Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

Nathan Johns· Host0:00

[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the Counterruck Rugby podcast, brought to you by The Irish Times in partnership with Oak Energy. Gordon D'Arcy is standing by as Leinster have won a second consecutive URC crown. Uh, they bounce back from the Champions Cup disappointment to comprehensively beat the Bulls in Croke Park. So without further ado, here's myself and D'Arcy. Right, so Leinster have just won their second consecutive URC, and as we tend to do for some of the bigger matches, we're talking pretty much immediately after full time. What about 15 minutes or so since, uh, Leinster booted the ball off into the stands at Croke Park. Pretty dominant victory. Tries for Tommy O'Brien, Ricky Ioane, Jack Conan, Sam Prendergast, Harry Byrne. It was 22-nil at half time. Maybe not quite game done with memories of, of how the Bulls overturned things against Glasgow in their semifinal, but they struggled to fire a shot. Just one try in the second half for the Bulls, Kenan Moodie, and equally they had another one, uh, chalked off for a forward pass from Moodie. So that's the most important things. Gordon D'Arcy, hello. Um, one of the first thing I said to you before we started recording, that was a lot more one-sided than perhaps I was led to believe in the buildup.

Gordon D'Arcy· Guest1:13

Yeah. Do you know what kind of struck out to me? It was a little bit like the Champions Cup final. Very heavily one-sided. One team never, never showed up, never got off the bus, never got off the plane for the Bulls, uh, i- in the Bulls case, and the team that's better equipped kind of just took more advantage.