On Friday evening 5th placed Benetton were the visitors to Kingspan Stadium to face 10th placed Ulster. Both sides needed to claim a win in their fight to finish in the top 8, in the United Rugby Championship, to qualify for the European Champions Cup next season.
Ulster got off to a poor start conceding a Tomasso Menoncello try after 6 minutes, to put Benetton 5-0 up.
Ulster settled and replied on 16 minutes when Player of the Match John Cooney fed Tom Stewart to dot down under the posts. Cooney’s conversion gave Ulster a 7-5 lead.
Jacob Umaga’s 24th minute penalty goal restored Benetton’s lead . . .
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