Leinster's grief and desperation will end Ulster's winning run

After turning their season around under new head coach Richie Murphy, Ulster will face Leinster in the URC quarter-final in Dublin.

Ulster gave a good account of themselves in Thomond Park, and their improvements are obvious. However, when the going got tough Ulster ran out of steam and the longer the game went on, the less likely they looked like causing an upset.

Their scrum was under pressure in the second half, allowing Munster a foothold into the game. Once Munster cut out their own mistakes in possession, they took control of the game with relative ease. It was a slow start from the league leaders, who were careless with the ball in the first half.

When they held possession for multiple phases and played through the Ulster defence instead of obsessing with going around it, they caused problems. Problems that Leinster will take note of, heading into the weekend.

Ulster have turned Leinster over twice this season, something that other teams could only dream of. In the first game in January, Leinster had a stronger side out too, so it wasn't one of their much changed URC sides while rotating for the Champions Cup, as it was in the most recent round at the Kingspan Stadium a couple of weeks ago.

Both times Leinster were close enough to snatching victory. They thought they had the win up in Belfast, but Ulster hold no fear when it comes to Leinster, winning with a late John Cooney penalty.

Ulster used their kicking game to cause Leinster a lot of problems in January, something that may have been a product of bedding in a new system around the Leinster defence and understanding how much space an aggressive front field defence leaves for the back field players.

Since then, they’ve shored up their back field defence, but Ulster