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29 March 2024; Jack Conan of Leinster dives over to score his side’s sixth try despite the tackle of Devon Williams of Vodacom Bulls during the United Rugby Championship match between Leinster and Vodacom Bulls at the RDS Arena in Dublin. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

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Martin Lynch

Tough First Half. Bulls Ran. Out Of Steam. We Upped It Big Time . Great To See Them Back To Their Best. 👍🏉💪💙

Jay Long

I was mainly thinking

Ahem

Leeeeeiiinnnnsssttteeeerrrr

Leiiiiiinnnnnssstttttteeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr

William Andrew

Good win , but scrums need attention. Lots of players came on hungry and contributing.

Farcical ending by the officials nothing for player safety

David Ryle

Was worried about this game. First half was poor but Leinster seemed to have found their mojo in the 2nd half.

Greg Kelly

Another testament to how competitive the URC has really become

Lucky with a couple of calls but well worth the win.
If Bulls utilised their possession to get their wingers/Moodie on the ball as much as Lein do, they'd be far more dangerous team with attack play to match up front stuff.
That said, some scintillating stuff by us 👌🏽 #LEIvBUL
— Tom Coleman (@LeinsterRoyalty) March 29, 2024

May not get the headlines like some (yet) but Jamie Osborne is and will be vital to Lein and Ire success gpin forward….absolute gem of a player #LEIvBUL
— Marcas Mac Siacais 🇪🇺🇮🇪☘️ (@hoomanbear) March 29, 2024

Can’t let the non-red card or the disallowed try discourse distract us from the fact that was an all-time awful second half.

Need to be honest with ourselves over that performance. We’ve got a good run at home now – have to see improvement.
— A-P (@rugby_ap) March 30, 2024

Leinster 14 came out after the break like they were determined not to leave this match up to the bench. Amazing attacking display all round, best of season, Harry, Jordan, Jack outstanding, perfect time of year to hit form like that. Good Friday? Great one!#LEIvBUL
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URC WRAP

ROUND 13

LEINSTER 47-14 BULLS

DRAGONS 20-13 ZEBRE

BENETTON 18-14 CONNACHT

SHARKS 23-13 EDINBURGH

OSPREYS 36-21 LIONS

STORMERS 13-7 ULSTER

SCARLETS 3-45 GLASGOW

MUNSTER 20-15 CARDIFF

ROUND 14

FRI APR 19

ULSTER V CARDIFF

GLASGOW V SHARKS

SAT APR 20

LIONS V LEINSTER

BENETTON V DRAGONS

BULLS V MUNSTER

STORMERS V OSPREYS

CONNACHT V ZEBRE

EDINBURGH V SCARLETS

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LEINSTER : 15. Jordan Larmour 14. Rob Russell 13. Robbie Henshaw 12. Jamie Osborne 11. James Lowe 10. Harry Byrne 9. Luke McGrath (c)

1. Cian Healy 2. Rónan Kelleher 3. Michael Ala’alatoa 4. Ross Molony 5. Joe McCarthy 6. Ryan Baird 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack Conan

16. Dan Sheehan 17. Michael Milne 18. Tadhg Furlong 19. Jason Jenkins 20. Caelan Doris 21. Jamison Gibson-Park 22. Ross Byrne 23. Liam Turner

VODACOM BULLS : 15. Willie Le Roux 14. Kurt-Lee Arendse 13. Canan Moodie 12. David Kriel 11. Devon Williams 10. Johan Goosen 9. Embrose Papier

1. Gerhard Steenekamp, 2. Akker van der Merwe, 3. Wilco Louw, 4. Ruan Vermaak, 5. Ruan Nortje (c), 6. Marco van Staden, 7. Elrigh Louw, 8. Marcell Coetzee (c)

16. Johan Grobbelaar, 17. Simphiwe Matanzima, 18. Mornay Smith, 19. Reinhardt Ludwig, 20. Mpilo Gumede, 21. Zak Burger, 22. Chris Smith, 23. Harold Vorster

BKT United Rugby Championship 2023/24 Round 13

Friday, March 29, 2024

KO 7:35pm RDS

Live on: TG4, Premier Sports 2, URC.tv

Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

AR1: Chris Busby (Ireland)

AR2: Andy Fogarty (Ireland)

TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

245 : Bulls v Leinster & URC Rds 1-18 wrap

22 April 2023; Leinster players huddle during the United Rugby Championship match between Vodacom Bulls and Leinster at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

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Gerald Williamson The Bulls getting the 5pts is immaterial in the last league match. What was important for Leinster was to be able to blood new young players and get the experience of playing against a fully loaded Bulls team. This will stand to the Leinster boys.

Andrew Potts My goodness it was still a masterclass of support play and off loading by Bulls. Hopefully Leinster learn from it, because sometimes you learn more from you failures than your victories

Christy O’Connor Wasn’t expecting us to win but also wasn’t expecting such a spanking. I thought Clarkson and Soroka put in a good shift. We definitely learned more in this game than the bulls did. Roll on Toulouse.

Greg Kelly Hardly good for the competition or if you are Connacht or Munster to see the Bulls get 5 points against Leinsters 4ths and leapfrog you in the playoffs when you had to play against the 1sts. I understand giving the young guns a run but there has to be integrity in both the competition and the jersey and that was lacking today.

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The good news for the Leinster kids is that you can’t start passionately disliking the Blue Bulls at too young an age. #BULvLEI
— Karl Brophy (@KarlBrophy) April 22, 2023

And there it is – most points conceded in any match EVER and biggest losing margin in any game.

I appreciate we had a very young and inexperienced team out but still a lot to be desired – 31 missed tackles tells it’s own story. #BULvLEI
— Miriam Collins (@MiriamCol) April 22, 2023

Look, I know we could "afford" this and you can rationalise it away with squad picked etc. But it's still Leinster getting pumped. It's a L. I don't care about "unbeaten" but those lads deserve better caps than meat grinder material. A tough watch hopefully never repeated.
— Jay Long (@Jay_Long_626) April 22, 2023

Leinster's 55 point defeat yesterday was worse than their previous 9 losses combined, going back to June of 2021.
— Hugo Gordon (@HugoGordon1) April 23, 2023

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URC ROUND 18 WRAP

ROUND 18

STO 38-22 BEN

ULS 28-14 EDI

LIO 50-35 ZEB

DRA 31-14 SCA

BUL 62-7 LEI

SHA 22-22 MUN

OSP 21-38 CAR

GLA 29-27 CON

QUARTERFINALS (WEEKEND MAY 5/6/7)

LEINSTER V SHARKS

ULSTER V CONNACHT

STORMERS V BULLS

GLASGOW V MUNSTER

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Harpin’ Preview Show : Bulls v Leinster

Our guest : MARK JACKSON

Leinster : 15. Chris Cosgrave 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Liam Turner 12. Ben Brownlee 11. Dave Kearney 10. Sam Prendergast 9. Nick McCarthy

1. Ed Byrne > CAPTAIN 2. Tadgh McElroy 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Alex Soroka 5. Brian Deeny 6. James Culhane 7. Will Connors 8. Max Deegan

16. Lee Barron 17. Michael Milne 18. Temi Lasisi 19. Conor O’Tighearnaigh 20. Liam Molony 21. Ben Murphy 22. Charlie Tector 23. Rob Russell

Vodacom Bulls : 15 K-L Arendse 14 C Moodie 13 S Gans 12 H Vorster 11 D Kreil 10 J Goosen 9 E Papier

1 G Steenkamp 2 J Grobelaar 3 M Smith 4 R Vermaak 5 R Nortje (c) 6 M van Staden 7 C Brink 8 E Louw

16 B du Plessis 17 D Smith 18 F Klopper 19 J Swanpoel 20 WJ Steenkamp 21 K Johannes 22 C Smith 23 C Hendricks

BKT United Rugby Championship 2022/23

Round 18

Sat Apr 22 KO 3:05pm

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

Referee: Craig Evans (WRU)

AR 1: Adriaan Jacobs (SARU)

AR 2: Aimee Barrett-Theron (SARU)

TMO: Jon Mason (WRU)

Live on: TG4, Viaplay, Premier Sports & URC.tv