Ulster maintained their unbeaten start to the season securing an important away win against the Ospreys on Saturday evening.
It wasn’t pretty, with plenty of mistakes from both sides, but Ulster’s late dominance of the scrum was enough to secure the win. Having failed to win in Wales last season Ulster will be relieved to have got that monkey off their back at the earliest opportunity.
Ulster’s scores came from a Niall O’Connor penalty in the first half with, his second half replacement, Paddy Jackson, adding two penalties and the conversion of Paul Marshall’s winning try late on.
I watched the two halfs over 12 hours apart, with a birthday party in between, and having been disappointed by a poor first half I had hoped that the second half would have been considerably better given that I already knew the final score. Unfortunately the second was nearly as dull as the first the only real difference being that, with the inclusion of Court, Brady and Afoa, Ulster dominated the scrums in the final quarter having been out muscled in the early exchanges.
The first half highlights included some bruising bursts from Nick Williams, some nice touches . . .
You will need to log in or register to read the rest of this article. If you have not already registered you can click here to register.
In 2022 we added 102,631 new images in 510 galleries with a gallery breakdown of 263 Rugby, 217 Hockey and 30 Athletics. Your registration and subscription will help us to continue.
Thanks.
Corrections, comments or questions?