PRO14: Ulster 54 Zebre 7

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A Rob Herring hat trick fired Ulster to a superb eight-try victory over a depleted Zebre side. The result, combined with Edinburgh’s defeat at home to Cardiff, sees Ulster move up to third in Conference B.

It wasn’t until the 15th minute before Ulster opened the scoring with Herring’s first try thanks to a rolling maul. Zebre were down a man in the pack when James Brown was sent to the sin bin for a cynical infringement at the maul.

Tries two and three for Herring were from similar positions with 15 minutes separating all three tries. Zebre struggled to control Ulster’s dynamic maul and this resulted in a penalty try six minutes into the second half.

Zebre’s only flurry into the Ulster 22 in the first half resulted in a penalty try. They worked an opening down the right wing and, faced with a two-on-one, Louis Ludik was unfortunate not intercept the ball but left Mike Adamson

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