PRO12: Ulster 37 Cardiff 13

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Ulster got the result they needed, finishing the regular season in top spot, thanks to a 37 – 13 win against Cardiff on a wet and windy Friday night at Ravenhill. The win has secured a home semi final against Scarlets next Friday night, 10th May.

Andrew Trimble pushed Ulster to the winning post with a brace of second half tries and Robbie Diack decided the game with a late touchdown after Ruan Pienaar had kept Ulster in a scrappy first half with a breakaway try for the home team. The South African finished with a personal tally of 22 points adding four conversions and three penalties.

[wpspoiler name=”Anscombe” ]Another undercooked performance from Ulster and I’m afraid I’m still struggling to see what Anscombe has brought to the party this season as this was another game where Ulster played as individuals rather than as a team. Yet again there was no clearly defined pattern to Ulster’s play and the big change in tactics after the break was to bully the Cardiff players a bit more at the breakdown. It’s his first season and Ulster have just finished top of the PRO12 so we cant really grumble but . . .

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