The province had to travel to South Africa for Saturday's URC semi-final and they lost a close encounter at altitude to Jake White's Bulls
Leinster boss Leo Cullen has vowed that the Blues will regroup and go again after their latest hammer blow play-off loss.
The crucial moments came in the last quarter when Leinster put together a 23-phase attack but were turned over - and when Bulls winger Seargal Peterson soared above Ciarán Frawley to score his second and his team's third try of the afternoon at their formidable Loftus Versfeld home.READ MORE: Bulls v Leinster recap as the province faces yet more summer regret and reflection
But Ross Byrne levelled the game with 20 minutes remaining from a penalty - after he had converted a Caelan Doris try - only for Petersen to strike with a superb opportunist effort to clinch a famous victory and book his team's place in the final next weekend. "We’ve lost in a final to Toulouse and we’ve lost in a semi-final away here to the Bulls - two clubs that are steeped in history and have winning cultures as well and we want to be up there with them. We will build and we’ll go again. Show some character.
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