The new Stadium Ravenhill pulled back the curtains on a spellbinding performance for it’s unofficial opening night.
This match had it all, heroes and villains aplenty, a big dollop of controversy, masses of thrills and spills, cheers and booing by the bucket full, more twists and turns than a spring going down a helter skelter and, to top it all off, it ended with a gut wrenching finale – absolutely brilliant!
Unfortunately the result didn’t go Ulster’s way but, if this is a sample of what the new stadium is going to be like, I can’t wait to get back!
Ulster had the worst of starts. A dangerously clumsy challenge from Jared Payne on Alex Goode saw both players leave the field, Goode on a stretcher and Payne on the back of a red card. Ulster were down to 14 men with less than five minute played.
Worse was to come for the home side as talisman Rory Best limped off minutes later ,replaced by Rob Herring, but the . . .
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