Ulster defeat Wasps to open European campaign with win

Ulster open their European Rugby Champions Cup campaign with a 19-9 victory over Wasps at Kingspan Stadium.

Jacob Stockdale crossed on 55 minutes before Stuart McCloskey converted a rapid Ulster counter attack two minutes later, however the match wasn’t all plain sailing for the Ulstermen.

Wasps opened the scoring courtesy of the boot of Elliot Daly after Kyle McCall was penalized at the scrum inside three minutes. Ulster had an opportunity to level the scores up on 11 minutes but John Cooney’s penalty attempt drifted to the right of the posts.

In the opening moments of the half, Ulster had the majority of possession but handling errors yet again were the enemy. Jacob Stockdale made a bust into the Wasps’ 22 off a set piece move and after Elliot Daly was adjudged to have strayed offside, John Cooney slotted the resulting penalty to level the game up.

The wet conditions were not helping either side as the error count reached double figures by the end of the first half . . .

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