Leo Cullen pleased as Leinster 'keep the foot on the pedal'

With just four points separating the top four teams in the URC table, and just two games to play, who knows how important Leinster's flurry of late tries against the Ospreys could prove to be.

Leo Cullen's side scored four of their nine tries in the final 11 minutes as they hammered the Ospreys 61-14, moving back up to second place in the BKT United Rugby Championship table.

The Champions Cup finalists are almost certain to have a home quarter-final in the play-offs, but are desperate to get back up to first place which would give them home advantage all the way to a potential final.

And with the province bunched so closely with leaders Glasgow, and Munster and the Bulls breathing down their neck, the Leinster coach was thrilled with how his side chased down as many points as they could in the closing stages at the RDS.

"I thought the players kept the foot on the pedal pretty well, they kept playing to the end which was pleasing," Cullen (below) said.

While the number of games won is the first tiebreaker in the event of teams being level in the table, points difference then comes into the equation, with Leinster's difference of +180 narrowly above the Bulls and Glasgow.

"I though the intent, particularly with all of the bench guys coming on, was excellent, playing right to the end.

"Who knows, all you can do is try and control your own part, so that was important for us to push on when we had a bit of an advantage there in the second half."

The 47-point victory probably wasn't a fair reflection on the Ospreys, who trailed 21-14 at half time, and caused Leinster real problems with their crossfield kicking game.

The Welsh side even came from 14-0 down to level the game in the first half, and Cullen admits he will need to examine