The Front Row Union Sport - Friendly: Wasps 31 Ulster 14

Friendly: Wasps 31 Ulster 14

Aug 25, 2018

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A first half blitz from Wasps was enough to topple Ulster in their final pre-season outing before attention turns to the opening Guinness PRO14 match against Scarlets.

Wasps (19) 31

TRY: Nathan Hughes (3), Nizaam Carr, Zurabi Zhvania

CON: Billy Searle (3)

Ulster (0) 14

TRY: Nick Timoney, Angus Kernohan

CON: Johnny McPhillips (2)

A Nathan Hughes brace and try from Nizaam Carr gave the hosts a 19-0 lead after 20 minutes. Marcell Coetzee was sent to the sin bin on the half hour mark with Joe Launchbury following shortly after.

Zurabi Zhvania scored Wasps’ fourth try at the start of the second half while Nick Timoney got Ulster on the board with his second try of pre-season.

Kieran Treadwell leads a break out for Ulster against Wasps.

Hughes scored his third and Wasps’ final try of the night shortly before Angus Kernohan scored his first try in an Ulster shirt out wide.

Wasps: Rob Miller, Christian Wade, Elliot Daly, Juan De Jongh, Josh Bassett, Billy Searle, Dan Robson, Ben Harris, Tom Cruse, Kieran Brookes, Joe Launchbury (C), Will Rowlands, Nizaam Carr, Joe Atkinson, Nathan Hughes. Replacements: Tommy Taylor, Zurabi Zhvania, Will Stuart, James Gaskell, Thomas Young, Craig Hampson, Michael Le Bourgeois, Gaby Lovobalavu, Marcus Watson, Charlie Matthews, Ashley Johnson.

Ulster: Will Addison, Craig Gilroy, Stewart Moore, Stuart McCloskey, Angus Kernohan, Johnny McPhillips, Jonny Stewart, Eric O’Sullivan, John Andrew, Marty Moore, Alan O’Connor (C), Kieran Treadwell, Marcell Coetzee, Sean Reidy, Nick Timoney. Replacements: Adam McBurney, Andrew Warwick, Tom O’Toole, Alex Thompson, Caleb Montgomery, David Shanahan, Angus Curtis, Darren Cave, Greg Jones, Chris Henry, Jack Owens.