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will have the early season bragging rights after they overcame interprovincial rivals Ulster at the Kingspan Stadium in this pre-season friendly which they won 24-21.
Ulster held a 14-5 lead thanks to scores from Paul Marshall and Luke Marshall, while Leinster were first on the board through an early Adam Byrne try.
But after the break tries from Jack Conan, Bryan Byrne and Dan Leavy gave Leo Cullen a debut win as head coach of his native province, while Sam Arnold’s last minute try gave Ulster a consolation score.
Leinster were first to draw blood when electrifying winger Adam Byrne scampered over in the corner, making the most of the stretched Ulster defence putting the visitors in an early 5-0 lead.
Leo Cullen’s men probably should have been even further in the lead as well whenever Ben Te’o made a break into the Ulster 22, but full-back Billy Dardis was guilty of knocking the ball on with the line at his mercy.
Ulster would go on to punish him for that, scoring a brace of quick tries just before the break to take a 14-5 lead at the interval, scored by both Marshalls.
Scrum-half Paul was the first to get his score, capitalising on a sluggish Leinster reaction to a penalty by tapping the ball and sprinting across the line just after half an hour.
And centre Luke wasn’t far behind him, benefitting from an excellent turnover five minutes later and outpacing two flailing Leinster defenders to power over for Ulster’s second.
Both were converted by fly-half Ian Humphreys.
After the break Leinster were a different animal and their changed team were the ones who gelled quicker, with Jack Conan barrelling over from close range to reduce the deficit to 14-10.
It wasn’t long after that Leinster retook the lead – after Sam Mulholland was yellow carded for a dangerous tackle, Bryan Byrne had the easiest of jobs to break off the back of a rolling maul and cross for a try.
And just before the halfway point of the second half Leinster completed their scoring when Dan Leavy took the ball at the back of a rolling maul which managed to walk all the way over the line.
Ulster tried to work their way back into the game, however Leinster’s defence and breakdown work meant it was too difficult a task for Neil Doak’s men to cross the whitewash.
It was only after Leinster had a man sent to the sin bin in the final minute that the gap opened up for centre Sam Arnold to score the consolation try at the death, but it marked a home pre-season defeat for Ulster.
The scorers
For Ulster
Tries: P Marshall, L Marshall, Arnold
Cons: Humphreys (2), Windsor
For Leinster
Tries: A Byrne, Conan, B Byrne, Leavy
Conversions: Nacewa (2)
ULSTER RUGBY
(15-9) Jack Owens, Craig Gilroy, Darren Cave, Luke Marshall, Peter Nelson, Ian Humphreys, Paul Marshall; (1-8) Ruaidhri Murphy, Rob Herring (capt.), Wiehahn Herbst, Peter Browne, Franco van der Merwe, Clive Ross, Sean Reidy, Robbie Diack.
Yellow card:
Replacements: Andrew Warwick, John Andrew, Ricky Lutton, Bronson Ross, Alan O’Connor, Dan Tuohy, Conor Joyce, Frankie Taggart, Willie Faloon, S Mulholland, Paul Rowley, Dave Shanahan, Sam Windsor, Jacob Stockdale, Stuart McCloskey, Sam Arnold, Louis Ludik, Mark Best.
LEINSTER RUGBY
(15-9) Billy Dardis, Darragh Fanning, Noel Reid, Ben Te’o, Adam Byrne, Cathal Marsh, Luke McGrath; (1-8) Peter Dooley, James Tracy, Jamie Hagan, Tadhg Beirne, Tom Denton, Dominic Ryan (capt.), Josh van der Flier, Tom Ryan.
Replacements: Aaron Dundon, Jeremy Loughman, Royce Burke-Flynn, Gavin Thornbury, Peadar Timmins, Nick McCarthy, Steve Crosbie, Garry Ringrose, Bryan Byrne, Ed Byrne, Ross Molony, Mike McCarthy, Daniel Leavy, Jack Conan, Ross Byrne, Mick McGrath, Colm O’Shea, Isa Nacewa.
Referee: Andy Brace[/tag]
Friendly Report: Ulster Rugby 21-24 Leinster Rugby
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