The Irish province were second best against Jake White’s well-prepared Bulls.
Leo Cullen and Jacques Nienaber’s side were second best in Pretoria today and surely there can’t be too many arguments about the Bulls being deserved 25-20 winners.
That score from James Lowe showed Leinster at their most clinical down in the Bulls’ 22 soon after a disallowed try for the hosts, but they didn’t have enough visits like that one over the 80 minutes. Jake White’s side were able to keep them pinned in their half for long periods of the match. Leinster had some set-piece quality of their own just before Caelan Doris’ 50th minute try, a clever lineout play allowing them to find space wide on the right before the Bulls infringed. Cullen’s men went into the right corner, won another penalty, and smashed their way over to score through Doris after a decision to tap rather than take the three.
It looked like Petersen was just attempting to bat the ball backwards but he somehow nudged it forward and reeled it in one-handed to scorch past Luke McGrath to dot down. It was a brilliant bit of skill on a day when the Bulls had more of those than Leinster.
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