You know it’s been an entertaining match when you’re gesticulating at the picture of Dylan Hartley on the TV at the end of the game shouting, “Up yours you fecker!”
This wasn’t just a win, this was an Ulster performance that had me on my feet shouting throughout as Ulster completely outplayed, out thought and out fought their opponents to such an extent that if it had been a boxing match the ref would have pulled it up after 45 minutes when Payne strolled over for Ulster’s third.
I wonder what my neighbours in Galway thought as I shouted, “Oh feck me! Yes! Yes! Yes!” as the fantastic Payne dummied and meandered to the try line but by then I was past caring ! Brilliant!
We’ve all been saying that when this Ulster team click they are going to give someone a hiding and tonight we came closest to that, against quality opposition. Amazingly it was still far from perfect, with Rory’s darts a bit of a worry, but Ulster’s defence was so fantastic, with Rory foremost here, that they could still be playing this morning and I doubt that  . . .
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