Munster and Leinster showdown is still on but they can’t rely on good luck

We will never know how the game would have transpired had he not acted like a schoolboy in his botched attempt to place the ball on the turf for a simple five-pointer in the second half, but at the time it felt like it might cost Ulster victory — and ultimately it did. Ulster will regret this one for some time, as they left champions Leinster off the hook.

It also must be said that, not for the first time this season, Andrew Conway showed that he is clearly the best full-back in Ireland at present. Why van Graan or, indeed Joe Schmidt, cannot see this is a mystery.

Munster got away with it this time — but to get further, the big calls cannot be shirked.
