Ulster’s Marty Moore says Leinster win would be huge confidence boost

The teams clash at the Aviva Stadium tomorrow night (7.35pm) in what could be a rehearsal for the Pro14 final in a fortnight.

In terms of league position Saturday’s game means nothing, both sides have secured their semi final place.

Ulster know they are travelling to Edinburgh in the last four while Leinster will have home advantage against either Munster or the Scarlets.

Prop Marty Moore feels beating Leinster tomorrow night would be a major confidence boost for Ulster ahead of a potential final against Leo Cullen’s side.

“Yeah, it’s huge, its kind of comes down to an old school Interpro this week because both teams have those play-off spots in both competitions booked,” said Moore.

“It just comes down to pride for your club and feeds into everything going forward, we know we can meet them down the road and we know what a danger and threat they are.

“But we also know we can go out there and beat them when we turn up and we play in a manner that we know we can do.

“There is certainly no fear in the ranks at the club, I suppose it’s anticipation and people looking forward to the challenge.”

Moore spent four years at Leinster while Jack McGrath was with his native province for nine years, having played with and against the Leinster front row Moore believes there are no new tricks that can be employed to get the upper hand in the scrum battle.

“I don’t think there’s anything else necessarily new, we’ve played with or against them for a number of years so we know them quite well,” he said.

“The biggest thing for us is staying in front of them and not giving that pack angles or opportunities to try and exploit.

“It’s about not giving opportunities for, say on my side of the scrum, Cian or someone to cut an angle, because they’re very good at it and can be destructive.

“That’s an area where we’re quite strong on ourselves and it’s something we’d like to take the challenge to them.”