My own personal opinion is that this was a much better performance from Ulster. Yes there were still plenty of mistakes, and as the coach said, there was a certain amount of naivety in the second half when they should have closed the game out when but it was really the first time for a while where man for man Ulster were the dominant team.
Watching from the terrace in Cardiff doesn’t always give you the best perspective of the game, particularly if you’ve been sampling the delights of Cardiff for most of the day, but it does give you a good feel for how the game is progressing. The Cardiff fans were definitely worried and in most phases Ulster played the better rugby. Scrummaging skills were better and handling skills were better, the only things that appeared to be missing were breakdown skills and a bit . . .
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