article_snippet.sent: Such was the control Leinster had been able to exert on Bath in an utterly one-sided first half punctuated only by a single piece of individual brilliance by fly-half George Ford
article_snippet.sent: Bath fly half George Ford ghosts past Leinster full-back Rob Kearney on George Ford way to fine individual score at the Aviva Stadium .
article_snippet.sent: George Ford is congratulated by Bath substitutes Sam Burgess (left) and Max Lahiff following his touchdown .
article_snippet.sent: Kearney is taken out in the air by Anthony Watson leading to the full-back being dispatched to the sin-bin for 10 minutes .
article_snippet.sent: his first-half try was a masterpiece of fly-half play as his took the ball flat to line, flashed a dummy and scooted through a non-existent gap before rounding full-back Rob Kearney to score.
article_snippet.sent: Bath lock Stuart Hooper crashes over for Stuart Hooper 's second try following another dazzling break from George Ford .
article_snippet.sent: That impression was compounded when Bath full-back Anthony Watson, one of four visiting players who only a month ago suffered Six Nations heartache on the same Aviva Stadium pitch, spent 10 minutes in the sin-bin for a reckless aerial challenge on Kearney.
article_snippet.sent: Leinster scrum half Isaac Boss fires out a pass during a frantic opening quarter in Dublin .
article_snippet.sent: With 47 minutes gone, and Leinster winger Fergus McFadden off the field with a concussion sustained in a tackle from Kyle Eastmond, The 22-year-old Ford produced his second moment of magic.
article_snippet.sent: This time his stepped on the inside of Devin Toner, before turning on the after-burners and feeding inside to his second-row captain Stuart Hooper to crash over.
article_snippet.sent: The 22-year-old Ford kicked another penalty to drag the score back to 18-15 with six minutes left but the visitors were unable to land the killer blow as Garvey was harshly penalised by Garces with seconds on the clock.
article_snippet.sent: Ultimately the first half had cost The 22-year-old Ford’s men a crack at Toulon or Wasps in the semi-final.
article_snippet.sent: It was a pretty stressful last 15 minutes,’ Leinster director of rugby Matt O’Connor said.
article_snippet.sent: Leinster flanker Jordi Murphy rises high to claim a lineout as the Bath pack get ready to defend another attack .
highlights_snippet.sent: George Ford scythed through the Leinster defence for sublime try in the first half .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Stuart Hooper crashed over for Bath's second try following another dazzling George Ford break .
  