Ulster returned to winning ways on Friday night at Ravenhill with a scrappy 13 – 10 win against Connacht. I’d hoped for a comfortable win but a resilient Westies side proved a tough nut to crack with Ulster perhaps slightly lucky to leave the pitch with four points.
The win sees Ulster slip back into the PRO12 Top Four but they will need to find some confidence and form if they are to maintain their play off spot at the end of the season.
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Connacht are a team that need to be dominated from the start so I was somewhat disappointed that the visitors got the better of the early exchanges, with Ulster, and Jackson in particular, looking a bit rusty.
I was somewhat relieved that Connacht opted for a Carty penalty on the fourth minute as they looked to have Ulster on the rack – a lack of ambition that would come back to haunt the Westies later in the match. Ulster regrouped and looked . . .
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