On Thursday, at noon, Ulster U19 played Irish Qualified U19, in a pre season friendly at Newforge Country Club. Both sides had enlarged 28 man squads, so the game was played over 3 x 25 minute periods, to ensure all squad members had game time.

Both defences were tested from kick off, with a series of forward drive. After 9 minutes Ulster broke through, when Ben Gibson carved a gap in the IQ defence to score towards the left corner. Tristan Ferguson converted to give Ulster a 7-0 lead.

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