Ulster 25 Dragons 23
Ulster were nearly left with red faces on Red Nose day as they struggled to contain a battling Dragons side. Ruan Pienaar saved the day with a last minute drop goal keeping Ulster’s challenge for a top four Magners League finish alive!
In truth the Welsh side probably deserved to win this game having dominated most of the second half but Ulster can take a great deal of comfort in the performance of their youngsters and with the ability of the team to close out yet another close encounter of the Welsh kind!
Ulster started the game well with the youthful backline looking to move the ball at every opportunity. Dungannon’s Conor Gaston particularly impressed looking to the manor born and the youngster grew in confidence as the game went on.
Ulster went ahead after eight minutes when Nevin Spence collected a pass from Luke Marshall and burst through for a try with Pienaar converting for a 7 – 0 lead. Unfortunately Ulster let Dragons in for an easy try after D’Arcy failed to collect a speculative kick through. Tovey failed to convert his score leaving the score 7 – 5.
Luckily enough the . . .
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