Leinster head coach Leo Cullen was thrilled with what he called the "perfect" result for his side, as they cemented their place at the top of the BKT United Rugby Championship with a comprehensive 47-14 win against the Bulls.
The province moved nine points clear of the South Africans at the top of the URC table, although that lead could be cut by the Glasgow Warriors later this weekend.
Leinster's Ireland internationals showed no lingering effects from their Six Nations celebrations, with Josh van der Flier, Rónan Kelleher, James Lowe, Dan Sheehan and Jack Conan all marking their returns to the URC with tries, while Michael Milne and Liam Turner also chipped in with five pointers.
The most impressive aspect of the win was how the hosts moved up several gears in the second half. Trailing 14-12 at half time, Leinster hit the Bulls for two quick tries just after the break, before putting their foot down to eventually score 33 unanswered points.
With Leinster's bonus-point win made even sweeter by the second-place Bulls leaving Dublin empty-handed, Cullen was delighted with the night's work.
"Overall, it's a great win for us," Cullen (below) said.
"To get a win, when you play first and second, you're trying to maximise the points. To get five for us and none for them, that's perfect world. We're pleased with the outcome."
While Leinster ran out impressive winners, they looked under real pressure for large portions of the first half.
The Bulls dominated at the scrum early on, and it allowed Johan Goosen get early points on the board.
And while Cullen admitted his side struggled at the setpiece in the opening 40, he was delighted with how they turned it around.
"It was a proper arm-wrestle at the start. Bulls, very physical team, took us on at the scrum, they won a couple of scrum penalties at the start.
"It was pleasing how we responded to that though, we were able to drive them off their ball and suddenly we changed that picture, which you have to be able to do. I thought the guys adapted to that well.
"Bulls have been going well and have a lot of quality and picked a very strong team. You could see them at different stages, how different they are, in lots of ways.
"They have a lot of power, a strong kicking game and a good bit of speed as well. When you see when they catch you on the break, they're very dangerous and some of the individuals they have, the ability to step and you've seen them at international level as well. They have some serious quality."
Both Luke McGrath and Robbie Henshaw are now early doubts for next Saturday's Champions Cup Round of 16 meeting with Leicester Tigers at the Aviva Stadium, with the pair departing the game with head injuries.
In McGrath's case, the scrum-half was sin-binned for the incident which left him needing a HIA, as he made a head-high tackle on Bulls winger Kurt-Lee Arendse as the South Africa was scoring his side's opening try.
But Cullen wouldn't be drawn on whether or not his side were lucky to be down to 14 players for just 10 minutes rather than the remainder of the game.
"There was a bit of everything in that. I thought there was a block missed earlier, where [Marcell] Coetzee checks Josh [Van der Flier], and that leads to the linebreak. You're always looking to see the first thing first.
"I'll have a look back at the incident. The main thing is making sure Lukey is alright at the moment for us.
"He seems OK, again you go through graduated return to play, similar with Robbie [Henshaw] as well. There's no point me commenting too much on it. We'll just get them through graduated return to play and they'll go though the usual protocols," he added.
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