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Published 21:27 8 Jan 2021 GMT
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James Ryan and Sam Carter tussle off the ball during the Guinness PRO14 match between Leinster and Ulster at the RDS Arena in Dublin. (Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile)[/caption]
The second half saw Leinster come out with menacing intent. Hugo Keenan, Sean Cronin and Jordan Larmour came to the fore as the champions upped the ante.
They were rewarded for their early efforts when Sean Cronin powered over for his 42nd Leinster try. Ulster were struggling to get out of their half, and worse was to come, not long after Larmour was held up by James Hume.
The Leinster backline was starting to hum, thanks to their forwards delivering them front-foot ball, all over the park. And it was Robbie Henshaw who rewarded those forwards for their hard yakka by evading a Cooney tackle and diving over, despite the efforts of Matt Faddes and Stuart McCloskey.
Ulster put themselves back in losing bonus point position - with an outside chance of a comeback win - when Cooney's penalty reduced the Leinster lead to 17-12. That was as goos as it got, though, as the Blues marched back up the pitch and grabbed a bonus point try through replacement hooker James Tracy.
Ulster pressed hard for the consolation try that would have seen them head home with at least a point but an intercept by Ross Byrme did for them and it was game over. Should Leo Cullen's men win their games in hand, they will be back on top of Conference A.
OUR MAN OF THE MATCH: Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)
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