It’s been a while since I’ve had to do an Ulster match preview as I’ve been concentrating on our Club and Schools output in recent seasons. However, our regular contributor for the PRO14 is unavailable this week so here goes.
This season has a feel of “marking time” to me as the pandemic continues to rage across Europe but Ulster, who sit in second place in Conference A, have made a reasonable fist of the first three games of the season with three wins. They have picked up 14 match points from a possible 15 to boast an impressive match point pick up of 93%, a record only bettered by Leinster.
Cardiff sit in second place in Conference B with two wins from their first three games after losing to Conference B leaders Munster last week. Their match point pick up sits at 60%.
From those stats you would expect Ulster to have the edge going into the game but they are missing their star player of the opening games Marcell Coetzee who sits . . .
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