Two second half tries from Marty Moore and Robert Baloucoune sees Ulster progress to the quarter finals of the Champions Cup for the first time in four years.
It was a frustrating first half for Ulster as they struggled to get any possession in the Leicester half. The home side deservedly lead 10-0 at the interval with Matt Toomua scoring the opening try in the final play of the half. Unforced errors and knock ons ultimately proved costly as they could have been out of sight by half time.
Mistakes compounded Ulster’s half which invited Leicester pressure. Handling errors were aplenty from George Ford’s Garryowens and prevented the northern province from stringing together any meaningful phases of play. In fact, it wasn’t until four minutes before the end of the match that Ulster had a sniff of the line with Stuart McCloskey getting his arms free and offloading to Dave Shanahan. Nothing came from the move as the supporting runners were not quick enough to the breakdown and the ball was lost.
Despite this . . .
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