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Ulster 13 Leinster 21, Saturday 27th December 2008

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John McMurtry

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Matt Williams, Ulster Rugby
Matt Williams, still looking for the answers!Picture by www.rugbypicture.co.uk

Ulster’s revival came to a shuddering halt against a workman like Leinster side on a cold and frosty Saturday night at Ravenhill.

While Ulster have improved substantially in recent months, particularly in defence, there is still a substantial body of work to be done in attack or, perhaps more correctly, in choosing the correct moment to attack.

Ulster still seem to be having difficulty in coping with the ELV’s, particularly in the back three. Andrew Trimble and Timoci Nagusa appear to have trouble fielding kicks and neither appears to have the vision to run forcefully out of defence. Bryn Cunningham and Clinton Schifcoske are both very solid under the high ball but neither has the out and out pace required to . . .

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One response to “Ulster 13 Leinster 21, Saturday 27th December 2008”

  1. bogboy

    I think it is to easy to blame the Ulster Wingers for the failure to make ground out of defence that failure rests on a couple of factors
    firstly the !st kick by the Leinster outhalf was high in the middle resulting in a hurried return kick by IH deep into the leinster half – fielded by either Kearney or Dempsey who advanced 10/ 20 metres before kicking again done the touch line and following the kick thus if the wingers tried to run out of defence they were running into the on side Leinster forwards who invariably marked the advancing player with 2/3 tacklers ie the wingers lacked space to run out of defence and lacked insufficient support to ensure a quick recycle to allow the Ulster forwards to gain forward momentum

    The overall fact is not that Ulster played badly it was that Leinster knew the game plan they adopted and had in Kearney and Dempsey players to ensure that the pressure was maintained and the decision to give man of the match to Rocky Elsom was a mistake as the most influential player and key to Leinsters win was Kearney

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