Brilliant Bulls bring Leinster season to a frustrating end

The result deprives Leinster of a fifth straight league title and deepens their sense of despair two weeks after their Champions Cup final loss to La Rochelle

10 June 2022; Jonathan Sexton of Leinster reacts towards referee Andrea Piardi during the United Rugby Championship Semi-Final match between Leinster and Vodacom Bulls at the RDS Arena in Dublin. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Leinster 26 Bulls 27

Well, well, well. The URC just got interesting. The idea was that the arrival of South Africa’s leading franchises into the gig once known as the Celtic League would inject some much-needed class and jeopardy into proceedings but no-one expected this.