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PRO12: Ulster 25 Ospreys 16

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John McMurtry

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Ulster battled to a 26 – 16 win against, league leaders, Ospreys on Friday night  at Ravenhill moving to second place in the PRO12 in the process.

Ulster’s tries came from Darren Cave (2), who picked up Man of the Match, and Franco van der Merwe. Paddy Jackson had a fine night with the boot, before going off injured, knocking over a conversion and two penalties and his replacement, Ian Humphreys, added a late conversion.

I’d predicted a tight game but it looked as though Ulster were going to run away with it when they racked up 13 unanswered points in the opening half hour. Cave was first to get on the scoreboard, diving over from close in, after a Jackson break ended with the forwards battering the Ospreys line.  Jackson added the extras and knocked over two penalties as the Ulster forwards dominated the scrum.

Sam Davies pulled back three points for the Ospreys on the 32nd minute but Ulster rubber stamped their forward dominance with van der Merwe finishing off another forward rumble as half . . .

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2 responses to “PRO12: Ulster 25 Ospreys 16”

  1. Ginger Whinger

    Editor, were you as frustrated as I was (and possibly the talented Ulster outside backs were?) when Ulster held on,and on and on, looking for a cheap penalty in several scrums. Surely having marched the Ospreys’ scrum back, and with all their forwards, tied in these were better attacking opportunities than off a line-out 10 yrds. further up the pitch! And had the Ospreys committed an offence which denied Ulster quality possession? As for Marshall screaming like a banshee for the penalty I’d have given him 10 in the cooler for ungentlemanly conduct!

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    1. John McMurtry

      Quite right Ginger! It appears the result is more important than the style of play. Maybe Doaky is under too much pressure to unleash the much vaunted attacking game that he is famous for?

      Down with that sort of thing!

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