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Match Report | Munster 38 Ulster 10

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It was a tough game for Ulster on Friday evening, as they were overpowered by Munster at Thomond Park in Round 2 of the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup.

Ulster started brightly, first registering on the board after just two minutes. Tadhg Beirne was pinged for not rolling away and Michael Lowry obliged with the well-struck penalty.

The home side started to make territory, benefiting from a couple of Ulster infringements in quick succession. Rory Scannell breached the Ulster defensive line to claim Munster’s first try, and JJ Hanrahan added the conversion.

Munster continued to test Ulster, and eventually got a second score through Conor Murray picking up the ball off the back of the ruck to touch down in the left corner after a period of sustained pressure. Hanrahan was unable to make the conversion from the touch line.

Ulster’s fortunes took a downward turn when Will Addison was shown red for a high hit on Shane Daly, and the hosts immediately benefited from the man advantage. Full-back, Mike Haley found his way through for Munster’s third. Hanrahan fired over the conversion to put them 19-3 up at the break.

The visitors rung in the changes for the second half. Marcus Rea was prominent through his excellent work at the breakdown and Ulster soon struck through skipper, Iain Henderson after Ulster went on the charge with the maul and built the pressure. Lowry drilled over the tricky conversion.

Munster got their bonus-point try in the 54th minute, Rory Scannell claiming a brace after making the intercept to run in under the posts. Hanrahan landed the easy conversion.

The hosts struck again four minutes later, when JJ Hanrahan threw the dummy and slipped through Ulster’s defences to dot down. The fly-half converted his score to put Munster 23 points ahead.

Ulster went back up to a full complement on 61 minutes, after 20 minutes elapsed from Will Addison’s red card – James Hume coming on to replace him under the Rainbow Cup law variation. The Ulster men really dug in and enjoyed a spell of possession and territory but were just unable to convert it into points.

In the dying minutes of the game, Munster dealt the final blow when they made a break for Andrew Conway to collect the cross-field kick and breach the whitewash for their sixth try, which went unconverted.

Ulster’s next game will be a trip to face Leinster at the RDS Arena next Friday evening.

Full-time score: Munster 38 Ulster 10

SCORERS

Munster

Tries: Rory Scannell (2), Conor Murray, Mike Haley, JJ Hanrahan, Andrew Conway

Cons: JJ Hanrahan (4)

Ulster

Tries: Iain Henderson

Cons: Michael Lowry

Pens: Michael Lowry

LINE-UPS

Munster

(15-9) Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Dan Goggin, Rory Scannell, Shane Daly; JJ Hanrahan, Conor Murray;

(1-8) Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Fineen Wycherley, Tadhg Beirne; Peter O’Mahony (C), Chris Cloete, Gavin Coombes.

Replacements: Kevin O’Byrne, Jeremy Loughman, Roman Salanoa, Jean Kleyn, CJ Stander, Nick McCarthy, Ben Healy, Damian de Allende.

Ulster

(15-9) Jacob Stockdale, Rob Lyttle, Will Addison, Stuart McCloskey, Ethan McIlroy, Michael Lowry, Alby Mathewson;

(1-8) Andrew Warwick, John Andrew, Tom O’Toole, Alan O’Connor, Iain Henderson (Capt.), Jordi Murphy, Marcus Rea, David McCann.

Replacements: Rob Herring, Callum Reid, Marty Moore, Sam Carter, Nick Timoney, David Shanahan, Angus Curtis, James Hume.

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