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Leo Cullen insisted the Bulls shouldn’t be labelled as failures after defeat at Croke Park, utilizing Leinster’s long-awaited URC title win to name for larger respect for groups that attain finals.
Cullen, talking after Leinster’s 32–7 victory, praised the South African facet’s high quality and used the second to push again in opposition to a story that frames runners-up as having fallen brief, regardless of making it to the ultimate day of the competitors.
“It was an important day in the present day,” Cullen stated straight after the sport. “An incredible event at Croke Park. It’s the stuff of goals actually, isn’t it? For many Irish children rising up. To expertise a closing right here, huge due to the help that we’ve had. It’s nearly having fun with the second now.
“It’s nice for everyone. The supporters is the massive factor. It was a tremendous environment on the market in the present day. Usually once you’re within the Aviva, you’re in a glass coaches field and also you’re method off getting the sense of the event so it was wonderful.
“Two Wicklow lads [Cullen and Jack Conan] right here getting concerned in a closing at Croke Park, a uncommon sight however hear, it was an important week, a lot of nice stuff over the course of a season.
“It’s a very difficult competition to win, just the nature of the way the season is and there’s a lot of great teams involved in. The South African teams have been an amazing addition to the tournament. The Bulls are a great team.”
Cullen also used the moment to comment on how finals are often framed in the media, pushing back on the notion that falling short equates to failure.
“We had this question yesterday, wasn’t it? Is your season, when you get to a final, is it a success or a failure?
“Unfortunately, you guys, the way you write, the losers of a final suddenly are failures. Whereas you get to the last day of the competition, I think you need to celebrate the two teams that are in the final.
“Obviously we’ve been on the flip side of that in the past. Does that deem us failures? I personally don’t think it’s a failure. We win today, it’s great but we’ll move onto the next challenge and that will be… we’ll watch the guys that are on tour with Ireland and the Lions.”
