Leo Cullen’s men had too much quality for a gritty Ulster side in Dublin.
NEXT UP, LEINSTER take their trophy quest on the road to the Highveld of South Africa. Their reward for this six-try beating of Ulster in the URC quarter-finals is a visit to the Bulls in Pretoria next weekend.
23-year-old lock Joe McCarthy was outstanding in a player of the match performance as he delivered some big moments that included a maul turnover, a crucial try-stopping tackle on Nick Timoney early in the game, and a breakdown turnover penalty that eventually led to Lowe’s first try. McCarthy made his presence felt with a couple of big carries and one slick offload too.
Still, Ulster have ended the season with a positive burst of form under new permanent head coach Richie Murphy and their supporters will head into the summer with a far more optimistic view of the future than was the case only a couple of months ago. Ulster were back within range in the 11th minute as McCann strode down the left, Stuart McCloskey carried strongly, then Timoney surged for the line but McCarthy did just enough to deny him the score, getting underneath the ball before it could be grounded.
And they soon added their second score as Lowe first carried strongly out on the left, then quickly swung over to the other side to take a slick inside pass from Byrne, beat the stretching Eric O’Sullivan, power past Moore, and carry Harry Sheridan over the tryline as he dotted down for another converted try.
Leinster were keen to put the contest to bed and went close to doing so when Byrne rolled a grubber into the right corner for O’Brien to chase but the ball just evaded him and went dead when it would have been a lovely score.
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