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Leo Cullen 'committed' to job of getting Leinster over the line after another agonising loss

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Brendan O’Brien |Aviva Stadium

Leo Cullen believes he remains the right man to lead Leinster to glory after the province’s Champions Cup curse continued with a haunting semi-final loss to Northampton Saints in Dublin on Saturday evening. The four-time winners have hit the bar time and again in recent seasons. They have now lost four deciders, two semi-finals and a quarter-final since their last success in 2018 when they edged Racing 92 in a tense game at Athletic Bilbao’s San Mames stadium.
Saints alive as Leinster crash out of Champions Cup in semi-final epic

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Brendan O’Brien |Aviva Stadium

Losing the last three Champions Cup finals was pure torment for Leinster. This may actually be worse. That they added so richly to one of the greatest Champions Cup contests of all time won’t act as any manner of salve. Heavy favourites to become the first team to make four straight deciders in this 30-year old tournament, the lights went out three weeks earlier than expected on the back of an electric Northampton Saints effort that peaked with three tries inside nine first-half minutes.
Clontarf edge Cork Con by one point in tense AIL final to regain title

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Simon Lewis |Aviva Stadium

Clontarf regained the Energia Men’s All Ireland League title at the expense of defending champions Cork Constitution as they edged a tense Division 1A final by a single point in Dublin on Sunday. A late Connor Fahy try converted by Conor Kelly was enough to prevent Cork Con from becoming the first back-to-back AIL champions since Shannon won the second of their three-in-a-row titles 20 years earlier but the Dubliners were made to fight every inch of the way.
Late Cahill try secures back-to-back Women's AIL titles for UL Bohemians

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Simon Lewis |Aviva Stadium

UL Bohemian retained their Energia Women’s All Ireland League title in dramatic fashion with a late, late try from Eilis Cahill to edge out Railway Union for the second year in a row in Dublin on Sunday.
Cullen pleased with Frawley despite difficulties off tee

3 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Daire Walsh |Aviva Stadium

Despite a difficult night off the kicking tee on his return to the side at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, Leinster head coach Leo Cullen insisted he is happy with the form of the versatile Ciaran Frawley.
Sheehan's hat-trick from the bench helps Leinster roar clear at URC summit

3 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Daire Walsh |Aviva Stadium

URC: Leinster 41 Ulster 17 Dan Sheehan grabbed a second half hat-trick from the bench at the Aviva Stadium this evening as Leinster moved nine points clear at the summit of the United Rugby Championship table with a commanding bonus point triumph over interprovincial rivals Ulster.
Relentless Leinster nil Glasgow and sweep into Champions Cup semis

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Brendan O’Brien |Aviva Stadium

Forget last week’s demolition job on Harlequins. This eight-try, quarter-final whupping of Glasgow is the confirmation that Leinster are ready, willing and very able to end their Champions Cup heartache come the final in Cardiff next month. The Warriors were missing half-a-dozen key players through injury and suspension, but Franco Smith’s side is the reigning URC champion and only their hosts here sit above them in the current league table.
Ireland grab another comeback victory to secure Nations League B status

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fallon |Aviva Stadium

MANIAC 2000 was blaring out at half-time and another comeback win to record a fourth victory in six matches has Irish fans believing the good times are back. League B status is secured for next year’s Nations League but the microscope is firmly on returning to the United States a few months earlier if they can transfer this gush of form into the World Cup qualifiers.
A seismic shift for an Ireland team that had become all too familiar with defeat

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Brendan O’Brien |Aviva Stadium

Three days on from Plovdiv and the narrative had changed. There was no debate as to the respective merits of staying in League B or dropping down to League C in the hours before kick-off at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday evening. The 2-1 win in Eastern Europe on Thursday had rendered all that chin-scratching moot. For the Republic of Ireland to stumble into the third tier of the Nations League now, having put themselves in such a position in the first leg, would have been a sickener.
Hallgrímsson hands Ferguson and O'Brien starting berths for Aviva clash with Bulgaria

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fallon |Aviva Stadium

Jake O’Brien has been elevated to the starting line-up for Ireland as they aim to consolidate their status in League B of Uefa Nations League. Thursday’s 2-1 win in Plovdiv generates a small cushion for Ireland to expand at Lansdowne Road (7.45pm). Heimir Hallgrímsson has brought O’Brien in to replace centre-back Dara O’Shea while Ryan Manning misses out for Evan Ferguson.