Leinster Rugby dominate the Heineken Cup final match over Ulster, and claim their third Europpean title

      In the most important club tournament in the Europpean rugby, the final match confirmed the favourites Leinster as the best team in Europe today. In an Irish decision, the "Republican side" were respectful, and imposed a huge 42-14 defeat of Ulster. Both teams have great world-class players, almost all with, at least, one cap for their respective countries, but speed and the smaller amount of mistakes were decisive for the Leinster's continental title, the second in a row.

       In the beginning of the match, there was a penalty goal, converted by Ruan Pienaar, the main player for the loser side, but later there was a total domain of the Dublin team. They scored a try yet at first half, and in the beginning of the second half, a capital error by an Ulster player "practically decided" the cup. He wanted to shoot the ball to the sideline, but he made it behind the allowed place, in his defensive field. It brought a scrum for the Leinster, and Ulster were punished a penalty-try because the Belfast squad broke their scrum during the fight for the ball. Leinster converted the bonus point, and so, there was an "almost" one-side match. Ulster scored a try, and some penalty goals. But Leinster scored three tries, and some conversions, just to increase their advantage in this traditional, and historical match. The main players during this glorious match of Leinster were Brian O'Driscoll, Johnny Sexton, Sean Cronin, Cian Healy, and the captain Leo Cullen.

The Heineken Cup, the trophy awarded by the Europpean champions in each season, in 2012, Leinster Rugby, from Ireland (Photo: Getty Images)

Brian O'Driscoll, regarded by many as the best Irish rugby player of all-time. ERC champion for Leinster this season (Photo: Google Images)