Guinness Pro14: Leinster 38 Ulster 7

Fergus McFadden and Jordan Larmour scored braces while Barry Daly and Johnny Sexton completed a 38-7 rout in favour of Leinster over Ulster in the Guinness PRO14.

In what was an ice cold evening at the RDS, I struggle to decide whether this tops the match in Galway as Ulster’s worst performance in recent memory.

Ulster were comprehensively outplayed in every facet of the game and couldn’t have made a worse start. Within five minutes of the game kicking off, Leinster had carved Ulster open for the first try. Ulster’s centres bought the dummy line posed by Leinster’s Garry Ringrose and Robbie Henshaw while a defensive mis-read from Andrew Trimble allowed Fergus McFadden a clean break with Jordan Larmour on hand to score the try.

Struggling to gain any reasonable possession in the opening fifteen minutes, Ulster were forced to defend inside their own 10m line and conceded a second try. Barry Daly beat Charles Piutau on the outside to score in the corner. Ross Byrne was unable to add the extras . . .

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One response to “Guinness Pro14: Leinster 38 Ulster 7”

  1. John Brand

    First six nations with zero Ulster participation? Stockdale and Henderson will not have improved their reputations. That leaves Best and perhaps Cooney on the bench.

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