Ulster Rugby will take on familiar interprovincial rivals Leinster at Aviva Stadium on Saturday evening, in the final round of the Guinness PRO14 regular season.
Both provinces have battled hard all season long in Conference A and both will be getting ready for the Guinness PRO14 Semi-Finals, where Ulster face a trip to Edinburgh next weekend.
Although both will have to get through those last-four clashes first, this could be the second of three potential meetings this season and if the first is anything to go by, we are in for a treat.
Here everything you need to know ahead of the game…
Leinster will also be led out by a first-time captain, in the shape of prop Ed Byrne.
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MATCH DETAILS:
- Date: Saturday 29 August
- Kick-off: 7.35 pm
- Competition: Guinness PRO14 Round 15
- Where: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
- Referee: Referee: George Clancy (IRFU, 123rd Championship Appearance)
- Assistant Referees: Andrew Brace (IRFU), Eoghan Cros (IRFU)
- TV coverage: Live on Premier Sport 1 / eir Sport
Key Stats:
- Ulster’s only victory on their last five visits to Aviva Stadium was 22-19 against Edinburgh in the semi-final of the European Champions Cup in April 2012.
- Leinster are in the midst of the best ever winning run in Guinness PRO14 history, a mark which now stands at sixteen victories in a row since today’s opponents Ulster beat them at Kingspan Stadium in April 2019.
- The Leinstermen’s record at Aviva Stadium/Lansdowne Road in the Championship is an incredible won nineteen, lost one, with the solitary defeat being to Munster in October 2014.
- Ulster have not beaten Leinster at Ireland’s HQ since October 1989, although the two sides have only met there twice subsequently.
