'It's that clinical piece' — Cullen praises ruthless Leinster 

After a narrow, scrappy victory in Galway last week, head coach was happy to see powerhouse province turn on the style 
'It's that clinical piece' — Cullen praises ruthless Leinster 

Four the province: Leinster winger James Lowe  celebrates one of his quartet of tries with teammates Ciarán Frawley and Caelan Doris at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Leinster boss Leo Cullen praised his team’s marked improvement from last week’s first leg after they had blown Connacht away on Friday to reach the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals.

Having edged the opening game at The Sportsground seven days earlier to take a 26-21 lead into the second leg of this Round of 16 tie, Leinster put in a dominant performance to run in eight tries and romp home 56-20 at Aviva Stadium to rack up an 82-41 aggregate victory.

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