On a night that had the potential to be a banana skin with a fully loaded* Munster side travelling up to Kingspan Stadium, Ulster dispatched Johann Van Graan’s men with ease to maintain a healthy distance from Glasgow Warriors and Toyota Cheetahs in Conference A of the PRO14.
I was slightly worried about this match pre-game and even more so when Shane Daly opened Munster’s account on ten minutes as I thought if there was any side to neutralise the attacking potency of Ulster it would be Peter O’Mahony’s Munster. Five try Ulster made light work of a Munster side featuring Irish internationals Andrew Conway, Keith Earls, Conor Murray and O’Mahony.
Ten points from John Cooney gave Dan McFarland’s men the lead shortly before the end of the first quarter. As Ulster have done so well in previous weeks, they exploited a lack of cover on the blindside and Cooney ran an excellent supporting line off Jacob . . .
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