a thrilling 26-21 success.
Beno Obano crossed in the first minute, while Watson dotted down twice, the second a brilliant solo effort, before the Premiership side soaked up huge pressure in the closing stages to edge it.
Scarlets was forced to charter a flight for a clash with Benetton Treviso due to an air-traffic control strike in Italy and back-to-back triumphs have seen its European Champions Cup campaign take off, Gareth Davies scoring two tries in a 31-12 win for the Welsh side which leaves it only a point behind Bath and Toulon.
Racing 92 is second in Pool 4 after a 29-7 bonus-point win over Top 14 rival Castres, although Juan Imhoff took the gloss off the result when he was shown a red card for a headbutt.