'I just think Leinster will get this done' - Eddie O'Sullivan

Eddie O'Sullivan believes Leinster will have just enough to beat Ulster in this Saturday's top of the table clash in the BKT United Rugby Championship.

The sides meet at the RDS just over eight weeks on from Leinster's 20-13 win in a tense derby at the Kingspan Stadium, while Ulster previously did the double in last year's derbies, including a 20-10 win at the RDS a year ago.

With Leo Cullen and Dan McFarland having rested their key players in last week's Round 8 wins, it's expected that both sides will be close to full strength on Saturday.

And with the derby serving as a dress-rehearsal for next week's Champions Cup opening weekend, O'Sullivan says he's expecting a full-blooded Interpro at the RDS.

"The context of the Champions Cup next week, you want to go into that off the back of a good result, so whoever loses at the weekend will be going onto the Champions Cup off a loss," the former Ireland coach told the RTÉ Rugby podcast.

"You can see both teams putting their best team on the field, that's the beauty of it.

"What I miss is the Interpros where everybody is on deck, everybody is playing. We’ve had some Interpros in the last few years that have had teams stripped down, everybody tries to get excited about it, but the truth of the matter is when teams are missing five and six players each, it’s hard to get excited about it because it loses that edge of an Interpro.

"I remember when I was Irish coach, I used to watch Christmas Interpros through my fingers, because the teams would knock lumps out of each other, and they were al coming into camp the following week as the walking wounded.

"We don't have a lot of those Interpros anymore, but this is one where everyone is on deck, the way it’s timed."

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