Leinster earned a home semi-final in the United Rugby Championship thanks to a 35-5 win over Sharks in Dublin.

The hosts led 21-5 at the break and added further seven-pointers from Max Deegan and replacement Jamison Gibson-Park.

Leinster will face either Glasgow Warriors or Munster next week.

Thomas du Toit won the Sharks' first scrum penalty, getting the decision over Milne, and scrum-half Williams followed up with a brilliant seventh-minute solo try.

The once-capped Springbok broke in between Tadhg Furlong and Ryan Baird before outpacing Dave Kearney for the right corner. Boeta Chamberlain's conversion went wide.

An impressive Kearney counter-attack put Leinster in position to respond, and Doris was fed from a maul to smash his way over past Mapimpi. The Sharks winger was sin-binned for an awkward head-led tackle.

Harry Byrne converted and also added the extras to Milne's 20th-minute try, in which the prop piled over with support from Deegan.

A Byrne cross-field kick played in Larmour for try number three, and the Irish hosts also stopped a big drive from the Sharks pack, which had Carlu Sadie on for the injured Du Toit.

A costly scrum free-kick, coupled with a late Chamberlain penalty miss, left the Sharks frustrated. Their scrum continued to be dominant on the restart, with Ox Nche to the fore.

However, a neat line of passes soon sent the lurking Deegan over from the left touchline, with replacement Jack Conan supplying the assist. Byrne's right boot made it 28-5.

Gibson-Park completed the scoring in the 74th minute, going over from a deft Kearney kick through. Fellow replacement Ross Byrne converted.

The Sharks, who miss out on Champions Cup rugby for next season, had a Rohan Janse van Rensburg try ruled out for James Venter connecting with Andrew Porter's head at a ruck. The flanker ended the game in the sin-bin.