Scarlets (9) 22
TRY: Hadleigh Parkes. CON: Dan Jones. PEN: Dan Jones (5).
Ulster (0) 12
TRY: Rory Scholes, Penalty Try. CON: Stuart McCloskey.
The pre-season doom and gloom came back with a bang after this match as a disjointed Ulster capitulated to a young Scarlets side at Parc-y-Scarlets on Saturday afternoon.
I had predicted a home win in my preview but the scale of Ulster’s ineptitude was way beyond what I was expecting. Scarlets were not as good as I had anticipated but their dogged and hard working performance was more than enough to cope with an Ulster side lacking confidence, composure and ambition.
To tell the truth, having taken time off from a couple of work reports to watch this game, I was so utterly frustrated by the Ulster performance that I took a break from my “effing and blinding” at the TV to do some much needed vacuuming of the living room during the game!
The first half was truly dire with Scarlets keeping the . . .
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