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Magners League: Scarlets 16 Ulster 18

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John McMurtry

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After their disappointing, and narrow, defeat to the Ospreys at Liberty Stadium last Friday, the Ulster team were bolstered by the return of Irish Internationals Andrew Trimble, Paddy Wallace and Tom Court. Yet they struggled to contain their Welsh opponents and after a difficult 80 minutes the Ulstermen managed to scrape an equally narrow victory.

The Scarlets were the stronger team from kick off but after their number eight failed to release from the tackle, Ulster were the first to get the points on board through a Ruan Pienaar penalty on three minutes. Scarlets 0 Ulster 3.

A Scarlets line-out was stolen by Chris Henry on six minutes, before offloading to Pienaar who broke through the Scarlets defence. He was stopped just metres from the try-line and his pass was knocked forward. However the scrum-half did add a further three points to his tally just before the ten minute mark after prop Iestyn Thomas failed to bind in the scrum. Scarlets 0 Ulster 6.

Scarlets fly-half Rhys Priestland had the chance to lessen the points’ gap two minutes later with a penalty of his own however, after Ulster’s Adam . . .

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4 responses to “Magners League: Scarlets 16 Ulster 18”

  1. junty

    Not the prettiest of games that i’ve watched but one that overall we came away with the win after a tremendous 55m kick from Ruan Pienaar. Superb kicking performance from Ruan.
    Re Andi K – he was very effective during his spell on the pitch as Planet Ulster has already mentioned – 100% with the line throws and great defence in the loose.
    The Scarlets werevery fortunate to be awarder the pen try asthe reverse angle showed quite clearly that their prop lost his binding and pulled away Courts arm…… one has to ask where was the touchjudge and what was he looking at not to spot this…… Court spoke to the ref later on in the game re this ‘binding’ on his arm and Ulster were awarded 2 penalties at the next 2 scrums !!!
    Jackson had a decent match made a couple of breaks some good tackles and was reasonably well protected by the senior players. All in all a good debut from the youngster.

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  2. Planet Ulster

    And another thing …. the after-match punters are a joke (imho).

    No mention of Kyri’s considerable contribution ,,,,, yet Brady is ‘bigged up’ for coming off the ‘strength in depth’ bench.

    Laughable !

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  3. Planet Ulster

    Just watched the game after a weekend away.

    Well done team !!! An away win in horrible monsoon conditions, in the back of beyond is no mean feat. About time we had a slice of good fortune.

    Now ….. about the conundrum that is Andi Kyriacou. He gets only his 2nd start of the season (and most of his appearances have been cameo i.e. the odd few minutes) and yet, he puts in a very solid and mature performance. 100% darts, gave the scrum a solid foundation, tackled like a demon in defense and very fast in the loose in support of our attacks. In summary, he was all over the place, very hungry and totally committed to the cause.

    So this begs the question ….. why has he been locked out all season ???

    On this performance, it’s a no brainer that he is our best hooker and if Management are selecting on performance alone, he deserves another start on Friday.

    It’s no secret that the more you play, the better you get, so c’mon Ulster get behind The Greek and let’s see more of him.

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  4. the mote

    I thought I heard the welsh booing at the end – if so were they booing the Scarlets or the referee ?

    If the Scarlets I think their judement to be harsh the conditions just did not suit the type of game both sides wanted to play –fast open rugby. and truth told Priestlands penalty miss was the difference between winning and losing for the Scarlets.

    If the referee then I think they too quickly forgot the referee had awarded them a penalty try based on at least two scrums brought down by the Scarlets props applying the old elbow bend ( illegal binding ) ( It was an experienced Scarlets front row –first push the
    opposition back then twist bringing the opposition (Ulsters ) props shoulder down and in — drops the scrum everytime.

    Jackson had a good start a nice couple of near darts through the a gap and Pienaar didn’t really help much as the weather affected the quality of his pass which occasionally was high and taken standing still requiring ajustment before passing to the centres.

    It definitely was not a game that any real or lasting conclusions about players form could be
    assessed.

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