Ulster 13 Edinburgh 16

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ulster120 Ulster came out firing on all cylinders but in the end they misfired and were done over by a competent Edinburgh side eventually losing this Ravenhill encounter 13 – 16.

There was plenty of power and passion from the red hand men but failure to rack up points, despite huge territorial and positional advantages, allowed the Scotties to hang on by their fingernails and then stick in the knife in the second half.

If Ulster had won this game we would all have been raving about a great performance. The first twenty minutes were immense as Ulster battered and smashed at the Edinburgh defences and in truth two unconverted tries, from Ferris and Schifcofske, were scant reward for such dominance. In fact . . .

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5 responses to “Ulster 13 Edinburgh 16”

  1. samueltee

    Can’t actually see how or why you say its anti Humphreys to say he was starting to lose confidence due to the misses Ulster had to get another kicker of penalties on to the pitch

    Similially on a windless night 1 out of 4 is definitely a bad return.

    Edinburgh lost to leinster because Leinster kicked their penalties this weekend

    Having a confident kicker on the pitch is a must and Humphreys tally on the night is self evident proof he was not in a confident penalty kicking frame of mind

    1. You appear to be the only one that thinks Humphreys was losing confidence. From where I was watching he was controlling the game. Ulster had plenty of other chances to win the game in the first half most of them created by Humphreys.

      Edinburgh lost the game because of their over reliance on the one man kicking machine Chris Patterson against a frankly poor Leinster in a game that in no way matched the intensity of the Ulster Edinburgh game.

  2. Raging Raven

    I hate to say it but I agree with Dewi on this occasion.
    This was the first match when I did not agree with the initial team selection nor the timing of the replacements used during match time.
    Galway on Friday will be a big test for our new management team and if the team continue to play like a yo-yo it will be a big 8 pointer.

  3. samueltee

    not really in total agreement with the views regarding Ian Humphreys for two reasons firstly on a windless night 1 out 4 was really a very bad return in the kicking stakes and it was this failure which cost Ulster the match and in my opinion he was correctly substituted at the right time because those failures were starting to erode his confidence and this is evidenced by the charged down kick just before he was substituted — he froze mentally at that moment .

    And while the Edinburgh pack were out played in many phases they were very effective inside their 22 and really applied themselves inside the Ulster 22. as you point out they got inside the Ulster 22 only once in the first half but they scored in that one visit any team that can do that is deserving respect.

    1. Now Sammy don’t be bringing your anti Humphreys agenda over here!

      Who is this fantastic kicker you’re going to bring in. I watched a couple of games over the weekend and outside of “the world’s greatest kicker” Chris Patterson none of the goal kickers looked any better or worse than Humphreys. They all looked considerably worse than Humphreys with ball in hand.

      You are obviously watching Humphreys with a jaundiced view as I detected no loss in confidence and if he had stayed on Ulster would have won. It’s probably more damaging to his confidence to be hauled off when he was playing so well.

      I don’t know what point you’re trying to make about the Edinburgh pack. I’ve already stated that Ulster used the wrong tactic by constantly moving the ball of the third phase allowing Edinburgh to fan out and defend. They should have driven the ball through the middle of the rucks more to tie the Edinburgh pack in.

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