Ulster Rugby vs Leinster

PRO12 PREVIEW

ULSTER V LEINSTER RUGBY GUINNESS PRO12 2016/17 ROUND 22 AT KINGSPAN STADIUM

CURRENT STANDINGS 5 1

LAST TIME 22 7 31.12.16 RDS ARENA

HEAD TO HEAD

ULSTER FORM GUIDE

LEINSTER FORM GUIDE

32 6 24 2

32 24

WIN

DRAW LOST

WIN

DRAW LOST

PLAYED WINS LOSSES DRAWS

LAST 3 MATCHES

LAST 3 MATCHES

6 2

CURRENT FORM

For Ulster to make a fifth successive Guinness PRO12 Semi-Final they would need a big bonus point win in this fixture and then hope that Ospreys are soundly beaten in Llanelli. The Ulstermen are winless in the last three rounds of the PRO12 since beating Dragons in Newport on 24 March. Ulster have lost just once in Belfast in the PRO12 since February 2016: by a single point to Munster in round 7 this season. Leinster have already secured a home Semi-Final for the seventh time in the past eight season, but need to take three league points from this game to ensure they will finish as number 1 seeds. The Leinstermen have won their last ten Guinness PRO12 matches since Munster beat them in Limerick on 26 December – their only defeat to an Irish Province this season. Ulster’s only victory over a fellow Irish Province this season came when Connacht visited Belfast in Round 11. Leinster have lost just two of their last ten encounters with Ulster, both in Belfast, in April 2015 and April 2016.

MATCH PREVIEW

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

ULSTER SCORERS

LEINSTER SCORERS

DATE VENUE

U

L

31.12.16 RDS Arena

7 22

Charles Piutau T Ruan Pienaar C

Luke McGrath T Rory O'Loughlin 2T Isa Nacewa 2C/P Sean Cronin T Jamie Heaslip T Johnny Sexton 3C/3P Isa Nacewa T

20.05.16 RDS Arena

18 30

Craig Gilroy 2T Paddy Jackson C/2P

66

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