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Published 21:40 12 Oct 2018 BST
Updated 08:42 13 Oct 2018 BST
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Try number three arrived two minutes into the second half as Leinster worked a wonderful set-play that saw Sexton find Robbie Henshaw, who fed one back inside to the charging Lowe.
The Kiwi winger scorched past three Wasps defenders and justified not passing to the beckoning Jordan Larmour by crashing over by the posts. Fullback Willie Le Roux was left picking turf out of his studs and cursing Lowe as Sexton kicked the extras to make it 21-3.
The bonus point try arrived courtesy of Luke McGrath after another stunning Lowe line and carry. He could have scored himself but was unselfish and Wasps knew their race was run.
Leinster were humming now and the next piece(s) of magic arrived when James Ryan made a bullocking run, offloaded for McGrath, Jack Conan played scrum-half, Sexton played a 'Carlos Spencer' pass through his legs to Robbie Henshaw and Lowe cantered over.
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Sexton was brought off with 10 minutes to play and no sooner did he have a warm jacket draped over his shoulders was he celebrating Jordan Larmour's try. Ross Byrne, the outhalf's replacement, found Larmour after Garry Ringrose's dummy run had opened the only gap he needed.
Henshaw got over in the left-hand corner with five minutes to go and the only blemish for the Blues was Byrne's missed conversion from the touchline.
They are not perfect but they are the closest thing to perfect we've seen in club rugby since the Crusaders ran roughshod over Super Rugby in the late 1990s and mid noughties.
As if to batter that point home, Jack McGrath boshed over for try number eight as the clock ticked red.
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