The game of the weekend takes place in Dublin, Ireland as Leinster hosts fellow Ireland Rugby club Ulster at noon EST on June 8 at Aviva Stadium. 

Leinster’s streak four straight years finishing atop of the table was halted this season when they finishes third. With 19 players on the club missing the early part of the schedule due to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, Leinster got off to a slow start that included a 43-25 loss to Glasgow. 

But when the bulk of the players returned (along with assistant coach Jacques Nienaber, who joined the team just before Christmas after leading South Africa to the World Cup title), Leinster reverted to its winning ways. It reached the Investec Champions Cup Final for the third year in a row after going undefeated in pool play. 

But they again didn’t win the Champions Cup. Last year, the URC and Champions Cup knockout stages were running at the same time, which impacted Leinster lineups.

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That’s not the case in 2024 as Leinster will likely be playing its best players in every knockout stage. 

So will Ulster. 

This will be the first and only time Steven Kitshoff plays for Ulster in the quarterfinals. The No. 1 player in the URC, according to the URC, is headed back to the DHL Stormers next season, but the prop is expected to play in the match. 

Ulster finished 11-0-7 with 54 points in the table and actually finished above Munster in the Irish Shield, with a 4-0-2 record. Leinster won the Irish Shield with the same record but with two more points and went 13-0-5, finishing one point behind the Vodacom Bulls in the table. 

The match is being played at Aviva Stadium in what should be in front of a massive crown between the club teams from Dublin and Belfast. 

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