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fell out of the play-off places in the Guinness Pro12 after their fourth defeat in six games with a 24-11 loss to Irish rivals Leinster at the RDS Arena on Saturday afternoon.
Ian Madigan, who contributed 19 points to the Leinster cause, and Ruan Pienaar engaged in a kicking battle in the first half before tries from Madigan and flanker Jack Conan sealed a deserved win for the home side.
Ulster, who had Dan Tuohy sin-binned on the stroke of half-time, looked at one point to be fighting back through a Wiehahn Herbst try but ultimately could not match their opponents who overtake them in the table.
The first half was one of the two kickers as Pienaar and Madigan traded penalties in a rather uneventful affair.
After hitting the crossbar with his first effort, Pienaar was the first to get off the mark with a 16th minute penalty from just inside the Leinster half.
Despite being behind, Leinster demonstrated their attacking capabilities and with their first meaningful attack of the afternoon, Madigan was on hand to open his account with a penalty midway through the half.
The two kickers then swapped penalties again in the 25th and 31st minute respectively, with the visitors marginally on top as far as attacking went.
In between the two penalties, Leinster, having already lost Shane Jennings before the game, watched captain Jamie Heaslip limp off as well on the half hour mark to be replaced by Josh van der Flier.
Ulster’s discipline was letting them down though and despite looking the better side with ball in hand, they went in at the break three points down and also a player down.
Dan Tuohy was the man who received the cumulative yellow card while Madigan took his, and Leinster’s, tally to nine for the afternoon and give them a 9-6 half-time lead.
Immediately after the restart, Leinster went on the offensive and they were rewarded when a quick tap penalty was taken by Madigan and the fly-half was able to roll over the line for the try.
Remarkably, Ulster managed to hit back with a try of their own before Tuohy returned to the field. It took several looks from the TMO but eventually it was decided that Wiehahn Herbst had indeed wriggled over for his first try for the province.
It was the end result of several drives toward the Leinster line by the Ulster forwards and was firmly against the run of play. Pienaar, however, was awry with the conversion and the score remained 16-11.
The next score was crucial and it came with 20 minutes to go as Madigan slotted his fourth penalty of the game to put the gap to eight between the two sides and make the score 19-11.
Pienaar had a chance immediately to negate the penalty with one of his own, only for the scrum-half to get under his kick and see it drop short as the visitors pressed for a way back into the game.
They couldn’t find it though, and instead it was the hosts who finished with a flourish as man-of-the-match Jack Conan crashed over from close range to put the gloss on Leinster’s win.
The scorers
For Leinster
Tries: Madigan, Conan
Con: Madigan
Pens: Madigan (4)
For Ulster
Try: Herbst
Pens: Pienaar (2)
LEINSTER RUGBY
(15-9) Zane Kirchner (Jimmy Gopperth 65), Fergus McFadden, Luke Fitzgerald, Gordon D’Arcy (Ben Te’o 76), Dave Kearney, Ian Madigan, Isaac Boss (Luke McGrath 68); (1-8) Jack McGrath (Michael Bent 71), Richardt Strauss (Sean Cronin 55), Mike Ross (Tadhg Furlong 55), Devin Toner, Mike McCarthy (Kane Douglas 60), Jack Conan, Jordi Murphy, Jamie Heaslip (Josh van der Flier 27).
ULSTER RUGBY
(15-9) Peter Nelson, Tommy Bowe (Luke Marshall 48), Darren Cave, Stuart Olding, Craig Gilroy, Paddy Jackson, Ruan Pienaar (Paul Marshall 74); (1-8) Callum Black (Andrew Warwick 68), Rory Best (Rob Herring 74), Wiehahn Herbst (Bronson Ross 68), Dan Tuohy, Franco van der Merwe (Alan O’Connor 68), Robbie Diack, Clive Ross (Sean Reidy 64), Roger Wilson.
Sub not used: Ian Humphreys.
Sin bin: Dan Tuohy (39)
Man of the Match: Jack Conan (Leinster)
Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)[/tag]
Match Report: Leinster Rugby 24-11 Ulster Rugby
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