PRO14: Benetton 10 Ulster 15

Ulster squeezed past Benetton Rugby thanks to second half tries from Sean Reidy and Rob Herring to move second in Conference B.

In a game which was not a spectacle as I predicted, Ulster got off to their customarily slow start. Epalahame Faiva exploited Ulster’s recurring weakness of a rolling maul to score after two minutes. Their reluctance to take the ball into contact created a pace that Ulster couldn’t handle in the first half and Ulster should have counted themselves lucky to only head into the break four points adrift.

The woes at the lineout persisted and it affected the discipline of Ulster. In an attempt to gain an upper hand at the set piece, Ulster often gave away penalties. Although it mounted to nothing, it was pleasing to see the Rob Herring throw over the top of the lineout to Stuart McCloskey.

Ulster’s first venture into the Benetton half resulted in a penalty which was converted by Billy Burns shortly before the half hour mark. In truth it was handling errors of the . . .

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