Ulster A picked up their first win in this competition with a hard fought 3 – 7 victory at Cardiff Arms Park against Cardiff Blues A on Saturday afternoon.

Ulster’s points came from an Aaron Sexton try, converted by Michael Lowry in difficult playing conditions!

The full Round 3 results in the Celtic Cup are shown below.

Connacht	22 – 27	Ospreys	Corinthian Park
Munster	34 – 17	Dragons	Irish Independent Park
Cardiff	3 – 7	Ulster	Cardiff Arms
Scarlets	10 – 16	Leinster	Parc Y Scarlets

With Munster A and Leinster A smashing all before them it’s still going to be an uphill task for Ulster A to maintain any interest in this competition once the pool stages are complete.

It’s not impossible for Ulster to complete the series with another three wins, Ospreys A away being their hardest remaining fixture, but it would take a serious implosion from Munster and Leinster for Ulster to get anywhere near the top of their conference.

It’s disappointing that few teams have risen to the challenge from Munster and Leinster. The real final will more than likely be their meeting at Donnybrook in the final round. Whichever team wins that one should go on to beat the Welsh challenge, the following week, in the actual final.

Celtic Cup Current Standings

Irish Conference

Team	P	W	PD	BP	PTS
Munster	3	3	70	2	14
Leinster	3	3	68	2	14
Ulster	3	1	(41)	1	5
Connacht	3	0	(28)	2	2

Welsh Conference

Team	P	W	PD	BP	PTS
Ospreys	3	2	(35)	2	10
Scarlets	3	1	19	4	8
Cardiff	3	1	(35)	2	6
Dragons	3	1	(18)	1	5

Celtic Cup Remaining Fixtures

• Fri 28 Sep 2018 19:30 Leinster v Ospreys Energia Park
• Sat 29 Sep 2018 14:00 Cardiff v Munster Cardiff Arms
• Sat 29 Sep 2018 14:30 Scarlets v Connacht Carmarthen RFC
• Sat 29 Sep 2018 14:30 Ulster v Dragons Ballymena RFC
• Fri 05 Oct 2018 19:00 Ospreys v Ulster Swansea RFC
• Fri 05 Oct 2018 19:30 Munster v Scarlets Irish Independent Park
• Sat 06 Oct 2018 14:30 Dragons v Leinster CCSE Ystrad Mynach
• Sat 06 Oct 2018 TBC Connacht v Cardiff Sportsground
• 12/13/14 Oct 2018 TBC Leinster v Munster TBC
• 12/13/14 Oct 2018 TBC Connacht v Ulster TBC
• 12/13/14 Oct 2018 TBC Cardiff v Ospreys TBC
• 12/13/14 Oct 2018 TBC Scarlets v Dragons TBC