Ulster kept their Heineken Cup hopes alive this afternoon after mounting a spectacular comeback against Guinness Premiership side, Bath, to claim a 22 – 18 victory at Ravenhill. The win moves Ulster to second in their Pool, just two points behind leaders Biarritz who also fell to a shock 28 – 27 loss to Aironi this weekend.
Bath came out fighting this afternoon determined to come away with a win, having lost three of their previous games, and it only took three minutes for Baths’ Olly Barkley to give his side an early lead. An Ulster infringement allowed the centre to slot over his penalty from directly in front of the posts. Ulster 0 Bath 3.
Five minutes later, Ulster responded by piling on the pressure and as Stephen Ferris powered towards Baths’ try line, Ulster tried to recycle the ball. However, a loose pass from Ian Humphreys was intercepted by Bath fullback Jack Cuthbert who ran – rather impressively – from his own 22 to score a magnificent solo try. A stunned Ulster team and Ravenhill crowd could only watch on as Barkley added the conversion, taking the score to Ulster 0 Bath 10. Ulster had to wait until twelve minutes had . . .
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