ERCC: Bordeaux 28 Ulster 13

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Bordeaux-Begles (3) 28
TRY: Sébastien Taofifenua, Penalty Try, Blair Connor. CON: Lionel Beauxis (2). PEN: Ian Madigan (2) Lionel Beauxis
Ulster (10) 13
TRY: Andrew Trimble. CON: Paddy Jackson. PEN: Paddy Jackson (2).

Ulster continue to be the “Kings of Capitulation” as they once again crumbled in the final quarter to throw away a European game that they really should have won.

I’d said at the start of the season that spending an alleged £600K on Charles Piutau was money spent in the wrong area as we needed a big growler up front to secure the ball in the first place but as we went round the bars of Bordeaux on Saturday evening I found myself defending our forwards stating that the Connacht defeat was just a blip. 

I did have my words fed back to me on Sunday evening, and deservedly so, as once again our big boys ran out of puff (or desire to win) to give us a fairly brutal . . .

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