Ulster ended a run of four losses against Leinster with a 14-13 victory over their neighbours at Kingspan Stadium in the final match of the Guinness PRO14 regular season.
The match wasn’t a classic it was good to see some of the fringe players get some game time at the end of the season. Debutant Marcus Rea popped up with the winning try in a man of the match performance while Dave Shanahan notched his seventh try of the season.
Both sides made the supporters wait for the opening score of the match with it remaining 0-0 until ten minutes before half time. The talking point in the first half was the altercation between Sean Reidy and Fergus McFadden on 14 minutes. Replays showed the Leinster player headbutting Reidy however managed to escape without a sanction other than a penalty.
While it is easy to point the finger at George Clancy for missing the incident, questions must be asked of the assistant referee who had a perfect view of the clash – and signalled for foul . . .
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