PRO12: Ulster 36 Cardiff 17

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Ulster completed the double over Cardiff this season with a 36 – 17 win at Ravenhill last Friday night, securing a try bonus point in the process.

Craig Gilroy, Louis Ludik (2) and Paul Marshall all crossed with Pienaar adding a conversion and four penalties. Second half replacement Ian Humphreys completed the scoring with a late conversion.

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The win however was not without cost with Stuart Olding carried off after three minutes, Pienaar limping off with 10 minutes to go and the self inflicted wounds of yellow cards for Nick Williams and Franco van der Merwe.

In the intervening week since the game it’s been a case of good news bad news for Ulster Rugby.

The extraordinary signing of, current New Zealand International, Charles Piutau (23) has been decidedly good news. It’s encouraging that Ulster can attract players of his quality but the news was somewhat tempered when it emerged that he won’t be at Ravenhill until July 2016 – I can already picture . . .

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