PRO14: Ulster 36 Dragons 18

A patchy performance was enough for Ulster to seal the bonus point win and move into third spot in Conference B ahead of Edinburgh who lost to Zebre tonight.

Stuart McCloskey grabbed a brace of tries while Henry Speight opened the scoring. Dave Shanahan and Michael Lowry added the other scores.

Ulster made a confident start and left their first entry into the Dragons’ 22 with three points thanks to the boot of Johnny McPhillips. Henry Speight scored the first try just after the ten minute mark. A deliberate slap down fell fortunately for McPhillips leaving a two-on-one and a simple fix and give allowed Speight an easy walk-in.

The scrum woes continued and Jason Tovey knocked over a penalty after a wobbly Ulster set piece. Ulster began to force the game in the second quarter where a bit of composure would have seen a second try scored. But it did come through a moment of brilliance from Will Addison. The former Sale player ghosted through the Dragons defence and offloaded to Dave Shanahan.

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