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Leinster travelled to the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast on Saturday evening to take on Ulster and the visitors came away with a 25-10 victory.
The win sends Leinster top of the PRO14, at least temporarily.
It was a night where Rory Best made his 200th senior cap for Ulster, becoming only the fourth player from the province to do so.
The away side were in relative control for the majority of this game and were deserving winners on the night.
Woohoo! Our first win here since 2014. FT Ulster 10 Leinster 25 and the MOTM was Sean O'Brien. Safe home to the traveling support #ULSvLEI pic.twitter.com/C8lj1r5vzS
— Leinster Supporters (@OLSCRugby) October 28, 2017
Sean O’Brien was a pretty popular choice for Man of the Match.
Great win by #Leinster tonight in Belfast. @SeanOBrien1987 was outstanding on his return from injury #ULSvLEI #GuinnessPro14 #COYBIB
— Phil Donohue (@PhilDonohue1) October 28, 2017
Cracking game, @leinsterrugby in control throughout. Great to see @SeanOBrien1987 get man if the match too – well deserved #ULSvLEI
— daverooney (@daverooney) October 28, 2017
#ULSvLEI @leinsterrugby good win.. away too.. looked composed throughout.. @SeanOBrien1987 world class
— Alastair Blair (@Alastair_Blair) October 28, 2017
That’s why @SeanOBrien1987 is world class, the delay to @adamsbyrne and then the dummy!!?
— luke fitzgerald (@lukefitz11) October 28, 2017
There was an electric atmosphere in Belfast for the interprovincial derby as this fan footage shows. However, the home support was not enough to see their team over the line in the end.
Try for @UlsterRugby !!! What an atmosphere! #SUFTUMLive #ULSvLEI pic.twitter.com/zccl2yrX43
— Chris Suitor® (@SuitorBrothers) October 28, 2017
Simon Zebo’s omission from Joe Schmidt’s Ireland squad made headlines during the week and the Munster man responded with a stellar performance on Friday night. Dave Kearney, who is in the squad, lined out for Leinster tonight on the left wing and his display did come in for some criticism on Twitter on a night where he also picked up a yellow card.
Ireland fans can look forward to this level of clinical finishing now that Dave Kearney is back in Joe Schmidts squad #ULSvLEI #CrazyPills pic.twitter.com/xDVB6aOZKu
— SportsBeef Podcast (@sportsbeefpod) October 28, 2017
That yellow card just proved the fact, a team is better playing with 14 men than having Dave Kearney on the pitch. #ULSvLEI #SUFTUM
— Jonny McFadden (@jonnymcfadden) October 28, 2017
All in all, a good night’s work was appreciated by the travelling Leinster supporters.
Leinster edging back up to 2012 levels for first time with an extraordinary pool of indigenous talent. #ULSvLEI
— David Kerr (@davidkerr67) October 28, 2017
Great win on the road for @leinsterrugby. Squad depth. #ULSvLEI.
— The Real Ray Niland (@realrayniland) October 28, 2017
Well done @leinsterrugby – keeping up the winning momentum & finishing really strongly! Great to see O'Brien & Kearney back too! #ULSvLEI
— Grace O'Sullivan (@gosulli) October 28, 2017
