Under 20: Representative woes continue against Connacht.

Connacht (6) 28
TRY: Michael Boland, Tim Carroll, Cillian Gallagher. CON: Simon Keller (2). PEN Simon Keller (3) 

Ulster (3) 8
TRY: Adam McBurney. PEN: Andrew Magrath

Ulster U20’s kicked of a miserable weekend of results for the province with a 28 – 8 defeat by Connacht at the Sportsground on Friday night.

I must admit, having read the weather report for Galway earlier in the morning, I bottled out of going down to this one but by all accounts it was a poor display.

Ulster opened the scoring in a rain lashed first half with a penalty from out half Andrew Magrath however his opposite number Simon Keller responded with two penalties of his own to give the hosts a 6 – 3 lead at the break.

Connacht ramped things up after the interval with Michael Boland crossing for a converted try shortly after the re-start and Ulster’s misery was further compounded when Connacht fullback Tim Carroll crossed for an unconverted score just before the hour mark to give the hosts a 18 – 3 lead.