Leo Cullen calls on a number of returning internationals in this top of the table URC clash at the RDS
Leinster try to break from deep as Osborne links up with Lowe. He doesn’t have the gas to get by Arsendse, so he tries to chip ahead. He slices it and sends the ball straight into touch.It was a slow rumble at the maul, set up by Molony taking the lineout. But it’s Kelleher who comes up with the ball after the wall of blue shirts collapses over the line. It took referee Evans a while to dig around underneath the bodies to find the ball, but he’s given the try.
He finds Osborne, who is hit as soon as he gets the ball but he still manages to get a gorgeous offload away to van der Flier who scores under the posts. Wow.Jordan Larmour somehow dances his way through the Bulls’ defence, to set up Jamie Osborne, who offloads to Josh van der Flier: Wow. The Bulls really are bullying Leinster. They try to go down the short side to Russell but he is swallowed up and unceremoniously dumped into touch.
Followed up by Mike McCarthy warming up the crowd: “Leo the Lion does not eat chocolate, he only eats meat!” It is Easter weekend I supposed.Among all of this, Ireland shines as a beacon of stability. Financially conservative, with stewardship over all four provincial teams, the IRFU has invested in providing their intellectual property into schools, juniors and academies.
As for the Bulls, they have plenty of Springbok World Cup-winners in their midst. Willie le Roux and Kurt-Lee Arendse are both in the backthree. Canan Moodie, arguably the brightest young talent in South Africa, is at 13. Up front, Marco van Staden starts in the backrow alongside a familiar face in former Ulsterman Marcell Coetzee. Ruan Nortje and Ruan Vermaak form a particularly strong-looking secondrow duo.
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