Leo Cullen: 'It's knockout rugby, what matters is getting through'

Leo Cullen was happy to have “won ugly” by the end of a game that they won by four tries to three and a dozen points against a side that played 20 second-half minutes with 14 men, but this won’t do again. Not nearly.

RG Snyman of Leinster is tackled by Ioan Lloyd and Kemsley Mathias of Scarlets. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

URC: Leinster 33 Scarlets 21 

Alone they stand of Ireland’s four provinces, again, and yet this URC quarter-final defeat of an honest but limited Scarlets side only heightened the suspicion that something is just not clicking for Leinster this season.