Ulster punished by clinical Leinster

In a match where Ulster were hoping to celebrate Rory Best’s 200th appearance, a battered and bruised team limped to a poor defeat against Leinster in the Guinness PRO14.

Leinster didn’t have to get out of second gear as Ulster went over an hour without adding to the score board. Sean Reidy got Ulster’s try while Jordan Larmour and two Luke McGrath tries allowed Leinster to leave Belfast with four points.

There were early positives for Ulster when Luke Marshall ran a nice line to pierce the Leinster defence. Marshall kicked through but Tommy Bowe couldn’t gather. Once Leinster had weathered the Ulster ‘storm’, their hosts had no answer to the power and ruthlessness of the three-times European champions and struggled to create clear cut chances all night.

Jordan Larmour answered a Christian Lealiifano penalty with a try inside 16 minutes. It was a poor score to concede as Larmour found space and ghosted past three Ulster defenders showing a great turn of speed to reach the line. Ulster scored their last points . . .

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