Burns boot rewards clever Ulster gameplan

Dan McFarland’s side has long been good enough to mix it with the very best on their day. The problem is their ‘days’ have been too sporadic.

Ulster's John Cooney and Joe McCarthy of Leinster.

URC: Leinster 21 Ulster 22 

Ulster started this New Year’s Eve interpro slumming it in eighth place in the league table. They made the trip home to Belfast having claimed standout wins against both the Top 14 and the URC leaders in the space of the last three weekends.