Northern province’s double over Leinster in URC regular season adds intrigue to this quarter-final
After getting the better of Leinster in a New Year’s Day clash at the RDS on a final score of 22-21, Ulster also recorded a slender win at the expense of their interprovincial rivals at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast on May 18th. While there is a different dynamic to the latest meeting between the two teams, the fact that the northern province did the double over Leinster in the regular season of the URC does add intrigue to this quarter-final showdown at Irish Rugby HQ.
Whereas Dan McFarland was still at the helm back in January, he subsequently vacated his post as Ulster head coach less than two months later. He was ultimately replaced by Richie Murphy following the conclusion of Ireland’s U20s Six Nations campaign and the former Leinster skills and kicking coach was in charge when his current employers overcame his old side in mid-May.
“I think they will be a challenge for us this week in the Aviva. We’ll be keen to go out strong and play our best rugby against them, because they have had two wins against us this season.”Having rested a host of their first-choice players for a convincing bonus-point triumph over Connacht at the RDS last Friday, Leinster will return to the Aviva with 12 of the team that started the agonising Champions Cup final defeat to Toulouse in London last month.
Provided The Bulls can get past the challenge of Benetton in their last-eight encounter, the prize on offer for either Leinster or Ulster tomorrow is a URC semi-final trip to Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria next weekend.
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