Leinster s Lions help turn the screw as spirited Ulster fall to another defeat
Tried from Jack Conan and Robbie Henshaw helped Leo Cullen’s side come from behind to win at the RDS. By Ciarán Kennedy Friday 14 May 2021, 10:15 PM 4 hours ago 12,975 Views 60 Comments
Robbie Henshaw scored the decisive try against Ulster.
Image: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
Image: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
Ciarán Kennedy reports from the RDS
HAVING BEEN BEATEN in their opening two games of the Rainbow Cup, this round three tie was about as inconsequential as an interpro derby could get for Dan McFarland’s Ulster team.
You’d never have known it.
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NINE TRIES SHARED between the two sides, four yellow cards and three penalty tries all add up to Ulster’s Heineken Champions Cup hopes coming to a premature end at Kingsholm.
The province’s aim of making it three consecutive trips to the European quarter-finals have ended after just two games, and needing a big win after last week’s defeat to Toulouse at Kingspan Stadium, they will only have themselves to blame for not seeing this game out having been ahead with less than a minute to play.
With the ball in hand in Gloucester territory, a knock-on from Matty Rea conceded possession, and when Gloucester went down the other end, George Barton’s try with the last play of the game consigned Ulster to back-to-back defeats in Europe and ensured they would be on the wrong side of an absolute thriller.
Adam McKendry reports from Kingspan Stadium
IT LEFT YOU on the edge of your seat for the entire game, but ultimately Ulster’s valiant unbeaten home record came to an end at the hands of Toulouse in an utterly enthralling Heineken Champions Cup tie at Kingspan Stadium.
The two sides shared seven tries, the visitors walking away with the maximum haul from the game, but it was the star quality of Antoine Dupont and Cheslin Kolbe which made the difference between the two sides as the Toulouse stars provided three sensational solo scores to earn them the bonus point victory.