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Friday February 10
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MATCH REPORT

ULSTER 30-12 DRAGONS

On a cold Ravenhill evening the Dragons failed to bring home any points in the bag despite playing the better rugby for many phases of the game.

By Joe Crocker

On a cold Ravenhill evening the Dragons failed to bring home any points in the bag despite playing the better rugby for many phases of the game.



Despite a scrappy first 10 minutes the home team took control between two Jason Tovey penalties to score two tries.  The first came from Robbie Diack who juggled a well-moved short lineout to score in the right hand corner whilst Ruan Pienaar scored under the posts following some strong midfield running and slick passing.  


A penalty each by Tovey and Pienaar brought an even first half to an end with the score 15-9.


Early second half commitment, control and pressure resulted in another Tovey penalty to reduce the deficit to 3 points but a cracking finish by Craig Gilroy immediately from the restart extended Ulster's advantage and gave them a sniff of the bonus point.


Even with a player in the bin for 10 minutes Ulster looked the stronger team and kept the Dragons deep in their own half although never really threatened to score.


Steve Jones, who was making his 160th appearance in a Dragons' shirt left the field after 62 minutes whilst the Dragons were having their best part of the game, keeping the home team well within their own 22 even ignoring a couple of kickable penalties in an effort to get more on the board.


Within the last 5 minutes Ulster were reduced to 14 men again when Ian Whitten was binned for a professional foul but hey kept their cool and kicked another penalty to effectively end any hopes of even a bonus point for the Dragons.


Former Osprey, Steffan Terblanche, put the final nail the coffin for the Dragons with an Ulster bonus-point try, converted by Pienaar.


Full time:
Ulster 30 - Dragons 12

Ulster T C D P
1Callum Black
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2Andy Kyriacou
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3John Afoa
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4Lewis Stevenson
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5Dan Tuohy
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6Mike McComish
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7Willie Faloon
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8Robbie Diack
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9Ruan Pienaar
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10Ian Humphreys
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11Stefan Terblanche
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12Nevin Spence
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13Ian Whitten
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14Craig Gilroy
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15Adam D'Arcy
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REPLACMENTS
Ulster T C D P
16Nigel Brady
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17Paddy McAllister
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18Adam Macklin
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19Tim Barker
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20Ali Birch
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21Paul Marshall
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22Mike Allen
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23Simon Danielli
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