I don’t know if watching the game back on iPlayer the morning after is a good thing or not, but it did change my view of Ulster’s performance last night.
On first viewing round at the Eagle Bars in Larne last night I didn’t think much of the performance finding it oh too easy to be distracted, enjoying the crack and the company more than the game. This morning I must admit that Ulster, and Aironi, played better than my first impression lead me to believe.
Listless, languid and limp were the words I were lining up as I worked through the write up in my head, but such a description would be unfair as individually the Ulster players worked hard against a committed Aironi but the big disappointment was that it was Ulster’s lack of composure and poise that pumped the commitment into Aironi as the game went on.
It must be hard at the moment for Ulster players to keep their minds on games like this, especially with the Heineken Cup Quarter Final looming ever nearer. This was a game Ulster were expected to win comfortably but with the coaching team taking advantage of the . . .
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