Summary

  • FT: Leinster 32-7 Bulls (17:00 BST)

  • Dominant Leinster win ninth URC title and first since 2021

  • Bulls beaten in third final in their five seasons in the competition

  1. Postpublished at 33 mins

    Leinster 19-0 Bulls

    Nothing doing and we come back for the penalty.

  2. Postpublished at 32 mins

    Leinster 19-0 Bulls

    Bulls have the advantage for offside but Bulls are still thumping at the door...

  3. Postpublished at 31 mins

    Leinster 19-0 Bulls

    Willie Le Roux shows the better side of his usually brilliant kicking game and the Bulls have a rare spell in Leinster territory now.

    Can they get back in this before half-time?

  4. Postpublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 14 June

    Leinster 19-0 Bulls

    Tom Shanklin
    Former Wales international on Premier Sport

    Nothing seems to be going right for the Bulls, even their power game.

    They're getting hit so hard by Leinster who are doing such a good job of meeting force with force.

  5. Postpublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 14 June

    Leinster 19-0 Bulls

    Mark Strange
    BBC Sport NI at Croke Park

    Every bounce is falling perfectly for Leinster so far. Canan Moodie went up for that high ball but couldn't take it and the ball landed straight in the bread basket of Jack Conan.

    Leinster couldn't take advantage on this occasion but that's a microcosm of the game so far.

  6. Postpublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 14 June

    Leinster 19-0 Bulls

    Stephen Ferris
    Former Ireland and Ulster flanker on Premier Sports

    It feels like the Bulls haven't been in the game whatsoever.

    They haven't strung five or six phases together or made a dent in this Leinster defence.

    Andrew PorterImage source, Getty Images
  7. Postpublished at 23 mins

    Leinster 19-0 Bulls

    Haha, Leo Cullen obviously saw something he didn't like in that maul.

    The replay of the coach's box shows the line-out enthusiast vociferously appealing before giving a much more subdued clap as Josh van der Flier went over.

  8. try

    Try - Leinster 19-0 Bullspublished at 22 mins

    Van der Flier

    And the Bulls can't stop them!

    Joe McCarthy takes the line-out and the set-piece marches forward ominously before Josh van der Flier splinters through and scores.

    Leinster are in full control at Croke Park!

    Josh van der FlierImage source, Getty Images
  9. Postpublished at 21 mins

    Leinster 14-0 Bulls

    Just as I say that, a neat attacking exchange from Jack Conan and Tommy O'Brien sets Dan Sheehan away.

    Leinster win the penalty and they'll go again from the five-metre line-out...

  10. Postpublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 14 June

    Leinster 14-0 Bulls

    Is it just me or has that opening 20 minutes flown in?

    Wouldn't say we've seen a lot of attacking rugby but there's an awful lot happening.

  11. Postpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 14 June

    Leinster 14-0 Bulls

    Mark Strange
    BBC Sport NI at Croke Park

    Leinster have not given this powerful Bulls side a sniff so far in the opening quarter.

    The South Africans have been on the back foot from the first whistle and Leo Cullen could not have asked for more.

    James LoweImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 14 June

    Leinster 14-0 Bulls

    Ponchos are essential on a wet day like this at Croke Park!

    At least Leinster's fast start has given those rain-soaked fans something to cheer about

    Leinster fansImage source, Getty Images
  13. Postpublished at 19 mins

    Leinster 14-0 Bulls

    Oh my! It's all going on now.

    Sam Prendergast puts boot to ball again but this time doesn't get the bounce.

    Then the Bulls' Willie Le Roux does likewise but kicks straight towards James Lowe.

    With the slippery ball, Lowe spills forward when a clean gather would surely have meant a try.

    From the resulting scrum, this time it's Leinster who are pinged.

    Andrew Porter, to the surprise of nobody, does not agree.

  14. Postpublished at 17 mins

    Leinster 14-0 Bulls

    Oh, this could be controversial.

    The Bulls think they heard the referee's whistle before Sam Prendergast's 50:22 found touch.

    They're not happy here as they defend.

    A brilliant kick from Ireland's number 10 regardless.

  15. Postpublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 14 June

    Leinster 14-0 Bulls

    Stephen Ferris
    Former Ireland and Ulster flanker on Premier Sports

    The smacks, the bangs, the wallops!

    The intensity is through the roof!

    Jordie Barrett celebrates tryImage source, Getty Images
  16. converted try

    Converted try - Leinster 14-0 Bullspublished at 13 mins

    Barrett, con Prendergast

    Almost like we teed him up!

    Luke McGrath dinks the ball over and it bounces up nicely for Jordie Barrett.

    The All Black still has so much to do but volleys it ahead brilliantly and dives onto the loose ball for the score.

    A brilliant moment in Barrett's last game for Leinster!

    Jordie Barrett scores tryImage source, Getty Images
  17. Postpublished at 12 mins

    Leinster 7-0 Bulls

    You always see something a little different from Jordie Barrett.

    I don't know quite how to describe that pass...Andrea Piardi does, though.

    Forward.

    Bulls have the scrum on the edge of their 22.

  18. Postpublished at 10 mins

    Leinster 7-0 Bulls

    Jake White spoke pre-match about his side's discipline.

    Well, they've not had much of the ball and that's a sure way to ensure they've less.

    Pretty silly penalty.

  19. Postpublished at 9 mins

    Leinster 7-0 Bulls

    Oh, there could be more to this actually...

    We're going to the TMO to see if there was something untoward on the ground.

    Nope, just a penalty, so Leinster will have the line-out rather than the Bulls.

  20. Postpublished at 9 mins

    Leinster 7-0 Bulls

    There's some afters as Leinster regain possession and, after James Lowe shows off that cannon of a left boot, Andrea Piardi has a word with Joe McCarthy and Vorster.

    It's the South African centre who comes off worse as Tom Clarkson clears him right out of it.