Edinburgh finish with a flourish and earn a second bonus point, but it's Leinster who will be victorious. Ben Vellacott bursts through a hole and releases Matt Scott to score under the posts. Ben Healy's conversion sails through to finish the game and in the end, the gap between the sides is just two points. It's not happening for Edinburgh.

Munster Head Coach Graham Rowntree was full of praise for his charges after they came from behind on no less than four occasions to pip deadly

First up for the side is an away trip to Edinburgh with the game taking place at 7.35 pm at Dam Health Stadium. Today's game will be broadcast live on TG4 and the TG4 Player as well as Premier Sports. The Irish Mirror will have live score updates throughout the game.

New season, but a familiar result. Leinster have been stockpiling bonus-point wins in this competition for a long time and last night’s five-try victory against Edinburgh was no different. Their long-standing issue is converting all that regular season dominance into silverware after three seasons without a trophy.

Edinburgh begin their URC season with a disappointing defeat at home to an understrength, but more ruthless, Leinster.

Edinburgh rallied with Wes Goosen sending Van der Merwe over for his second to secure one bonus point in defeat, and after Ross Byrne was sin-binned for taking out Darcy Graham in the air, the hosts secured a second when Matt Scott scored from the final play following Ben Vellacott’s searing break.

Edinburgh announced their team on Thursday afternoon with 3 starting debutants in the mix. Reliable Scottish duo Pierre Schoeman and Dave Cherry start alongside new tighthead Paul Hill in the front row.

Leinster are off to a winning start in this season's United Rugby Championship.Leo Cullen's side withstood a late Edinburgh surge to beat the hosts by 33

Leinster’s quest to land their first piece of silverware for four seasons got off to an encouraging start with this thrilling win away to Edinburgh. A blended team of youth and experience – still missing many internationalists - could hardly have hand-picked a tougher opening assignment but after an evenly-contested first half,

Leinster's mix and match side were busy bees at the Hive Stadium as they opened their account for the new URC season with a five-try victory. Young guns Charlie Tector and Sam Prendergast shone against an Edinburgh side that really put it up to Leo Cullen's side in an exciting game on a cold and wet night.