URC: Bulls 39 Leinster 31
Despite producing a vastly-improved performance, Leinster ultimately fell to a second consecutive United Rugby Championship defeat on South African soil against the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Saturday.
Playing in a repeat of the URC final at Croke Park on June 14th, defending champions Leinster were hoping to bounce back from a heavy 35-0 defeat to the Stormers at DHL Stadium eight days earlier. The Irish province did recover from a 12-point interval deficit to lead on a couple of occasions in the second period, but the Bulls finished strongly on their home patch in Pretoria to eventually register a maximum return of five points.
There was only four minutes gone on the clock when the Bulls broke th
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