Connacht Secure Bonus-point Win Over Ulster

It was Stuart Lancaster's broadside who registered nan first effort of nan lucifer aft Jack Carty's beardown gait group Sean Jansen up to powerfulness complete from a resulting punishment earlier nan conversion was kicked successfully by Sean Naughton.

The hosts responded quickly pinch Bryn Ward, who was connected arsenic a caput wounded appraisal [HIA] replacement for Marcus Rea, breaking interaction and beating defenders to separator adjacent to nan effort line.

The backmost rower offloaded to Nathan Doak, who vanished good and converted his ain effort to level matters.

Just awkward of half-time, Finlay Bealham was sent to nan bin for nonstop enarthrosis to caput interaction connected Tom Stewart and nan teams went into nan changing rooms astatine 7 points apiece.

Murphy's men came retired aft nan break initially applying unit but a flurry of tries from Connacht successful nan last 4th gave them control.

Bealham collapsed complete from adjacent range, earlier Dave Heffernan's offload sent Treacy complete successful nan area for Connacht's 3rd effort of nan nighttime to separator them successful front.

Naughton added nan first conversion, but nan 2nd drifted wide.

Ulster tried to respond pinch Zac Ward accelerating down nan near helping and crossed nan dotted line, but nan conversion was missed.

The attempted comeback was not capable arsenic Connacht continued their momentum and Finn Treacy fended disconnected Jack Murphy and Zac Ward to get complete for his 2nd effort of nan nighttime and nan all-important prize point.

Naughton slotted nan conversion, stretching nan lead to 12-26 pinch 10 minutes remaining.

A bid of prime and goes from nan Ulster men led to Angus Bell grounding nan shot for Ulster's 3rd effort of nan night. After a little tv lucifer charismatic [TMO] review, nan effort stood, and Murphy took nan conversion quickly to make it a one-try game.

Then, pinch a infinitesimal near connected nan clock, Ulster won a penalty, but nan shot went loose and Ben Murphy thumped it out.