# #58: Leinster (H) vs Vodacom Bulls - URC Grand Final Review Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014/58-leinster-h-vs-vodacom-bulls-urc-grand-final-review Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014/58-leinster-h-vs-vodacom-bulls-urc-grand-final-review.md Podcast: [The Leinster Listen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014) Published: 2026-06-22T14:10:00+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/the-leinster-listen/2934919 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/356999/2934919/the-leinster-listen/2026_06_22_14_06_10_f42d621a-425c-4506-b951-10e436777487.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leinster-listen-7601014/episodes/58-leinster-h-vs-vodacom-bulls-urc-grand-final-review Duration seconds: 1552 ## Resource Episode 58, and Leinster are back-to-back BKT United Rugby Championship champions after a stunning 36-7 hammering of the Vodacom Bulls at Croke Park on Friday night. DΓ©jΓ  vu from last year's final β€” five tries, 22-0 at half-time, and Sam Prendergast running the show on the night we saved our best rugby for the biggest stage. James Lowe, Rieko Ioane, Luke McGrath, and Jerry Cahir bow out as winners. And then Monday brought the news: Leo Cullen will leave as head coach when his contract ends at the end of next season. One more year, one more shot at adding to the legacy. Here is what I'm hitting on this week's episode: πŸ† BKT United Rugby Championship match results; The Grand Final at Croke Park β€” Leinster 36-7 Vodacom Bulls, 39,184 in the ground, and a repeat of last year's decider. πŸ”₯ Overall opinion of the game; Why this felt like the performance we'd been waiting for all season β€” Bulls indiscipline, Doris off early, Conan stepping up, and Prendergast at his absolute best. πŸ“‹ Analysis of the game events; Moodie and le Roux yellows, O'Brien's opening try, Ioane and Conan, Prendergast's snipe, Lowe's farewell yellow, Moodie's consolation, the disallowed Bulls tries, and Byrne sealing it. πŸ—ΊοΈ BKT United Rugby Championship positioning after this weekend; Back-to-back titles, a record 10th league crown, the Bulls' fourth final defeat in five years β€” and the domestic season is done. πŸŽ™οΈ Discussion Point; Leo Cullen to leave Leinster at the end of 2026/27 β€” his accomplishments as a player (221 caps, three European Cups as captain, Ireland skipper) and as head coach (seven trophies in 11 years, 2018 Champions Cup, back-to-back URC titles, and the recruitment search already underway). ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leinster-listen-7601014/episodes/58-leinster-h-vs-vodacom-bulls-urc-grand-final-review/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014/58-leinster-h-vs-vodacom-bulls-urc-grand-final-review.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.