Cian Healy 'licking his lips' at prospect of Bulls clash in Loftus Versfeld

Another bumper audience is to be expected on Saturday when Leinster face Jake White’s Bulls at Pretoria’s Loftus Versfeld in one of the weekend’s two semi-finals.

8 June 2024; Ulster head coach Richie Murphy, right, and Cian Healy of Leinster. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Cian Healy was one of those in the vanguard when the tournament we now know as the URC first set foot on South African soil.

Leinster and Zebre were the guinea pigs back in September of 2017 when the PRO12 became the PRO14 and the Isuzu Southern Kings and the Cheetahs welcomed their Irish and Italian visitors to this brave new world.