DHL Stormers vs Vodacom Bulls

GRAND FINAL
DHL STORMERS VS VODACOM BULLS
LEO CULLEN HAS BEEN
CROWNED LOCH LOMOND
COACH OF THE SEASON
The Leinster boss collects the award
after leading his side to victory in
the Irish Shield and the top of the
overall Vodacom United Rugby
Championship standings at the end
of the regular season.
A record-breaking victory over
Glasgow Warriors followed in the Final
Eight but Leinster could not book a
place in the Grand Final after suffering
a home Final Four defeat to the
Vodacom Bulls on Friday night.
Cullen also led Leinster to the
Heineken Champions Cup final this
season, with a narrow defeat to La
Rochelle in Marseille.
LEO CULLEN (LEINSTER)
&
COACH OF
THE SEASON
“I’d like to thank the Vodacom URC
for the Award which I will accept on
behalf of the wider coaching group
and the 60 players that pulled on
a Leinster Rugby jersey this year.
The season most certainly did not
end the way we would have liked
but there were many highlights and
positives over the year. I’d like to wish
the DHL Stormers and the Vodacom
Bulls the very best of luck in this
weekend’s final. Having played both
teams recently, it will be an intriguing
final and a great way to bring the
curtain down on the first season
of the Vodacom United Rugby
Championship. The introduction
of the four South African clubs has
raised the standards and we’ll all
have to raise our game to compete
with them next season. We would
dearly love to be there and will
watch with keen interest and we look
forward to challenging for the title
again next season.”
This award was voted for by the
Vodacom URC’s 16 head coaches
and leaves only one prize still to be
announced – the Players’ Player of
the Season.
It is the second prize won by a
Leinster representative during the
Vodacom URC Awards, with Ross
Byrne having been selected at half in the Dream
fly-
Team.
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