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Magners League: Ulster 27 Connacht 16

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John McMurtry

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Ulster moved to second place in the Magners League after a battling win against Connacht on Friday night.

First half tries from Rory Best and Adam D’Arcy looked to have Ulster on course for a bonus point win however a gritty second half performance from Connacht restricted Ulster to a single second half try, late in the game, from Darren Cave. A Humphreys break in the dying moments gave Ulster a sniff of that all important bonus try but unfortunately the final pass to Pienaar failed to go to hand.

While this season will be regarded as a huge success by any measure it has still been a frustrating one for many supporters as there have been few games where Ulster have produced the complete package, with last nights game being a typical example.

An early try from Rory Best looked to have given Ulster the perfect start but they failed to kick on allowing the grizzly Connacht pack to dominate the breakdown. Fortunately the Connacht backs offered little in attack and they were restricted to a Keatley drop goal. Ulster extended their lead and looked bang on target with a try from D’Arcy on the thirty minute mark . . .

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One response to “Magners League: Ulster 27 Connacht 16”

  1. the mote

    It was a game with a lot of action by both teams but with Ulster trying to play an open game from deep much of the effort was in vain against a organised and effective Connacht defence.

    The partnership of Spence and Cave seldom failed to break the gain line but were often isolated due to lack of support with Cave also putting in some telling tackling. IH was his usual enigma moments of genius mixed with foolishness although less of the latter than normal.

    Ulster were more effective when they got inside the Connacht 22 but for my money I think far too much time and effort was spent in trying to score trys from deep rather than go for field position at the expense of a bonus point.

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