The Front Row Union Sport - United Rugby Championship: Ulster 20 Leinster 27

United Rugby Championship: Ulster 20 Leinster 27

Dec 3, 2024

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With Ireland v Australia being played the next day, Leinster travelled north to the Kingspan Stadium to play Ulster, on Friday evening, with a team, which allowed squad members game time.

Ben Carson goes over in the corner to open the scoring

Ulster started brightly. Fast ball and quick handling saw Ben Carson go over, in the right corner. Neil Doak’s conversion gave Ulster a 7-0 lead after 5 minutes.

Leinster replied on 10 minutes with Luke McGrath crossing under the posts. Ross Byrne’s conversion had the sides level at 7-7.

Doak and Byrne exchanged penalty goals on 12 minutes and 17 minutes to leave the sides tied at 10-10.

Another Doak penalty goal on 29 minutes gave Ulster a 13-10 halftime lead. Worryingly Ulster had lost Werner Kok and Ben Moxham to injury. John Cooney was now playing on the wing.

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