Ulster finished their European Cup Campaign in fine style with an eight try romp against Oyonnax at Ravenhill on Saturday afternoon.

Stand in captain Rob Herring opened the scoring and the tries came thick and fast with efforts from Darren Cave, Rory Scholes and Sean Reidy wrapping up the bonus point before half time. Scholes’ effort being a particularly fine move, kick started by Jared Payne and passing through the hands of Luke Marshall and Paddy Jackson.

Craig Gilroy opened the scoring in the second half with the impressive Robbie Diack and mercurial Ian Humphreys joining in before Payne wrapped things up with a try of his own, after having a hand in all things good about Ulster’s attacking play.

Jackson nailed five out of five conversions and Humphreys three out of three leaving the under fire out half Ulster’s leading scorer with eleven points!

It’s hard to pick out a Man of the Match with so many fine individual performances but I feel obligated to mention Herring, Robbie Diack and Nick Williams up front together with Payne, Paul Marshall and Jackson who all kept a lively tempo going throughout.

Not a lot else to say. It’s a question of sitting back and waiting to see how the rest of the matches turn out!

Ulster: Jared Payne, Andrew Trimble, Darren Cave, Luke Marshall, Craig Gilroy, Paddy Jackson, Paul Marshall, Kyle McCall, Rob Herring, Ricky Lutton, Alan O’Connor, Franco vd Merwe, Robbie Diack, Sean Reidy, Nick Williams. Replacements: Rory Best, Callum Black, Bronson Ross, Clive Ross, Roger Wilson, David Shanahan, Ian Humphreys, Rory Scholes.

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