■ By KEVIN FALLON

Leinster........... 24
Lions................... 6
LEINSTER maintained their winning start to the URC but they dropped a point for the first time this season. The South Africans never looked like pulling off a shock win against the leaders but they made sure Leo Cullen’s men had to dig deep to make it six wins on the spin heading into the November break.
“It has been a good block for us,” said captain Caelan Doris. “We are 29 out of the possible 30 points but performance wise we were a bit sloppy and ill-discipline gave them acces...