'Maybe it's something that's needed' - Leinster's Cian Healy on Bulls trip

Props like to move forward so it's no surprise Cian Healy isn't looking back to 2022 when the Bulls got the run on Leinster in the BKT URC semi-final.

It was the first year of the new format in which the cream of the South African crop had swapped Super Rugby for European companionship.

No one was quite sure how the newbies would adapt but they were soon to find out; South African teams have made up three of the four finalists in two seasons.

After finishing fourth in the table, the Bulls, the premium export from South Africa, faced off with champions Leinster at the RDS and came away with a 27-26 win.

That Healy scored the last try, with the clock in red and Leinster down by eight, means nothing to the 36-year-old Ireland prop.

"Not personally, no," he replies when asked if that defeat, that came two weeks after the Champions Cup final loss to La Rochelle, still sticks in the craw.

"Kinda moved from that and dealing with what's ahead. I don't tend to look back at too many games."

Speaking to media on Tuesday on a virtual call, the five-time Six Nations winner was getting into the swing of things on a very unusual week for the province.

While Healy went on tour in April among a largely second string outfit that lost to Lions and Stormers, the 'A' team are more used to URC play-off games on their home turf.

Saturday's game at Loftus Versfeld is their first URC knockout match on the road since 2019, and even that was a short hop to Celtic Park for the final.

In the immediate aftermath of Saturday's 43-20 win over Ulster, head coach Leo Cullen spoke about the difficulty of arranging a long haul flight at short notice.

Healy, who may have pulled rank as a senior member of the squad, revealed some of the logistics involved.

"The travel