Bulls vs Leinster

Leinster host Vodacom Bulls in the semifinal of the URC at the RDS. Here's all the information you need to know including how to watch Leinster v Bulls.

It was the reaction that all Leinster fans wanted and needed after losing in late, heartbreaking fashion in the Heineken Champions Cup final to La Rochelle the week previously. Your Vodacom Bulls Team to take on Leinster Rugby tomorrow in the Semi-Final 💪 The Bulls overcame the Sharks in the quarterfinal by a scoreline of 30-27 in Cape Town. In the games prior to the quarter-final, the South Africans beat Ospreys, Benetton Treviso and Glasgow Warriors. Leinster ended up in first place in the league table with the Bulls in fourth after the South Africans won 11 of their 18 games. Leinster will be eager to add some sort of silverware to their trophy cabinet this season after a heartbreaking loss to La Rochelle in the final of the Champions Cup. Standing in the way of Leo Cullen's side and a place in the URC final is the Vodacom Bulls. Here's all the information you need to know including how to watch Leinster v Bulls. Leinster booked their place in the semifinal after a record breaking 76-14 win over Glasgow Warriors. Leo Cullen's side ran in 12 tries during the rout at the RDS.

Leinster vs Bulls LIVE scores: A place in the URC final is on the line as Ireland's best take on Jake White's charges at the RDS Stadium.

So, we are definitely up against a quality side, and it will be a great challenge at the RDS Arena.” Leinster vs Bulls. Leinster’s Andrew Porter is tackled by Mornay Smith of Vodacom Bulls Leinster vs Bulls. Leinster’s Andrew Porter is tackled by Mornay Smith of Vodacom Bulls

Despite the temptation to follow such a recipe, the Bulls aren't banking on using La Rochelle's perseverance to beat Leinster in Friday's URC semi-final.

"The nice thing about sport is that when you're given no chance, the only people who need to believe you have one are the players. "Leinster don't have a weakness. They make a point of scoring as much points as they can in the first 25 minutes. There's enough to be positive about." We need to apply all the learnings. You're going to have to work very hard to get yourself back into contention."

Leinster coach Leo Cullen says he hopes that the Vodacom Bulls can become a true rivalry for his team in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship and is ...

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For the Bulls trio the clash with Leinster is a real audition and opportunity to force their way back into Springbok consideration. In the centres the likely Irish centre combination of Robbie Henshaw and Garry Ringrose start. Whilst on paper Leinster appear superior in most areas, the battle of the backrows is finely poised and should lead to a great spectacle.

Follow all the action from the RDS as holders Leinster bid to book a spot in the final as they welcome the Vodacom Bulls.

The two sides will meet in a chance to book their place in the URC final on Friday evening.

The try is disallowed after it was not properly grounded. Robbie Henshaw gets over the line! Leinster are heavy favourites for the game and listed as 1/33 favourites while the Bulls are 14/1 outsiders.

The Bulls needed every drop of blood and sweat, every sinew of muscle to stun overwhelming favourites Leinster in Dublin and become the first team into the ...

And the Springbok veteran did the necessary with a penalty that took the Bulls eight points ahead with less than five minutes to go. The score-line read 24-14 with too much time to go, if you were a Bulls fan. The Bulls held onto their 17-14 lead into the break, thanks in no small part to Grobbelaar pilfering the Leinster breakdown with impunity. But the hosts were bailed out by a generous turnover penalty without a clear release from referee Andrea Piardi. It was scything Leinster attack versus dogged Bulls defence and the latter won the day. Bulls director of rugby Jake White sat in the stands instead of the custom coaches’ box, where he had no walkie-talkie to bark at.

United Rugby ChampionshipNews · SCORERS · Leinster 26 - tries: Dan Sheehan, Robbie Henshaw, Rory O'Loughlin, Cian Healy. Conversions: Ross Byrne (2), Johnny ...

The Bulls beat Leinster in Friday's United Rugby Championship semi-final in Dublin to book their spot in the final where they will meet the Stormers or ...

They camped on the Leinster tryline and went through 18 phases, but the Irish side’s desperate defence kept them out. This is one of the best wins for a Bulls team!" Suddenly the South Africans were 10-7 ahead, and they never relinquished their lead. Leinster had won this tournament for the last four years in a row, and had just lost the European Champions Cup final to La Rochelle. The Irish outfit were filled to the brim with current Test stars, while the Bulls had none. The men from Pretoria were never meant to even be competitive…

The Vodacom Bulls overpowered Leinster in Dublin on Friday night to eliminate the defending champions and advance to the Vodacom United Rugby Championship ...

Johnny Sexton had joined from the bench but the Ireland flyhalf failed in trying to add what later proved to be two decisive points. It proved to be a challenge the hosts could not meet head on as the Bulls forwards dominated the physical exchanges and the backs worked relentlessly to mop up in recording a first victory for a South African URC side in Ireland. At the start of the second quarter, Smith was on song to give the Bulls the lead for the first time in the game, and the visitors increased their advantage by a converted try four minutes later when skipper Marcell Coetzee soared over under the uprights.

The Bulls will play in next weekend's United Rugby Championship showpiece event after they superbly overcame Leinster 27-26 at the RDS Arena.

Grobbelaar controlled an advancing maul and Leinster coughed up a penalty try with James Ryan sin-binned for the collapse. Leinster hit back when they brilliantly got on the outside in the 32nd minute before Henshaw stretched out to score. Canan Moodie’s knock-on over the try-line was forgiven when hooker Grobbelaar barged over from a tap penalty.

The Vodacom Bulls became the first team to book their spot in the inaugural Vodacom United Rugby Championship final after they upset heavy favourites ...

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Leinster player ratings live from The RDS: On an occasion where they needed their players to rate highly, Leo Cullen's side had an off night.

Credited with 24 tackles by the statisticians, he was in his chopping element for most of his night. Was in the 20s with his tackle count, defiance epitomised by his dexterity in preventing the Bulls from scoring from the pressure instigated by Henshaw’s cheap knock-on at the start of the second half. It begged the question of how strong the Leinster strength in depth really is when it comes to these end-of-the-season matches where the team must perform for the full 80 or pay a heavy price. Helped the first-half Leinster chargeback with the carry to the ruck that set up Henshaw’s score, but he won’t want to be reminded about his last involvement, sucking air as the Bulls struck for their penalty try off a monster lineout drive. His distractive run played a central part in the comedy that was the Bulls defence for the first Leinster try, and he went on to score their second ten minutes from time. It was penalties from Ryan that gave Glasgow a fleeting sniff last weekend before the floodgates opened and his effort here can’t escape critical scrutiny either as he was out-grunted when it mattered most. This was the second time in three games we got to witness a different side to Gibson-Park, one where he wasn’t provided with a silver service by his pack and where slow ball made him a target for some testing attention he couldn’t escape. Made more metres in the carry than any of his fellow forwards, scored the opening try and was also just shy of making 20 energy-sapping tackles. Didn’t bring a running game, settling instead for passing the ball on which was no bad thing with Henshaw bubbling, but his tactical kicking didn’t test the Bulls enough. Not renowned for his kicking, Ringrose demonstrated he has a boot with the kick that sparked the blind panic amongst the Bulls for the opening Leinster try. Also took a great pressure catch 13 minutes from the end as well but that was about the height of his effort. It’s an area of his game that certainly needs improvement – look at the penalty conceded on 67 minutes for poor technique, giving the Bulls an easy out from their 22.

Jake White says the Vodacom Bulls' defeat by Leinster in the first round of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship laid the groundwork for Friday's memorable ...

I genuinely felt in the game that we never done enough to keep them out and just happy they never did that from the beginning of the game. “I think that last play of the game just sums up how good Leinster are. “There’s a lot of learnings in that for us and we learnt a lot from the last time we played them, and now there’s a lot of learnings to come out of this knockout game.