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Leinster, the Heineken Cup holders who lost at home to London Irish last week, won 36-13 in Brive yesterday. The back-row replacement Kevin McLaughlin scored two tries, late on, after the Ireland and Lions full-back Rob Kearney had scored the first. Jonny Sexton kicked 19 points. The England fly-half Andy Goode kicked two penalties for a Brive side rather light on actual Frenchmen – three started the match, with four on the bench – and converted a try by the South African flanker Gerhard Vosloo. Leinster's coach, Michael Cheika, said: "I think hard work got us the game. There wasn't anything flashy or fancy. We backed ourselves a lot to throw the ball around when there were opportunities there. We didn't go into our shell, which we could have done because we knew what the implications were if we didn't win. That's good... [read full story]
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Announcer] The Islamic Republic of Iran and Belarus have signed three memoranda of understanding in banking. These memoranda have been signed by the directors general of the central banks of the two countries in Minsk.
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