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.

It was just as well for the Irish as they had Ross Byrne sin-binned before Matt Scott scored for Edinburgh in the last action of the match, with Healy converting, as they secured a losing bonus point.

LEINESTER LAUNCHED THEIR bid to claim a first United Rugby Championship title since 2021 with a bonus-point victory over Edinburgh at Hive Stadium. Jamison Gibson-Park marked his return from injury as one of five try-scorers in a man-of-the-man display, while Cian Healy came off the bench to equal Devin Toner’s record of 280 games for Leinster.

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

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

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.

Jack Conan, Jamison Gibson-Park and Leo Cullen react to Leinster's two-point win away to Edinburgh as the URC kicks off in entertaining fashion

I'm afraid that is all we have time for this evening! It was a pleasure to keep you up to date with all the action in the Scottish capital. In the end, Leinster hung on to take maximum points in their United Rugby Championship opener.