Ulster recorded a well-known 22-21 win earlier this yr towards Leinster, however for Saturday’s assembly, they are going to be with out 5 of the starters from that sport on the RDS with accidents ravaging the squad.
Leinster, who sit second within the desk, have been a lot improved since that loss, however with a Champions Cup remaining towards Toulouse subsequent weekend, Leo Cullen has opted to relaxation a number of key gamers.
McCloskey is aware of that Leinster will nonetheless pose an enormous menace, however he hopes Ulster’s personal current good type after a three-game successful streak can assist them over the road.
“No matter group they’ll deliver it is going to be a tricky activity, however realistically we simply desire a win, get into the play-offs and provides ourselves an opportunity,” McCloskey defined.
“We actually wanted it [a winning run], we had been on the backside of the properly after the Clermont loss and we knew we would wish 14 or 15 factors out of the subsequent three video games to offer ourselves an opportunity to get into the play-offs.
“We have to go now and ship at residence which we have now performed through the years. Not many groups have performed the double over Leinster in recent times, and we have taken learnings of what went properly and what did not go properly [in January] and we’ll strive squeeze out a slender victory.”
