Monstrous performances from Jean Deysel and Marcell Coetzee inspired Ulster to a six-try victory over Toyota Cheetahs on the opening day of the Guinness PRO14 season.
Tommy Bowe, Stuart McCloskey, Alan O’Connor, Charles PIutau, Louis Ludik and Pete Nelson were the try scorers for Ulster while Clayton Blommetjies, Makazole Mapimpi and Sergeal Petersen were the scorers for Cheetahs.
Ulster signalled their intentions early on through playing an expansive, high risk game. The home side were first on the score sheet through the boot of John Cooney but answered immediately through a try from Blommetjies after a counter attack off a kick from Christian Lealiifano.
I have grown a dislike for the word ‘transition’ as it has been used to describe Ulster since they lost to Leinster in the Heineken Cup final, but there is the anticipation that Ulster are prepared to try new things this season. At Ulster’s first scrum, which was inside the Cheetahs’ 10 metre line, only Piutau and Andrew Trimble stood on the openside. Nothing came from the move but it was . . .
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