One team came to entertain the crowd, the other team came to cause trouble. However Sparky soon sorted out the toothless Leo and the hapless Lion was escorted from the pitch by the ever alert Eventsec security team.

One team came to play rugby the other came to whinge at the referee for an hour and a half (or possibly longer).

The much awaited clash of the form teams in Ireland ended up a damp squib thanks to the appalling weather and a poor display by the referee Olan Trevor who looked a bit out of his depth and made very little allowances for the conditions.

Ulster faced the wind in the first half and a solid defensive display limited Leinster to three points. Ulster must have went gone to sat in the changing rooms confident of a win with the elements behind them in the second half.

Leinster played the conditions and the referee well in the second half and limited Ulster to two long range penalties, both converted by Humphreys. A sustained period of ball retention saw Leinster drive up the field and get a deserved equalising penalty in front of the posts.

All in all a fair result and a good workout for both teams ahead of the Heineken Cup games over the next fortnight. The occasion itself was a bit of a disappointment thanks largely to the continual abuse of the referee by O'Driscoll and Horgan who let themselves down with their churlish behaviour. The sooner the IRB stamp down on this sort of intimidation of the officials the better.

The FRU Man of the Match goes to Roger Wilson who looked the tidiest of the back row in the conditions.

Thanks to Rooster for the pictures. More pictures of the game here.

Nothing much to report on the Predictions League except that we are now up to date with the scores.

However we thought we'd show this rare photo of Youngman actually buying a drink on Saturday - extraordinary!!!