Guinness PRO14: Ulster 59-10 Southern Kings

Jono Gibbes marked his first match as Ulster boss with a resounding 59-10 victory over Southern Kings to leave them eight points behind Leinster in the Guinness PRO14.

Craig Gilroy stole the show with a hat-trick of scores, while Rob Lyttle added a brace. Stuart McCloskey, Kieran Treadwell and Darren Cave rounded off a routine evening.

Ulster signalled their intentions from the outset with strong carrying and Craig Gilroy crossed for the first try of the night. In the first 10 minutes, the Kings had given away five penalties. Masixole Banda scored a penalty after 15 minutes which was to be their last score until the 70th minute.

Stuart McCloskey extended Ulster’s lead with another try. The Bangor man ran a great dummy line which fixed the Kings defence and allowed Gilroy the linebreak. McCloskey continued his run to receive the ball from Ulster’s first try scorer to crash over. Over the last few games, Ulster have used McCloskey solely as a ball carrier. At the start of the season he was very good . . .

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