It was heartbreak for Ulster in this season’s opening Inter Provincial championship with the home side going down 10 – 36 to a strong Munster side at Queen’s Arena, The Dub on Sunday afternoon.
Ulster started brightly and put Munster under immediate pressure. A penalty attempt from Grace Davitt, after two minutes, was pushed wide but Ulster kept the visitors on the back foot with Ulster captain Stacey Lea Kennedy prominent. After a series of rucks close to the Munster line Ulster’s Imogen Porter spotted a gap and forced her way over the line for the opening score. Davitt hit the post with the conversion leaving the score at Ulster 5 Munster 0.
Munster worked hard to get back in the game and the wonderfully talented Niamh Briggs was on hand to dot down out right after the Ulster defence was fully stretched. Briggs added the conversion and the visitors led 5 – 7.
The game settled down after this initial flurry but the half . . .
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