'That's what you need to be in the modern game' - Cullen pleased with ruthless streak after 12-try win

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen admits he briefly wondered whether his side were heading towards another afternoon of disappointment, before they went on to hammer a dreadful Glasgow Warriors side in the United Rugby Championship quarter-final.

For the first 15 minutes of their 76-14 win against the Scottish side, Leinster were showing all the signs of a team that hadn't parked the frustrations of last Saturday's Heineken Champions Cup final defeat to La Rochelle.

Trailing 7-0 to an early Zander Fagerson try, the URC top-seeds looked off in every facet of their game, but after Richie Gray's yellow-card for a dangerous clearout on Jamison Gibson-Park, Leinster ran in three quick tries which killed off any chance of an upset at the RDS.

"I'm always worried, all the time," laughed Cullen, when asked if he was fearing the worst in that opening quarter of an hour.

"We were pleased with how we managed the yellow card period, to score three tries is a huge boost for us. How we started the second half as well, we took the game away from them quite quickly which is pleasing. All the bench guys added good impact, which is so, so important now."

The quarter-final procession sets up an exciting semi-final against the Bulls on Friday night at the RDS, after Jake White's side were 30-27 winners against the Sharks in a nail-biting game in Pretoria this afternoon.

And Cullen has called for his players to embrace the final weeks of their season.

"It's really just getting through to the next round, there's no extra points for scoring more tries in these games. It's on to the next challenge which is the Bulls, which will be significant. It's about enjoying the week, that's the big thing from my point of view, for the guys to enjoy another week