Ulster battered their way to a 41 – 7 bonus point win over Leicester last night ensuring some form of European participation come April.
Two first half tries from Andrew Trimble, combined with two penalties and a conversion from Ruan Pienaar, gave Ulster a deserved 18 – 7 lead at the break. With the old stadium rocking things got better in the second half as Ulster completely overwhelmed their opponents to add tries from Craig Gilroy and Paul Marshall to secure the bonus point with Pienaar adding three penalties and two conversions in an exemplary kicking display.
Despite the scores going to the pretty boys in the backs it’s the forwards who deserve the plaudits as they completely dismantled their opponents over the 80 minutes with Chris Henry outstanding. I’ve not been a fan of Chris playing at 7 but the converted no. 8 produced a remarkable display of open side play, featuring in everything that was good about Ulster and really getting under the skin of his opponents, who lost the plot completely in the second half.
I had predicted a high scoring bonus point win for Ulster there was no way that I thought that this game would be . . .
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