United Rugby Championship: Leinster 36-7 Bulls – Irish province retain crown with impressive win

Leinster picked up in the second half where they left off when Prendergast picked up the base of a ruck and darted to the dot down from a meter out, adding his third conversion of the game for 29-0.

The Bulls were controversially denied a try when Harold Vorster grounded the ball, but the Television Match Official (TMO) overruled the score after consulting with referee Andrea Pierdi.

It was Leinster’s turn to play with 14 men for 10 minutes after James Lowe received a yellow card for a deliberate knock-on infringement in his final appearance for the province.

Joe McCarthy executed a brilliant turnover on the line to prevent a seemingly certain score, but just after the hour mark the Bulls were not to be denied as they finally breached the holders’ defense as Moody took an offload and stretched to score, Pollard adding the extra.

Any potential comeback hopes ended, however, when Ruan Mortje headed over after the ball quickly moved into the hands of the Bulls, but the referee adjudged that Moody had gone ahead in the build-up after involving the TMO.

Replacement Byrne completed the scoring in the final minute when he rumbled between the sticks and converted his own try.

Leinster: buy O’Brien, Ioane, Osborne, Lowe; Prendergast, Gibson-Park; Cahir, Kelleher, Furlong, McCarthy, Ryan, Deegan, van der Flier, Dorris (captain)

Replacement: Sheehan, Usanov, Clarkson, Mangan, Conan, McGrath, Byrne, Ringrose

Bull: Le Roux; Arendse, Moodie, Vorster, Jacobs; Pollard, paper; Steenkamp, ​​Groebeler, Klopper, Vermack, Nortje, Coetzee (capt), Lu, Hanekom

Replacement: Van Staden, Wessels, Lu, Wiese, Rudolph, Berger, Gans, Carr