John Cooney seals thrilling Ulster win over Leinster to secure URC playoff spot

John Cooney seals thrilling Ulster win over Leinster to secure URC playoff spotVictory for Munster will ensure them of first place and top seeding in the playoffs after Leinster’s fifth defeat of the URC season, compared to one last season, left them ahead of Glasgow in third place on points difference.

Results elsewhere over the weekend had gone favourably enough for Ulster, save for the Lions beating Glasgow, as the other three sides in close proximity in the table all lost, namely Edinburgh, Benetton and Connacht. After Addison then backed up his clean break with an accurate kick pass, Lowry gathered, was tackled by Keenan before picking up and diving over. But Piardi correctly spotted that the Ulster winger was still on its knees when reclaiming possession.

Leinster lost Ngatai to an apparent shoulder injury and would subsequently lose Tommy O’Brien to a possible hamstring strain, forcing Foley out to the wing. But with the Leinster scrum turning the screw, their phased game began to find some rhythm, before they reverted to route one with Max Deegan, Conan, Ryan and Rónan Kelleher all putting their shoulders to the wheel, before Michael Ala’alatoa was driven over by Cian Healy and Deegan.

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