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London - Leinster remained on course for a domestic and European double after edging past Irish rivals Munster 16-15 in a dramatic PRO14 semi-final in Dublin on Saturday.
Victory meant Leinster, who beat France's Racing 92 to win the European Champions Cup in Bilbao last weekend, will face reigning PRO14 title-holders Scarlets in a repeat of the final the Welsh regional side won last season when the teams meet again at Lansdowne Road, a week on Saturday.
Munster, suffering a second semi-final loss of the season after being over-run by Racing in European competition, closed to within a point at Dublin's RDS ground on Saturday when Gerbrandt Grobler crossed for a try converted by Ian Keatley with just a minute left, but Leinster held their nerve.
Leinster were without injured flyhalf Jonathan Sexton after the star of Ireland's Six Nations Grand Slam campaign was ruled out with a calf injury.
But the Dublin-based side were still 10-3 up at half-time after a seventh-minute Jack Conan try proved the difference in an opening period where JJ Hanrahan and Ross Byrne, Leinster's starting flyhalf, exchanged penalties.
Munster's Keith Earls scored a try early in the second half only for Byrne's second penalty and a 76th-minute penalty from fullback Joey Carbery to prove sufficient for Leinster to win through in the end.
