THE POST-SIX NATIONS window hasn’t always been the most exciting time of the year for supporters but nobody was complaining about the quality of rugby on show at the RDS on Friday as the URC returned with the a bang.
The visitors used the wind to their advantage as they raced into a 17-0 first-half lead, only for Leinster to impressively wrestle the contest back in their favour – leading 22-17 with 20 minutes to play. The Stormers pulled level again through a Clayton Blommetjies try and Leinster had a late chance to win it, but Harry Byrne’s 77th-minute penalty struck the post, the game ending 22-22.
“It’s brilliant isn’t it,” said Cullen. “The quality of some of those guys, some of them have won a World Cup with South Africa. We’ve a mixed team, young guys and some experienced guys that have been really excellent for us, Mike Ala’alatoa, Ross Molony, Rhys Ruddock, Luke McGrath have been outstanding over the last period of games in terms of the more experienced members of that group.
Ulster – who warmed up for the game with a bonus-point defeat of the Bulls – will present a different type of challenge. The last time they made the trip to Dublin for a European knock-out game in 2019, the northern province came within a dropped ball of taking the spoils. “But we have a really good group there now and I think they’ll work hard for each other, and that’s what we’d love to see.
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