PRO12: Ulster 28 – 6 Ospreys

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Ulster (15) 28
TRY: Rob Herring, Stuart McCloskey, Wiehahn Herbst, Luke Marshall. CON: Stuart McCloskey. PEN: Stuart McCloskey (2) 
Ospreys (6) 6
PEN: Sam Davies (2)

Despite the pre-season doom and gloom Ulster got their PRO12 campaign off to a winning start with a bonus point win against Ospreys. All is right again in the world of the Ulster Rugby supporter. 🙂

I dashed home after the U20’s game to watch this one, fish supper and all, and I must admit it was a thoroughly pleasant 90 odd minutes with Ulster performing much better than I expected and Ospreys considerably worse.

Quite simply Ulster were much too physical for their guests who knew they were up against it when Rob Herring threw down the gauntlet with his fifth minute try.

A penalty followed from the unlikely boot of Stuart McCloskey, who’d missed the earlier conversion, and, despite a penalty from Sam Davies, the difference in physical prowess . . .

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