BULL BY HORNS

Cullen can't wait to do battle with White after demolition of Warriors

- MICHAEL SCULLY

LEO Cullen is relishing a reunion with Jake White when they come face to face at the RDS on Friday night for a place in the URC final.

After White's Bulls saw off the Sharks in their quarter-final last Saturday, Cullen's Leinster shook off a Champions Cup final hangover at their Ballsbridge home to squash Glasgow Warriors.

It was a bit of a cathartic experience for the Leinster staff and their supporters as the Blues scored 12 tries to dispel some of the gloom after their Marseille heartbreak.

Afterwards Cullen admitted to looking forward to greeting the former World Cup-winning South Africa supremo White, having first met him at a coaching conference he held during the 2016 Six Nations.

"The Bulls are sort of a complete, cohesive team, and Jake is a wily old coach, he's been around the block, smiled Cullen.