Les Kiss says Ulster must be steeled for historic test

Ulster, like Glasgow, are hoping to create a bit of Celtic League history by claiming an away victory in the semi-finals. No team on the road in the Top Four play-offs has managed to make it through to a Guinness Pro12 final.

History is definitely not on Ulster’s side either when talking about knock-out games in the competition having lost to Glasgow last year in the semi-finals and Leinster the previous year and again in the final back in 2013 when they had to travel to Dublin due to Ravenhill being rebuilt.

Ulster’s head coach Les Kiss knows that all too well and on numerous occasions during yesterday’s press call, he called Friday night’s shoot-out with Leinster at the RDS as ‘massive.’ Although Ulster left Leinster reeling three weeks ago with a 30-6 win at the Kingspan Stadium, Kiss says that they will be facing a different animal in Dublin and a team that they must respect at all costs.