Ulster v Edinburgh Pro 12 Rugby

Hello, and a very warm welcome to the Kingspan Stadium. Last week,

Edinburgh huffed and puffed to a bonus point win against the Dragons

at home. Tonight, they've travelled to a nasty nice it -- night in

Belfast to try to blow the home side away. Coming up live its Ulster

macro against Edinburgh. Yes, good to have you winners, it really is an

awful night. Last time we were here of course Glasgow won the Pro12

final. Tonight, Edinburgh are here to try and win against Ulster Andy

Nichol, he is with us, conditions will have an impact? Massively,

really, really windy, the rain has just stopped but it will probably

come back. The wind is going straight down the pitch. It will be

very difficult. The Edinburgh side is buoyed by the news that Alan

Solomons has assigned eight year's extension to his contracts. What

impact will it have on the players? It's a bit of stability, they know

who the coach will be for the next 18 months. He has done well. He has

stabilised a pretty creaky ship when he took over and he's got them to a

good place. Now they need to kick forward. He has signed for the next

18 months. There are a lot of players out of contract and those

pictures were recorded earlier, when Alan Solomons was offering his head

from the rain. Some other players, Matt Scott, potentially big players

for Edinburgh, should be signed up? Yes, 32 out of the 45 are out of

contract and that the precarious position to begin. Matt Scott is one

of these players that the whole team can focus around. Ross Wardle is

well up front, they have good selection with signing with John

Hardie, it's about securing the likes of Matt Scott and the rest of

them. They know who the coaches. Let's talk about my's game. What

will be key? Last week their back row was important, we talked about

John Hardie, a big player for them. Do you think the back rows will be

important in this match? Without doubt, it's a wonderful match

between Chris Henry, Nick Williams and there is so much to play. They

have a big job tonight. He can get the front foot, they can get that

forward momentum that you need in these conditions. It's about

controlling the ball, controlling the game, very difficult wind. The

back and the forwards have a massive role to play. Do you think the

wingers will keep their hands in their pockets because they won't

touch the ball? It's so windy, it's difficult to kick. The ground is so

firm skivvy, you could run the risk of kicking the ball the length of

the field. -- giddy. You have to use it accurately, the wind. The role of

the scrum-half is hugely important? Ruan Pienaar knows exactly what to

do, he has won World Cups, Sean Kennedy has a big job to do but I

like the look of him. He came off the bench last week against Dragons

and made an impact. Very difficult conditions the night and it's all

about controlling the ball. Controlling the ball, controlling

the game and the smartest team will win the night. Edinburgh have been

Ulster this season, can they do it here in Belfast? This match should

be very interesting indeed. Join us in the company of our commentary

team. COMMENTATOR:

Thank you very much, we are high above Dougie and Andy and I'm not

sure that's a good idea on a night like this. It's a hostile

environment at the best of times. Tonight, the addition of a storm

called Desmond has added a different I mentioned to what was always going

to be a tough fixture. He mentioned stability. That stability is largely

now supplied by Alan Solomons signing the contract? Yes, people

should remember that he was an Ulster coach and did exactly the

same Ulster as he has done for Edinburgh. He brought in lots of

players, he stabilised the team and we now know who the Edinburgh coach

is in the medium term. That stability reflected in the actual

choice of players in the Edinburgh team tonight. Because it has a very

settled look, as they come out of the back of their four try win

against the Dragons last week. Although they did stumble, they

huffed and they pushed. But he has gone for the first three names he

always puts in the book, I suspect, Dickinson, Ford and Nel in the front

row. The back row is a regular feature. Sean Kennedy givens for

Hidalgo-Clyne, with a hand injury -- hand injury. Cuthbert comes in from

Tonks, who has a hamstring injury from last week. The captain again,

Mike Coman at number six. We are just waiting for the Ulster team. It

is a strong Ulster team, John? It is and it's a good pitch wind as we

will see at. I think going left to right. It's amazing, this stadium is

a fantastic example of what you want the Scottish teams to play in front

of, but they are going to beat this lot tonight. A fantastic set up

underneath where we are setting in terms of hospitality and everything

else. Still a grass surface here at Kingspan, forever Ravenhill for some

people, the beating heart of Irish rugby here. As the Ulster team takes

the field, undefeated in 14 matches here, they too have stability, four

changes from last week, Rory Best is rested, Rob Herring with a new

contract as captain, Van der Merwe, Roger Wilson at number eight, Nick

Williams coming at his place and at the backs, McCall and -- mash --

Marshall and Adam Caves in the middle. Fantastic setting, the

weather easing off significantly now. Our referee tonight is Ian

Davis, from the Welsh Rugby union. The Irish side lining up in white to

our left as we watch from Edinburgh in the red and black colours, and

Ulster get us under way. They have the breeze, as John said. It is

howling, in all sorts of different directions. I haven't seen the posts

go in opposite directions for a long time. Waltzing earlier on, still

significant movement. It's going to be interesting to see how the

kicking game plays. Scrum-half, Sean Kennedy, everybody tonight trying to

take the wind on. Ulster will no doubt want to make the most of

that. Here they come. Keeping it tight. It might be the way it's

going to keep Wood B. -- might be the way it's going to be. Some

Balkan midfield, we have an Irish injury on the halfway line. Darren

Cave has taken a knock, meanwhile way out on the far side Edinburgh

close the door down on -- Darren Cave is looking in a lot of trouble

in the centre line just below us. He has taken a stinger to the shoulder,

I think. The ball comes this way, Jackson, a man down in the middle,

Du Preez. Edinburgh gradually easing Ulster backwards here. Good

challenging. A pacey attack. Defence and attack, first ball to Edinburgh,

John, they've shifted them all the way up to halfway. I'm really

surprised Ulster are playing, they are playing with three pods, a group

of falls in the middle, trying to go wide to the wide, which with this

wind which is majority left to right they should be kicking for the

corner. You saw Edinburgh clearing. When Kennedy cleared that kick he

cleared it low and this is a tackle I think her to the player. I'm

really surprised that -- at the way Ulster are playing, with the wind

behind you get the ball to the corner. I would have anticipated the

first one going up in the air and looking at the post, still spinning

around, because it has eased off significantly from earlier on. It

has not been cold but by golly, these showers have been something

else. Just an early break in play here, which won't help either team.

Darren Cave taking one to the shoulder, just being checked over

there. Certainly in a great deal of discomfort. Pique, short inside

ball, came on inside ball from ten and it came in high and he was

dumped back. It's a good start for Edinburgh, that. They were under

pressure in their own 22 and they've shifted Ulster to ten metre the

ninth -- to the ten metre line. To the left of halfway. The pivotal

presence of Pienaar and Paddy Jackson at nine and ten is going to

be so important for the Irish. Nothing at all between the packs,

just about a pound's difference. Ulster have spilled that. They've

turned Edinburgh there, destroyed the Edinburgh heel. They are in full

flow at the moment. No need to stick it up in the air, because Pienaar

has got them on the move. Here they come again. Plenty of the Balkan

midfield again. -- plenty of the bulk, in midfield again. Still not

using the air. Edinburgh may have won it, not quite, Pienaar gets it

away again. Not committing to many of the forwards, keeping them in

midfield, Jackson. Good tackling by Edinburgh, Matt Scott. His trial

last week, Pienaar tries again. -- try. Comes right this time, looking

for a gap over the back, turns the Edinburgh defence. Cuthbert is going

after it and that's bobbling, absolutely treacherous ball to deal

with. And that's what we expected to see in the opening kick. Passages of

play. Exactly, I didn't expect to see the Edinburgh packhorse

backwards on the first scrum but I expected this. Pienaar, the class,

the boys, he knew exactly what he was doing. World-class player. --

poise. This is going to be a difficult evening for Ross and

whoever else is throwing in because you can see with the flags the

effect of the wind. He's gone long, which is perhaps a surprise and

risky in this kind of weather, but Du Preez took it well.

Again, Edinburgh keeping it tight, moving it out. There's no point

trying to hoof it because it won't go far. It has charged down,

dangerous, dangerous for Edinburgh and really there was no option there

for Burleigh, he had to go for safety. Danger bells, all from a

great kick. Good line-out, good charge, was that Williams, came

right over the top of the ruck, as he is allowed to and good pressure.

Is it Williams? It is, great play by the number eight. Destroyed

Edinburgh's ball. It's going to be an Ulster line-out. The birthday

boy, 32 yesterday, Nick Williams, who came into the side late when

Roger Wilson suffered a back spasm, we understand, lifting a bag. That

is Henderson injured, he's a good player. He's not happy. He's not

happy, you can tell. Usually when they hold their head, it's the old

golden rule of injuries, someone holding their head has normally hurt

her knee. I follow, I follow! The referee meanwhile having a word with

Anton Bresler, who was exchanging some full and frank views. With his

opposite number. While the rock went on, Nick Williams went over the top

and the substitution straightaway. Yes, they know it is Henderson and

that's bad because he played well in the World Cup, he's a good player. I

remember him playing, you get that little tap on the shoulder, you know

that's the end of your day maybe. Maybe a little hospital visit coming

up. That's a shame because he's a class player

APPLAUSE That is Henderson leaving the field

was sure the substitute is Clive Ross, who came onto the bench in

place Nick Williams, so this is how it happened. That was the charge

down, a great charge down as you saw, but that's where he went down,

just as he went after Burleigh and well, if it's that one that's

already strapped up then he has come on the field with an injured right

knee and has stressed it. That's the margins, you go onto the pitch

mostly fit, something goes wrong, you are off again. Ian Davies is

giving them time to clear the injury from the in-goal area. He doesn't

want to restart play, but I get these disruptions is a difficult set

of circumstances anyway but it's not going to help the players at all, is

it? To go back to the game, Edinburgh will not have been happy

with the first scrum because they went backwards. It's survival now

for Edinburgh in this first half. Let's go down to Andy Nichol on the

touchline. Just to pick up on John's point, the first scrum was

very dodgy for Edinburgh, to lose it. For the time being... We seem to

have some communications difficulties, if you will excuse

that from time to time. We will check and see where Andy has gone,

whether he is away in the wind aware. -- somewhere. Meanwhile, the

somewhat sad departure of Iain Henderson along the Edinburgh goal

area. One thing I would say as he is carded off, everyone thinks rugby

football, they are all glamorous careers, actually, there's a fair

bit of line when these lads train and train and train, then they get

hurt and as he gets wheeled off he's thinking all sorts of things go

through your head, my contract, well -- how long have I got, when will I

be back, is a career ending? He has had for and a half minutes less

probably the night of up potentially promising career, however, we will

park that for the minute. Ulster have it, driving to the line. This

is a good tight move, they spin off is back towards the line. They are

not far off now and they think they have it, not this time though. There

was a big claim there from Chris Henry, offside coming, offside

coming, the referee has stopped. -- stops play. They were looking to see

if there was a try. Pienaar may have been close. There are going to have

a look at whether Edinburgh illegally stopped that potential

try. REFEREE: Tackling the player has

prevented a driving squad. That could be serious in all sorts of

way, it could be a five. I think it's Sean Kennedy, keep an eye on

Sean Kennedy. No, he means Coman, he means Coman, he means the tackle on

Knight once Coman, it's happened already, came in from an offside

position and tackled Pienaar. They will have to rerun this. Here we

go. Henry makes the break, on the left-hand side Pienaar is about to

come in on the right, Coman, number six is coming back and he's offside

and it's a try. It's a penalty try. REFEREE: Does he tap in from an

offside position? He does. It's a penalty try.

REFEREE: I tell you what I'm seeing, it's a penalty try. I do not think

it's a yellow card offence, simply a penalty try. A penalty try is

sufficient for me. No, you are offside, preventing a try being

scored, it's only a penalty try. It's a try, John, but in a way they

have got out of jail almost but they could have been worse. That is

quality played, originally good defence in the maul, a great break

by Henry but hand on heart as a neutral Coman was cynical. That's a

yellow card offence. Well, OK, prevented the try from an offside

position. Good vision by Pienaar. He came round the side, he knew what it

was doing, Coman felt he had to give it away and tackled him from an

offside position. I'd say alarm bells, alarm bells for Edinburgh.

Danger all over the early phases of play with Pienaar being so creative

and Paddy Jackson has added the other two points. Already that's his

nine from 14 in all and it's got Ulster off to a flying start because

they dominated the play and have been lethal in terms of their

finishing. Do you know what it all came back to? Edinburgh being pushed

off the ball in their own scrum. It's like everything in this crazy

game of rugby, you can chart it back to every set piece. Edinburgh blew a

scrum. Ulster did it and they gave away a penalty try. 7-0, Ulster

lead. That ball hanging in the wind again and Ulster having to take it

out. There is Ludik. Darren Cave has gone off. From the shoulder knock,

we saw him struggling badly there and Ludik has come on already. Two

changes. Ross Ford again. Managing to beat

the wind, which is some achievement, let me tell you. Kennedy breaks.

Kennedy again, the ball went backwards. Edinburgh still have it.

Trying to regroup. Coming left. A big tackle. You could feel that one

up here. Press low, and it's that low, cutting challenge whether

player goes in. No arms, a difficult decision the referee has to make, a

loose ball again, tidied up by Edinburgh. All very scrappy, I'm

afraid. No continuity for Edinburgh. But Nick Williams, absolutely

expert, deadly on the breakdown, John, and he's not happy with the

way he was pulled back there. Well, he's not allowed to go for the ball

once the rock is formed. He is formed. He's first money and I guess

after the tackle and the referee said the rock was formed, then you

go for the ball, you can't do that. I tell you what, Ulster are tackling

really low and I thought that tackle by Kyle McCall, the big loosehead

prop was a hands-free no hands tackle, I can't remember who was

carrying the ball, chopped in very low and Matt Scott a big Samoan,

which she ran into that man there, Williams, who is a big strong lump

of meat. Here we will get an indication of the wind. We saw Jack

Cuthbert having a go from this kind of area pre-match. Didn't hang

about. He has hit it high and it's gone short. He gave it a good sump,

but that is exactly the problem -- sump full stop here come Edinburgh

again. Du Preez. A good off-load, Cuthbert involved again on the far

side. Edinburgh moving along the line,

just too clever, too clever by half on a night like this. Tackled by

Williams. Fantastic agility from the big fellow. Keeping the ball in

hand, Ross Ford. Ulster driving them back again. Forde-macro has to try

again, -- Ford has to try again. Kennedy, way above his head there.

Pienaar thought he had it. It was just a glimpse, here's Kennedy

again. Edinburgh girl left up the middle, Matt Scott sees a break,

feels the gap. They've lost it, spilled the ball.

Ulster habit, or they don't have it. All very scrappy, let's see if we

can make contact with Andy Nichol. Playing in the world wind as strong

as this you have to play smart and going for a penalty from 45 yards

out with such a wind, it was never going to have the legs. They lost so

much possession. They've got to be accurate. They've got to make sure

they're playing in the right field and go through the phases and make

sure they keep control of the ball, so when you are in this wind you

have to play smart. Smart and simple, I would have thought. Just

too much of the fancy stuff in midfield from Edinburgh there, its

cost them possession. That's another good attacking position for Ulster.

I always thought when you were coaching teams to play into the

wind, it's quite easy to play into the wind because the pass naturally

comes into your breadbasket. If you play with the wind behind you, you

sling long passes out, sometimes they can drift away from you.

Jackson, a fantastic break by Ulster, men are here and it will go

all the way and Rory Scholes, they have sliced Edinburgh wide-open and

they took the simplest and straightest route to the line.

Well, this felt like just opening up a can of beans. They got steady

possession, nice little move, comes to ten, scissors, straight cut and a

nice off-load, a step off his left foot and schools was in. Nobody at

home and that is the simpler city of a scissors, just the old-fashioned

cut and off-load -- Scholes. Edinburgh drifted too wide. It came

right back in through that gap. I Burleigh, I think. The second set

piece have cost Edinburgh dearly, they almost needed someone to hold

the ball for him. Remember, he's kicking with the wind. A chance for

two more. Alarm bells ringing. Jackson gives it a good wind

assisted and all of a sudden the task has become even more enormous

for Edinburgh. Ulster lead 14-0. Ulster are taking Edinburgh apart.

Look at that stadium. It is... I think it might have been analysis

because the -- Burleigh certainly seemed to move out one man and the

straight cut came right back in beside Burleigh. Lessons learned,

here is the high one again, Pienaar this time. Du Preez is under it.

Burleigh. Cuthbert is on the chase and look at that, that's the back.

It's actually Burleigh who made the ground up himself to catch it, but

that pushed it back a good 15-20 metres. Far too high. Against the

wind. Here they come again, they are now beginning to tease Edinburgh

with that ball over the top. There's the lead leaners, Connacht Sara Head

by three points at Cardiff Cardiff ten, Cardiff three, a latest score.

We will keep you updated, the only other matching play tonight. --

Connacht Sara Head. This is Desmond, this storm, isn't it? Storm

Desmond. Pienaar, who is at the heart of the eye of the storm at the

moment because Ulster are rampaging through Edinburgh almost at will. I

suppose there has to be a feeling in the Edinburgh camp that they have to

contain them and hope the second half they can repeat... Here they

come again. Plenty of space, held high there this time by the

Edinburgh defence. Big shout from the seats below us. It was a

sell-out crowd earlier in the week for the seated areas. It has filled

up rather well in the last half hour or so, before the game. But there

were some doubts, I'm sure, amongst the travelling Ulster support. Well

tackled again. Ulster knocking everything down at the moment. The

trouble is, as Andy said, Edinburgh don't want to kick this away. They

have to somehow just keep hold of the ball playing into the wind, and

if you watch Ulster they are clever because much of their attacks are

behind obstructing line of three forwards. They pull the ball in

behind these forwards. There's the high one. It's just not happening.

At all. When it's returned, is returned with interest. Burleigh,

look at that! Going back. I have to say, how many kicks is that he's

tried? Has he not worked it out? Well, the trouble is if there is

nobody to pasta, what do you do? In Rugby, if you are stuck behind your

team because it's a long kick, watch this again. Is this Pienaar?

Somebody digs it through, gets the ball, things inside the 22, sticks

it up in and if the camera follows it, which it doesn't, it actually

came back behind the 22. So he made about two with that one, I think, if

he's lucky. The skipper is down and back up again. The Edinburgh

psychology is survive this, let's just survive this. Just taking a

look at the posts there, over your shoulder, it's phenomenal, the way

the posts are being buckle. At the right-hand end. At the far left,

it's actually not moving too much. Here we are though, game on.

Edinburgh trying to run it out now, trying to keep it tight. Because

it's the only option, really. As John said, when the flare is

isolated -- when the player is isolated like Burleigh was, you have

no option but to put foot the ball, but they've lost that again. Ulster

picking up all the loose balls now. Here is Pienaar. Williams, stopped

in his tracks. To our left, the big drum banging as

well. Winding up Ulster here. Good tackle. By Allen there, this time

Ulster not releasing and I would imagine there would be no hurry to

take this one -- by Helu there. Very seldom do you do creative play in

the like this. -- into wins like this. I don't think we are in any

danger, John, he's not going to reach us. He gave that a huge thump

and he's made about 20 metres. I wonder if Edinburgh might go wider.

Everything they are doing a fitting that first port of players which is

more easily defendable. It's risky going wide but Ulster are lining up

fairly narrow and you can see Edinburgh thinking, hang on a

minute, we have to get the half-time, 1560 minutes gone, we

have to keep the ball into the wind and not kick it away which normally

you would often think of kicking as part of your tactics -- 15 or 16

minutes gone. Everything is up as now, they can't afford the ticket.

Kennedy got away quickly and that's a better charge from Edinburgh.

Kennedy again. Rushed forward. Burleigh. There is that tackle

again. That is the second time. Williams does that as well. Kennedy

gets away though. He is suffocated by two white shirts. Everything is

quite narrow. Dickinson took that one in. Kennedy himself this time.

Burleigh. A bit more room here for an this time. Dickinson. They go

right this time. Cuthbert is in there. That was a risky ball. Here

is Henry. The long pass. This time it is the full-back who knocks it

down. Territory, space. They know if they keep Edinburgh down there, they

could crack them. That was a much smarter play by Edinburgh. Matt

Scott was prevalent. That is what they need to do but they must cut

out the mistake, which is giving the ball back. You make a mistake, you

lose 40 yards, and you are defending a lying out in your own 22. They

have dealt with that well. A little bit more control, a little bit more

of the ball and hands. Hardy has it, too Kennedy. Tight option up the

line. Not quite a tackle. Dodgy ball to the captain. Here they come

again. Edinburgh have a bit more space this time. Matt Scott changes

his mind. Chris Dean over-the-top. Back they go again. Bressler this

time. A bit more ball in hand for Edinburgh and the chance to run.

Making good ground now. You halfway. Kennedy using the tight touch line.

They manage now to almost get to that ten metre line again.

The referee is telling him to get on with it. Still not making that much

ground. Kennedy switches that one. That was clearly forward. Well, the

referee's insight to their that even the wind did not sort that out for

them. They are going through everything in their armoury. The

defence just lines up. That was a little forward pass. Occasionally

there will be a second middle pass. Matt Scott is doing well. He is

whacking up with the ball in hand. All of those phases to make, what,

10-15 metres? An interesting little exchange there between the referee

and the Irish captain about that dive tackle. He has worn them I

suppose informally that he is not too happy with the way it has been

conducted and the lack of obvious involvement of arms. McCall and

Williamsburg have one each so far. I would not too despondent. In the

second half, you would be thinking, if we can get that ball down into

their corners, we can cause them trouble. The Ulster men have already

had a two big injuries. This is the key area for me. The first one it

was not good, and now if Edinburgh can disrupt this, it is revenge.

There has been a passage of play now, where they move from their own

22 to the Ulster ten metre line. Significantly holding possession,

that has been a useful addition to their armoury, they have mastered

that aspect of a difficult evening where the weather forecast had the

worst of the storm at seven o'clock. It was bang on. Jackson spins it out

to the full-back. Here we go again. Inside again to Henry. Into the

heart of the Edinburgh defence. Edinburgh, stretched to the limit

here. Back they come to the middle. Juggled to get back backwards from

Pienaar. They go left again. They have an extra man. Nelson take it

in. Back they come. Lumping Edinburgh -- thumping. Luke Marshall

takes it in. Pienaar again. Fantastic skills from the Irish

team. Trimble is grounded. Edinburgh have it. The difficult bit, what to

do, what to do? Manage to make about six inches there.

Again, that pressure. Well, the referee has done them a favour,

giving them a chance, but the Ulster defence there... I watched Coleman

gets up and he did not look too happy. Williams absolutely believe

this. Watch this. That was greedy. They should have kept their shape.

Pienaar sends these big passes out and there is Williams just trying to

go through the middle and messes it up. Coleman at some stage actually

came back pretty groggily. That is back to the incident on the far

side. Let's see if Andy can explain. Just like the last passage

of play, but that was a very poor defence from Edinburgh initially. It

seems too easy and the first phase, but they're scrambling defence was

outstanding, and that tells you everything about the camaraderie

that they have got. They were fighting there and they had to do

that. They are still OK with this wind but they need to clear their

lines, and we know how difficult that is in this wind. The captain's

day is done. I heard the referee say there was head injury assessment, I

think. There is Watson coming on. Watson is coming on. They will miss

Coleman because he is a big smash about player. So is Watson, mind

you. This next scrum is really a vital. I think the last scrum,

Ulster are completely comfortable, state right, went left, that is why

they are in this position. They have so many options here. They have

Trimble on one side, Scholes on the other side, Nelson up the middle,

and they have three yellows in front of them. I think this could be a

complete roller coaster, with Nick Williams providing activity from the

back. A big shout. They are just holding them at the moment. Good

scrum. Squeeze is on. Good scrum. Trying to move it out bit by bit.

Still, the score is just 14 point two no points. Good round was made,

a very good kick from Sean Kennedy. The ball tumbled its way toward the

touch line. It was Ross forward taking out his opposite man,

Herring. Herring actually ended on his forearm, he smashed it into

another player's face. This wind will make it difficult. Just

watching the touch judge's flag there. You can perhaps hear the wind

whistling Andy microphones. -- in the microphones. Just riling at the

right hand side here. -- just rattling. A little shuffle before he

got it away. Moving it beautifully and getting it through the first

tackle as well this time it is Tuohy. Jackson. Everything going

through the nine and ten. When it goes, how far it goes... Nelson this

time. Scholes. The follow-up is good. Pienaar to Tuohy. Tuohy set it

up. Edinburgh have it. Burleigh turns inside. Running into traffic,

straightening up again. Wield it back, though. Just a bit short here,

but here is a chance. A long pass in the wind. No chance of holding onto

it. It has been turned over again. The expense of Ulster style now.

Good tackle. He had to make that one. Pienaar again. A gap here.

Decided against it. Nelson. He felt his way through. Pienaar. Still not

making the breakthrough, Ulster, but they have been dairy patient.

Scholes with intent on the left side again. That has gone backwards. A

bit scrappy from both sides now. More continuity from Ulster.

Wonderful skills from Williams. He never came off when he was in site

of the line. That is exactly what Edinburgh would want there. Exactly.

I think Williams is having a good night. Despite making a few

mistakes. Looks like another injury. Good defence by Edinburgh. A

lot of what time to -- ten two is doing, there have been a couple of

-- a lot of what Ulster is doing. If you are Edinburgh, you just try to

stay. Does keep doing what you are doing. That for sure does not look

good. That is your old. Of holding your head because that is an ankle

-- that is your old theory of holding her head, because that is an

ankle injury. The player is down, it is Scholes. Eye entering the referee

saying it is a structure job. -- I am listening, the referee is saying.

That is the third big injury for them. I am surprised they are

playing so much rugby with the wind behind them. You saw Paddy Jackson

Shin the ball for just too long. As soon as the phase finished, you can

see that the wind is really blowing and they just used the time to

regroup, really think about what they are going to do next. Coleman

has gone off but Ulster have been affected worse than Edinburgh, and

Edinburgh need to dig in. They have done well to only be two tries down

with this wind, and if they can just hold out for the last 12 minutes, it

will be a good half. Man, oh, man. His left ankle. We shouldn't be

watching. He makes a break. Watch that left ankle there. Ouch. He goes

up to the inside of his knee and his ankle turns, and that is not good.

The speed of the incident there, the two redheads, and it is Nelson, the

full-back, confirmed down. Solomon is there, suffering and the cold.

Not really Cape Town weather, is it? Games are about momentum. This is a

little pause in play. Ulster have the momentum. There is nothing wrong

with Coleman's head. He is happy. He has come back on. Watson has come

back to the relative warmth of the dugout. All of this hanging about

for the players to are still involved is just not good. It is

affecting their muscle, their temperature. And your brain gets

used to getting an a certain mode, which is running around and hitting

things, and it suddenly all stops. Even the top psychologist would tell

you that whether it is golf, football or rugby, your mind wanders

sometimes, and the All Blacks have a specialist psychologist. I was

reading Dan Carter's book, and he was speaking about visiting the mind

Doctor he was telling him to not let his mind wander in big games. The

Ulster substitute this time is Stewart's McCloskey, number 22. He

has come in in place of the full-back. Some significant

adjustments since the Ulster took the field, even allowing for the

fact that Williams was a late change himself. So, another set piece for

Edinburgh to negotiate. 11.5 minutes or thereabouts to go until half

time. We have managed to seal off the main dangers. Kennedy. He took

the option of turning inside their so that the gap was narrowing it

badly on him and front of his own dugout. Turned back, here he is

again. Fumbles that one, took his eye off of it. Was looking for the

contact before it ever arrived. Ulster again. Good tackle by Chris

root macro. . -- Chris Dean. A quick pass from Pienaar. Williams.

Kennedy. Get it to Dougie Fife. Here is a good run. This is more like it.

Just lost his footing there. Back they come. Plenty of Edinburgh

shirts here. Cuthbert takes a straight line. I think Kennedy is

having a cracking game. Some of this stuff is good, constructive build up

play. They have stopped kicking for one thing, it seems to have helped.

They are not conceding ground or finding the ball going back over

their shoulder. That was an ambitious pass. A good ball. Now

there is a break in the far side. Taking down just on the line. Into

the 22, Kenny spins. -- Kennedy. Oh! Early was absolutely hammered

there. I think that was Watson. No, it was Burleigh. He thought, oh, no.

I think the referee thought he was done for. He looks up and thinks,

this is it. Oh, yeah, he is bent right back. The look on his face. It

is a good spot. He died Burleigh was in trouble, didn't he? -- he thought

Burleigh. Passing on his combo meds to the players for the way they are

dealing with the difficult conditions. -- complements. It is a

good thing it is not raining. Or is a lot more action. Ulster are not

using the wind as much. Edinburgh are in a group and I think they can

be proud of what they have done so far. Kennedy at nine is growing into

this 15 a side. A busy player. Same ball. The other thing about having

Watson, you have two very similar wing forward to can fly around. --

been forwards who can fly around. The advantage is with Ulster. Not so

sure that that ?1 is not significant, but it is a fact. We

are watching the game to the left. The proud is quiet. They have kept

the ball in hands. They have done really well. There are some

questions for Ulster. A bit untidy to finish here. 1080 did not quite

get away, but they have an advantage. -- Kennedy did not quite

get away. Nominally strong individual. They still have it, and

Brett, making ground. Come two are not committing any players -- they

still have it, Edinburgh, making ground. Matt Scott. Back where they

started now. Kennedy looks left, goes right. That tackle around the

ankles. The trout is beginning to come to life, they can feel just a

little bit of momentum coming to the red and black. -- the crowd. Good

play by Matt Scott. Same again. Ulster have gone over the top

there. Not for long. McCloskey was unceremoniously dumped out over

there. It is a real exercise in keeping the ball. They have just

kept it. Look at that. One pass. Keep the ball, look up, CA forward.

Coleman goes in, good play. They have it, they have stolen it, and

that is the impact of that tackle. The Edinburgh... They are keeping it

in hand. Six minutes of the first half remaining. Ulster lead, 14-0.

Seems like ages now sent Ulster managed to score. They are

threatening to cut loose again. That was a crucial tackle there. Pienaar

is not amused. Another Ulster player down. I thought that player was in a

delicate position. A good off-load. This time it is Scholes. Well, that

is not bad by Kennedy. He sizes him up. That is more of a dangerous

tackle, that chop tackle. When you see that in real-time, it actually

looks very scary. The player has no control over his own momentum. He is

just going straight through the ankles. Ulster have had a lot of

injuries. Wilson had a back spasm before the game, and now these. And

Edinburgh, it and the Solomon's a bit of a company Doctor, he went to

Northampton and did not last, came to Edinburgh and brought a lot of

players, completely swept it clean, and he has organised Edinburgh. I

think I heard that there is going to be a luck made through the TML. --

TMO. There was nothing wrong with that tackle. He is actually having

to go. The rules of had a assessment are, if you suspect and caution, you

don't do -- concussion, you don't do a had assessment. -- had assessment.

Not quite last Man standing, but getting close to it. The Ulster

crowd is calling for more as we had for five minutes left. Chris Henry

calling for action. Suggesting Edinburgh were delaying things. A

good drive going here, Edinburgh. They are on the rumble.

Straight through again. They are held up this time. Kennedy has it.

He did well to get it back at all. This time he puts boot to ball. And

gives it away. Here they come. Pienaar is inside. It gets away.

Guess who? Chris Henry. Absolutely phenomenal. All over the pitch now,

Ulster. Here they come. McCloskey looking for the off-load, and he is

well wrapped up there by number 12, Matt Scott. Huge pressure for Ulster

now as they feel half-time approaching full top Jackson is

looking for the -- approaching. Jackson is looking for the off-load.

Momentum again for Ulster. Pienaar dances through to the five metre

line. Good pressure from Edinburgh. They were really stretched there.

They were stretched. That all came from kicking the ball away into the

wind. Keep the ball in hand. It is the one time they have done it in 20

minutes and look at what happened. Pienaar is involved. He is a

world-class. Coleman has been wandering around, not looking too

healthy in my opinion. Well, it was a desperate passage of play, that

last two minutes or so there. Brave defence. The runners about Ulster

have had, Marshall, McCloskey, Ludik even, these are good runners and

they haven't diminished Ulster. They have diminished the actual rate of

scoring. If he is at all seemingly injured,

they cannot proceed with the scrum. He is giving it away by smiling

there. I assault no discernible facial expression. Pienaar knows

that that should have been a try. -- I saw no discernible. Arguably no

better player in broken possession than Pienaar. He has got

everything. He can kick and he has an incredibly long service line. He

can pick any one of three people who might be attacking. This is a key

scrum. Kennedy gets it into where he needed

to get it. Ulster are again turning the screw. It saps the energy, but

it is also eating the clock. He is kind of getting to sit here in this

scrum. He is not having his normal dominant night. This arguably is the

biggest test of the season so far. Not just the venue, but the

personnel. The weather, the conditions, everything. This is one

tough gig. They have managed to turn it around in the sense that they

have stemmed the tide. Two minutes left to defend what they have got.

This is Ross Ford. Well done. Pienaar is all over them.

Du Preez is in trouble, he is isolated, but they've managed to

help him. He did really well. They think they have got it, there are

bodies everywhere. I don't know how Ian Davies can make out what is

going on. But Ulster throwing the kitchen sink at this. Kennedy again

doesn't find touch. This is trouble. A trip, almost, there, a big shout

for a trip, but Ian Davies allows them to go on. Here they come again,

women -- Williams ambles back. They've lost it. Coman takes it out.

They have to hold the ball for the best part of a minute. That could be

a crucial part, to foot the ball, now, what can Ulster do? That has

worked, that has worked. That's certainly the best kick Edinburgh

have put in all right. You've got to say that some of the Edinburgh stuff

tonight has been really, really good. That's a good kick, Kennedy

had a couple of dodgy ones will stop that scrum, when you are liberate

and the scrum is just speaking back in the right-hand side, picking that

ball up and making any kind of territory is a major examination --

you are a major examination -- you are number eight. He passed, flying

colours. Rory Scholes comes back on which releases Paul Marshall back to

the bench. We can hardly say they are back to where they started this

time. They are back to one of their permutations, anyway. Thankfully

Scholes is all K. So do Ulster have something here in the last minute of

the first half? They have been closed down by Edinburgh, who apart

from the wreckage of the first 12 minutes or so, have produced what

has to be said to be a really commendable performance. Yes. Now,

this is the test. Where does this go? Get this out. Yellow Robin get

it off the pitch. Cuthbert fancies something here, he's got Pienaar

beside him. Edinburgh have made good ground and they have Ulster on the

retreat here. Ross Ford, the Burleigh, Burleigh, out to the

centre field, the number 13, Christine. Just the momentum has

slightly gone but Edinburgh still feel it's worth carrying on -- Chris

Dean. This might or might not be an expensive passage of play for either

side. They are way over the red zone. Kennedy dips early and again

they come. Nice pass. A good chance here, he has held, held, Cuthbert

loses it. But retrieves it. Now they have to take a decision. They have

to take a decision here, and that's a good decision by Chris Dean. Who

eventually decided enough was enough, because that was getting

very scary, as we came to the end of a pulsating first half in most

trying of conditions both sides. Ulster shot ahead and took all the

chances they could get in the first passage of play, certainly up to

about 15 minutes they dominated this game with the wind at their backs

because there was only one sided it as the game went early. They had the

two tries, this is the penalty try. Coman was offside, gave away the

penalty try and that was the right decision but Edinburgh in general

have played, well, this was the second try, just from a straight

10-12 got on the breakthrough but I think Ulster will be in that

dressing room kicking themselves. They should have scored more points.

That has brought us neatly to half-time and Ulster lead 14-0.

Under many circumstances 14-0 at half-time would seem like a bad

score, from Edinburgh's point of view playing into that horrendous

wind, not too bad. They have done quite well, they started shakily.

They were kicking too much. The ball was getting blown back. They played

rig -- smart rugby for the middle 20 minutes and have been gutsy and

defence. They have made mistakes but you have to make mistakes, they have

worked hard to make sure they did not concede more tries. A very good

40 minutes for Edinburgh. And an additional 40 minutes were both

sides? Ulster have lost in that regard, a ball carrying like that

will be badly missed. Edinburgh are right in this game. Early on I

thought Ulster could blow Edinburgh away. They have dug in really well.

The point we thought Ulster could blow Edinburgh away was four minutes

in and blow Edinburgh away was four minutes

in and a penalty try. It was the right decision, it was a good

line-out from Ulster, they drove it well, it was good defence initially

from Edinburgh but Chris Henry comes round and watch Coman coming back in

and Pienaar identifies there is no defence there. What the referee is

saying is if Mike Coman was not an offside position that would have

been a try. That's why he gave a penalty try. It was the right

decision. You see Henry, the number seven, a good tackle by Hardie and

Helu. Pienaar sees there's no defence, Coman is coming back, he

comes in, never gets behind the line, which would have taken him

onside. Then, as you can see, he comes in with the white boots there

and I think Edinburgh were quite lucky not to get down to 14 men

because the referee was quite lenient there. Coman could easily

have seen ten as well as the penalty try. The referee was careful to

speak to the TV umpire because let's face it, that could have been a

yellow card and Edinburgh would have been... UC the guy and you have to

try to stop. If he had waited to get behind the line Pienaar would have

scored. He took a chance. Some referees might not noticed it but he

did. Lucky to get away with it. Going down to 14 men in this wind

would be difficult. Edinburgh were not playing the conditions

particularly well at the start of the match, too many kicks early on

and potentially the second try was a result of losing possession and got

knocked back up the pitch. It was a kick in the wrong area. Very much.

This was too easy from the first phase. It was a great finish,

nothing wrong with that from Scholes, but Kennedy comes too far

here. He comes to far across and has overcommitted and that's a good step

from Scholes. He's got the gas to finish it off. The first phase

tries, you don't have the defence coach, Edinburgh will be

disappointed with that because you shouldn't really concede from the

first phase. Kennedy overcommit. Hardie is not in a position to make

it, it's not as defence, not his tackle. Scholes takes it in and it

was a good try. At that stage it was 14-0 and you saw Edinburgh were

under the cosh. With this wind you thought they could lose the game in

the next ten minutes, but they dug in really well. They certainly did

begin and their word decent passages of play from an Edinburgh point of

view. 14 zero down, they had to be smarter and they started producing.

Yes, there was too much kicking in the first ten minutes, it was going

all over the place. This is when they start playing smarter. One

path, in, hit, good clear out. They are coming in, the forwards are on

the front foot. Kennedy, who really came on to the game, 1-0, zigzag,

not taking any chance with the wind, one past the Bresler, taking it up,

Kennedy calling it. This goes, two passes there, but back into the

channel and Matt Scott was bringing the ball in well. He does that

exceptionally well. Look at Kennedy, under a bit of pressure. He is still

controlling it. Again, one path to Hardie. All it is doing is eating

into the time, not giving Ulster the chance. One more path, that's OK,

keeping it nice and controlling it. They are attacking it. The trouble

is once you try something you can't make the mistake and this

unfortunately went that one past too much and if you try and force the

pass, which in many ways you've got to do because the wind, sometimes

it's hard to catch, once you lose it and immediately you are defending.

Watch this, the ball is kicked down and suddenly you are defending 40

yards behind where you are attacking. It is quite frustrating,

isn't it? We mentioned the importance of the scrum-half and how

difficult it is in these conditions in particular. Sean Kennedy seems to

be marshalling things fairly well. Both scrum-halves have controlled

things pretty well. Ruan Pienaar is a great player, very experienced.

Sean Kennedy, not nearly the same experience but I'm delighted for

him. He came on the scene a couple of years ago and I was impressed. He

got game time at Glasgow and looked like he had a real future. At

Edinburgh he hasn't had much game time, he's had injuries. It's great

to see him in the conditions tonight. I used to hate conditions

like this as a scrum-half, it's so difficult to pass and he's done

well. Ulster have had the wind with them in the first half. You had a

couple of breaks during the match but Edinburgh's defence was at times

remarkable. Yes, the defence initially was poor, first phase they

get away too easily. They get in behind them but watch the scrambling

defence. Henry again, like an openside, but great difference from

Hardie. There is the openside back. Then you get a bit of attitude and

desperation in defence. That's what you need. You are five yards from

your own try line and you will have really got to make sure you are

making a tackle, speed off the line, because 14-0, you are keeping

yourselves in the game with this defence and it tells you everything

about the attitude of a team when you are showing that sort of

desperation in defence. It was really smart. Knocking the players

backwards as well, the defence was such you are knocking players back

and they are having to work incredibly hard to recycle. Exactly.

They are enthusiastic, making good hits, encouraging each other. Look

at Helu coming in there, when you get things like that, the coming off

the win, Williams knocks it on, he takes it too far and yet again

another attack, which looks really dangerous for a lot of that

possession. Edinburgh were able to snuff out and clear their lines.

Second-half, Edinburgh will have the wind with them. How key will that be

because they can kick a little more, they have to be careful with the

kicks because they could disappear over whatever is south of here. They

couldn't kick in the first half, that so they maybe have it in their

armoury. They definitely have it in their armoury. Standing here, it

play -- it feels more than a 14 point win. Ulster played conditions

well, Pienaar put the number of kicks in. Jackson was probing. Any

turnover, they were kicking it down. Jackson kicked it through and it

went dead. Wind like this, the ball will go away. You have to smart and

Burleigh, Kennedy, Matt Scott, they have to play the game down there but

they have to play the right way. Absolutely, we will talk about this

game a bit more but next year the Six Nations will be up and running

again. Scotland, after a very fine World Cup, will be up against

England in their first match at Murrayfield. Some of the guys we

have talked about will be in action, may be thinking ahead at this stage

Edinburgh law have lots of claims -- Edinburgh have big, important games

to player. Scotland against England, bring it on. Eddie Jones, the new

England coach, I think he started the day after Visa problems, for me,

it's never been a problem with talent with England, it's been about

selection and picking the right team. Eddie Jones has bags of

experience, so I think they have become a very dangerous proposition

in the Six Nations, despite obviously not getting out of the

group stage and Rugby World Cup. You couldn't have a better opening to

the RBS Six Nations and Scotland should be looking at going, bring it

on, let's do it, let's get in and after the World Cup Scotland have to

keep the momentum going and really have a real effort and make a real

impact in the Six Nations, which we have not really had for a number of

years. Absolutely, home against England's first game is incredible,

fans at home, await Wales Italy and Ireland as well. If you get away

with potentially, we haven't won in Twickenham fans for such a long time

but Wales, Italy and Ireland, all teams with lots to prove but

potentially it could happen. Glasgow, Pro12 champions, have gone

to Cardiff, have gone to Italy and won. The same with Edinburgh. They

know they can do it. It's putting it all together. The start, let's make

sure it's the start and we press on and really start to be competitive

again. What for Scotland would be a successful Six Nations, would you

say? We didn't win any next -- last year. I believe we become big

contenders. It's a massive jump from losing all the games last year to

being contenders but it's all about the first game. It's about momentum.

You can lose it but you can get it very quickly. Beat England first up,

then we can take it off from there. Andy Nicol knows what it's like to

pick up the Calcutta cup as Scotland captain. Wouldn't it be nice, if the

Scotland captain picked it up at Murrayfield? Let's focus on here at

the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. It's unbelievably blowy. The top of

the posts are flying in the wind. What will be key from an Edinburgh

point of view, 14 behind, the game is far from over? They will have

needed the rest in the changing room, they have had to work hard in

the first 40 minutes so they will have needed their ten or 12 minutes

after time to regroup and recharge their batteries. They have to play

the wind. Ruan Pienaar controlled the game really well in the first

half. He did one great kick. This is exactly what needs to happen. Good

play by Ulster, they are going through the phases, but they are not

really getting anywhere and Edinburgh are defending well and

Pienaar, he is bringing players in, they are hitting it up and they are

seeing where Edinburgh's defences. They are not getting anywhere. This

is what Pienaar does really well. This is what Kennedy will need to do

in the second half. Look at that, rolling all the way down to the five

yard line. That is using the wind in a smart way, try the defence, see

what happens when it's not on, make sure you get down because Edinburgh

had shown it so hard to get out of your 22 and that's what they need to

do in the second half. The best thing to see from any point of view

is those Ulster defenders turning round on their heels and having to

chase back, which is what they didn't have to do in the first half.

Exactly, what use are Edinburgh if they are not scared to through the

long passes considering the wind, which is quite brave, but they did

it quite effectively. It means you can use the forward is to be

physical, take it forward, but when there's a chance out wide it's still

on. You have to take it. It's two tries, they can win this game but

they are going to have to play really good rugby in the second half

to do that. The home fans at the Kingspan are happy and smiley. Can

the Edinburgh side silence them in next 40 minutes? You will find out

right here on BBC's do Scotland and the company of our commentary team.

-- BBC Two Scotland. COMMENTATOR:

Edinburgh are first out and a big hand for Ulster as they come out,

obviously as well. I suspect they are not going to be happy, coming

out, as they will have had a rocket that will have added more onto the

first-half score. There is a change there. Coman has gone. Didn't look

happy to me at all. I know the TV boys in Northern Ireland here are

talking about Ulster having to do more of the same. I think Edinburgh

just do more of the same and they can speak this game. It's going to

be interesting because it is easier pass the ball man-to-man going into

the wind. When you pass the ball with the wind at your back it drifts

away. It's going to be fascinating to see what Edinburgh do. Andy

Nichol was talking me through that and the discussion we had about the

effect of the wind on scrum-half's passing. However, we might come back

to that because Burleigh has the ball, Edinburgh playing from left to

right. They are 14 points adrift. It's not by any stretch of the

imagination over yet. Because there is possibly just an experiment from

Pienaar, to see what it was like to kick into the wind and that just

about dropped out of Kennedy's range there. So let's see how quickly

Edinburgh can get into their stride. Matt Scott takes it in.

There is a stray body there in a white shirt. No surprise, it was

Nick Williams. Something of an attritional 40 men it's for Ulster,

who lost so many players, lost in Samurai -- unceremoniously, heaved

out of the way. Burleigh just running into Chris Dean,

unfortunately. Didn't give him any room to manoeuvre. The door has

closed on the far side. Ulster come up in a blanket rush of white

shirts. Hamish Watson skips in and out. He is off and running, Hamish

Watson, explosive turn of pace there. He made a ten or 15 metres,

Burleigh. They overran him, he had to check because the pass would have

been forward. Kennedy, had a good first half, coming down the corner.

A little grubber kick, clever, running out of space but may very

well have kicked possession away. That -- but they have won it, they

have turned it over. Edinburgh, gain. Burleigh is isolated, Kennedy

turns it in, still rolling. Still running. Cardiff and Connacht is a

separate issue, it could be a short result the night yet. But let's face

it if Edinburgh can turn this one around that an even bigger shock.

They have lost it because that was cleverly defended by Ulster.

Spot-on, Ross Ford just a bit tired, went in quite high, held up high.

They are all talking to the referee, so they are, here is Ross Ford, is

it Henry? Henry holds him up, two or three players coming to hold him up.

Edinburgh have had a lot of ball. Another change, regular today's

going off. -- Ricky Lutton. The Ulster number three. Might just have

been a test, to see how long he would last. He was making his first

appearance of the season, so there might have been a doubt or two

there. His replacement is Herbst. REFEREE: Standing over the rug,

which he is entitled to do. In my opinion the ball is not... Yes. I

love these discussions, Ross Ford having.

REFEREE: Discuss this issue, thank you. We are doing, no, no. Another

Ulster injury. Some of the big players have been injured, Henderson

they must really miss him, they will miss Roger Wilson from before the

game started. And the psychology of playing into the wind is interesting

because you know you have to work hard to get up the other end.

Everything is against you. You can't kick, you have to carry the ball, so

Ulster, they will be looking up at that scoreboard going 14 - zero. The

fans are kind of quiet. They know Ulster have to get the ball

immediately at the start of the second half. Edinburgh are up there

that first kick you pointed out, Pienaar tried it, just stops. He

won't do it again. Stops, that kind of kick, you can't do it tonight.

The young leaders in the stands have the copies we never got. I'm just

saying. -- the young ladies in the stands got copies, which we never

got. I'm just saying. Here we go again. The captain, Rob Herring.

Edinburgh can't lose sight of the fact this is a game they can win. 14

points down, wind behind you, this is a game Edinburgh can win. This is

a big scrum because they are underneath the posts there. Just

about 20 metres also out. Pienaar delivers. Squint as squint can be,

but he's got it again. Trying to run it out, this time.

Let's see how Ulster deal with the wind. There is really only one

answer and that's to keep it in hand as much as possible. Look at the

length of that pass from Pienaar. Disrupting forwards in front of that

path. Sorry to butt in but it's a really interesting pattern. They

have a group in the four, in the middle, when they go wide they have

a back line attacking behind and obstructing forward. See the two

forwards? You can't... It's impossible to defend that. The All

Blacks do it a lot and I think it's too clever by half. You are

obstructing. You can't get to the attack because you have to run

through two forwards. Meanwhile the ball has gone somewhere else. It

surely has to be something that has to be looked at by the rule makers.

It's just such a disadvantage. Here comes Henry and Williams juggles it

three or four times, puts it on the ground and gets the float away. What

a combination Henry and Williams are together. Absolutely unplayable,

when they play like that. McCloskey knocks down one, knocks down two I'm

still going, Burleigh tries to bring him down, looking for the off-load.

Pienaar, opening the pace again, in midfield now. All of a sudden, he

did well there to turn them back but Pienaar hazard. Jackson delivers.

Just a little bit behind his three quarters there. Here they come

again. No shortage of beef on the hoof. In the white shirts. It's

going to be a punishing evening for both sides by the time they are

finished. Edinburgh still with something in hand on the bench,

whereas Ulster have used their substitutes. Obstruction, yes.

Clearly. I don't know how Ian Davies can say accidental with a straight

face, but never mind, it was pretty obvious. He is saying he's an old

man, is what he's saying. It's part of what they are doing, the big

forward is lumbering affront going sorry, rest, it's not me. To be

fair, this is a great piece of play. The original line-out was clever.

They used the line-out of the restart. Henry on the ball, Williams

on the ball, when these guys play well they world-class. But when they

cheat, we can all watch it. He is actually to be fair to Ian Davies,

he has made the point that there is constant interference was how he put

it. Every time Ulster go to a wing from that normal pattern of theirs,

which is the four forwards in the middle and two forwards either side,

the two forwards either side are obstructing in the back division.

There are some running repairs on the electronics on the touch judge

just below us. The man with a jewel Case ran all the way across the

field to be told he wasn't needed, which must be depressing for him --

toolkit. You can see with the players as they grimace into the

wind, the force of the wind from left to right, a south-westerly

apparently, we were told earlier tonight by someone who claims to

know that if we overshoot Glasgow tomorrow, the next stop is Tromso.

On this wind! We expect to be flying for ten minutes tomorrow. However,

that's a long way away at the moment, because... The scrum is the

main battle tonight. It's stuck and it's a penalty to Edinburgh. Now,

this is very interesting because this is imminently -- eminently

kickable given the conditions in terms of the distance and Burleigh

is going to have a go. Well, he's actually coming down the line. I

suppose that's the other option is just to take the maximum distance.

Now, John, we hear that something that's going to come I suspect, it

won't happen immediately, but we think Edinburgh are going to

off-load the whole bench. They did it last week, didn't they? They will

give them maybe just a little bit of a psychological play. This could be

their last chance. It could be. It was 65 or 70 minutes when they

subbed the front row. 73. 73. They have stolen it. First throw that has

gone for Ross Ford. Pienaar looks both ways. He's going to keep it

tight though. Static, which allowed Edinburgh to pile in. A stack of

white shirts. If people have just joined us normally that's an

excellent move from there, obstruction with a long kick, but

there's the wind going left to right they are passing the ball on their

own line. This might be the kick. They did it themselves, took the

responsibility and he hasn't made 20 metres with that. Normally appear

player of Pienaar's class from there would be looking to get it to

halfway. Here comes the cavalry. Well,... This is interesting, you

take off arguably one of the best front rows in the league if not in

Europe and they are blowing a bit, I have to say, Nel, Dickinson, it's

been tough out there and three fresh pairs of legs, we have Sutherland,

Andress. The bigger picture is those three have played a lot of rugby.

Those men coming off have put a shift in for their country and then

they have been pretty dominant in the games they've played for

Edinburgh. I was surprised when they all started the night. -- tonight.

Looking at Dickinson, he's hobbling as he leaves. That's a short pass, a

bad move, a short pass to the front of the line which has another five

metres. Now this will not move too far until they are ready because if

they keep just creeping forward here, pressure, pressure, pressure.

Patients and pressure, Du Preez goes through. Kennedy wants to go left.

This is last year's Edinburgh game plan, isn't it? Two or three

forwards, one pass out. Jack in the box, Watson. That pass from Kennedy

almost worked. Kennedy, brilliant backhand flip there. A little kick

three Du Preez! Well he's going to claim that for sure. Try, given. Try

given to Edinburgh and all of a sudden, game on! That is vision,

that is coordinated. You can see how quiet this crowded, little lovely

clip from Kennedy. Kennedy looks up, looks up, gives the ball, a little

kick, it's a kick pass almost bounce up, and Du Preez is on it

fantastic, fantastic. It all stemmed from the magnificent little pass

from Kennedy first of all, then that charming kick, beautifully sat up

there, the way it came into Du Preez's basket and we are needing

some assistance for Cuthbert to hold the ball. So Kennedy is the man of

the moment. Arguably the best player in Edinburgh colours so far. He's

been busy, he's been effective. Just that inspirational little touch

there has rocked Ulster. We will get a view on his handling skills, from

the man who knows shortly, because Jack Cuthbert has turned that

beautifully round the corner in between the posts, and, well, let's

get a view on that try from Andy Nichol.

Great finish and a great bit of vision. They can't tell you how

difficult it must be in that the wind. A great start to the second

half for Edinburgh. Bolster lead -- Ulster lead. A masterstroke in

tactics from Solomon. In trouble here. Wonderful skill. It is one of

these almost innocent challenges, where he was too high to stop

himself. It was a lazy tackle. He did not need to do this. He just

comes and racks him up. That is above shoulder height. He can have

no argument. He knew as soon as he had done it. To be fair, no harm

done, just careless. It has given Ulster the chance to move that

would've it further up the field and get the hands on the ball. Leisure

stroll into the touch. -- leisure Lee. The Ulster men have been called

to stand up. A bit of a rumble. A penalty coming, I think. The

referee's arm is extended. There is the obstruction. A long pass. That

is risky, but it works. That was magnificent the way that was flipped

up in the air. Penalty? No. He had called it. A slight get out of jail

card for Edinburgh there. Ulster keep the ball because the Edinburgh

player... Is that current birds? Not too happy. He went up for it. -- is

that Cuthbert? A word in the ear of Solomon. He does not have a

condescending tone. He talks to the players. He is not lecturing them.

A link the discussion with Ross Ford. Pienaar. All sorts of bodies

flying around there. That left him with very little room to maneuver.

Edinburgh now, with this wind at their back, managing to keep Ulster

in the free for all zone. They will do no damage there. They need to get

their hands on the ball, Edinburgh. Pig and go here. It is going to be

this for a wild, I would expect. -- pick and go. I don't think anybody

who can kick anything from this kind of range, they would have to be at

least 10-20 metres in. That is well taken out on the far right-hand side

there. Low and hard. There is the runner in front of a the ball again.

So difficult for the defence to tackle. There is millions. -- there

is millions. Obstructing again. They have a chance to get through. That

was a stunning move by Ulster. They are difficult to stop after they get

this kind of momentum. Pienaar. Jackson. They try and go through.

Back to the rights. Chris Henry is with him. Edinburgh had it. Watson

is doing a lot of damage in there. It has been a great match since he

has come on. In front of the post. Pienaar to Jackson. Is that the

movement they need? A big cheer from the Ulster crowd. There are bodies

underneath, bodies over. They are going to go upstairs, yes

or no? Alan Rogan there. What do you think? McCloskey lands short. He is

not allowed to crawl. He cannot see from there whether he gets the ball

over the line. What is raid about the way Ulster have come back into

this, -- what is great, the big names have got them back into this

position. He can't crawl. I don't think he is on that line yet. I

don't think you can say that is a try from that. There was a good

tackle their from Will Helu, who held him back while the others filed

in underneath. He has got it under his arm. No. He is not over the

line. Anyway, if you cannot crawl, one, two, extra move, I can't see

the ball over the line. If the ball touches the line, it is a try. Well,

you know... Well,... Is that the ball there? That is his jersey. The

referee thinks it is a try. REFEREE: I have decision. The evidence is

inconclusive. The referee said he thought it was a try. It was decided

it is inconclusive. He was very sure of himself. Fair enough, if you are

not certain, you cannot get it. Edinburgh live to fight on, 14-7. A

brand-new front row. I think Cuthbert is going. Here

comes Blair Kinghorn. It will be very interesting to see him get his

long legs going. Jack Cuthbert has gone round the back of the area,

making his way round, obviously not recovered from the knock heats up.

Tactically, if you or in Ulster's shoes, you would go for the push

over try. I would be surprised if they try anything too fancy. Pienaar

fires it in. The temptation. And again. Kennedy. Straight through,

straight through. Trembled at the cooled to stop. Tuohy and Henry. --

Trimble difficult to stop. White shirts, piles of them.

Watson there. They will nail anything that comes at them, but how

long can they keep this out? Pienaar having a look both ways. Going

left. And over. Held up. Held up, clearly held up there. Great

defence, good, brave defence, all the big names. Williams, Tuohy, the

master himself, Pienaar, just set it up, and that is a brave tackle. You

have kind of sacrifice... It is Burleigh. He says, it you have got

to get the ball through my body if you want to score. They are not all

a fancy Dan! I know! It has been desperate at times. Another change.

Fowles coming on for Hannity. Kennedy has had an outstanding

match. -- on for Kennedy. He is being rested. It will be another

Ulster scrum. I see a huge Ulster man being on the far side waiting to

come on. You see the tactical change in the second half. Pick and go,

risk free rugby. Alan O'Connor about to come on for his first appearance

of the season. They want to give these guys a chance.

The arena has begun again. -- the rain. Williams is going to leave it

to Pienaar. McCloskey again. That is a neck roll. It is number 14 in the

white. Penalty, the other way, though, for a high tackle by

Edinburgh. Pienaar. Williams. Here they come. They have got spare men

but they are held in the middle. I suspect the referee will take them

back but he is giving them another go. Williams this time. What defence

from Edinburgh. Fantastic defence. They are lining up at both sides,

Ulster. They have more on the left, they go right, maybe their own

choice. Here they go again. Jackson sees the gap. Goes way, way past the

attacking player, and again, the pressure... REFEREE: a penalty to

read. I think he has spotted a neck roll. REFEREE: A neck roll against

whites. Good spot. That was a great break by the -- but ambitious. All

credits to Edinburgh for standing firm. Times in going through the

moves. Pick and go, pick and go, and then somebody gives away a penalty.

They should go 30 metres down the pitch. He plays safe. On for the

Ulster man is Franco van der merwe. Alan O'Connor is making his first

appearance of the season for the Ulster men. A huge physical presence

there, the number 19. Very difficult to see... And Brett rattling it --

Edinburgh rattling it forward. They can't take this to nothing. Nathan

Fowles will move it into the distinct. Watson getting and the way

of the referee there. I don't think he saw him. If you are the Ulster

coach, you have two players that have given away two really stupid

penalties. Now, you could be 50 metres back down the pitch, because

two players have just given away 50 metres. Better kick from Burleigh,

but he has only been into halfway, actually. Just not been

overambitious with it. I was thinking that part of what Edinburgh

have done over this last season is grown. They are more dynamic, their

play is more varied than it was last year. The lineout way has been

perfect -- play has been perfect. That looks suspiciously forward to

me from Matt Scott. Edinburgh now on the touch line. Another ten two man

is injured on the far side. -- another Ulster man. Held up. They

have lost it. Clever again from Ulster stop clever. -- clever again

Twice, Ulster were held over the line, and with the big layers that

they have, to defend your mind and not allow them to get across, that

is outstanding. -- big players. I would like to see them use their

boot to ball and get it right down into the Ulster 22 and tell them

they are going to have to go the whole length of the field. This is

the intelligent play I was referring to at half-time. I would like to see

a great get it right down into the Ulster Monday to now. This

requirement like to see a number of. -- I would like to see any rate

get it right down into the Ulster 22 now. I thought the referee got it

wrong in the previous incident. He fought and fought and fought to come

back down and I think he got the ball to the ground. That should have

been Edinburgh possession. The amount of injuries. Shocking. All

sorts of manoeuvring. The pack has disintegrated completely. Cartwheels

across the pitch. Still, 14-7, and we are past the hour mark. A crucial

phase of the match now. The league leaders have lost. The

referee is injured. Watch this, the referee gets injured. Deliver it.

Stood on his foot! Allegedly. -- deliberates. Allegedly, John, if you

don't mind. He didn't do it on purpose. Is quite interesting just

to see how Dougie Fife is trying to keep himself warm. It is a shocking

night to be a winger. He is absolutely perished down there. The

mascot is actually doing press ups! They are allowed to carry on. That

was judged to go back. Spinning across the desk, and our pens and

papers. Oh! The pass was forward. The pass

was forward. That is the decision. They are kicking. Frustration and

anger. Let's look at them again. That looked very close to me. The

optical illusion is the pastor is actually running backwards, so it

looks like the ball went forward. You have to just trust the decision

of the referee. Kyle McCall is off and we now have Andrew Warwick on, I

think. Yes. That is the whole of the Irish bench gone. The gold to keep

track with so many injuries and people coming on and off tonight. I

think that is the lot. -- difficult to keep track. They have had so many

injuries. At this stage in the game, if you were in an Edinburgh shirt,

you would fancy getting back here. There is a 7 point differential at

this stage. At no real point in this second-half have Edinburgh really

put together a concerted attack in the danger zone. This has been

Ulster pressing to the left, pick and go, and Edinburgh not kicking

convincingly. Williams is there. Number eight

tonight. The Irishman slicking himself to the left, and put it out.

-- flicking himself to the left, and flicked it out. They may have lost

it. That was another neck roll! Tackling. FairPlay to the referee.

He spotted Ross there. He took out Dean. Quite clear, they have no

reason to complain. Let's just watch this. He is just carrying on. It was

Dean. Cleverley howled. Let's see what Kinghorn makes of the kick. --

Cleverley howled. I would love to see him have a go,

stretch his legs and see what he is made of, because this might just be

the opportunity for him to make a mark. It is a school of thought

suggesting that he might be better deployed further forward as he gains

experience. Way on the far side we have Will Helu reminding everyone he

is on the field. They have retrieved the situation, Edinburgh. A chance

to move it forward. Du Preez, the tried scorer. -- the try scorer.

Here is Kinghorn. Let's see what he can do. He has a raised his head to

see where he is, waited for support. Sean Kennedy or Matt Scott. Taken by

number 11. Scholes have had an interesting evening to tween

injuries and everything else. That has related space here for Ulster.

They are on that charge. That is a great tackle by Enron on the far

side. They are no -- by Enron. Another good -- another good tackle

by Enron. Take their time. Pienaar. The wind

took that pass completely, just moved the past in the air. Staying

as close as they can. Spinning that one in the air again. Spot on. The

wind is up. We knew the wind would be and it would get worse and it

has. The Volga is flying by. Watch Pienaar. -- the ball goes flying

by. Jackson couldn't be spotted. Edinburgh ate to get something in

this game now. They have spent enough time defending. -- need to

get. They have been brave stop there scrum has been good. -- they have

been brave. There scrum has been good. 13 minutes left. Get down the

other end of the pitch, get some pressure. At the moment, Ulster will

be thinking, all of our top players are injured. It is a second string

Ulster team. Some support there. Chris Dean's night is done. He has

had a solid evening and have attributed well. Mike Allen, his old

club here. The closing stages. Still more than enough time for either

side to take this game. The ruthlessness... What a combination.

You wouldn't want to be meeting that lot. No. They had bounds -- of the

headbands... Physically very alike, distractive elements, but explosive

players on the loose. The wind is whipping around of these players.

The post is swinging in the breeze. It is not a breeze. It has a been a

great Dane, a lot of good stuff. Staff -- a great game. After

donating stuff. -- fascinating stuff. Pienaar is giving Fowles a

hard time. Now we have the kick over the top, and that is a good one. How

far will it go? It goes over the line. Careful not to touch it. A

treacherous role again. Tricky 22 Tropic. -- drop. This could come

back to bite you. As he watched Ambra moving, -- as we

watch Edinburgh, some news coming up in a few seconds. Du Preez.

Juggled. Look at how he delivered that, that is beautiful. I think

that is Chris Henry. Will he put it over the top? No. The Edinburgh

breakdown technique is unique. They have spelled it. That has brought it

all to nothing. -- spilt it. Kinghorn. Just not made that ground.

Let me bring you the programme information. Viewers expecting to

see would I lie to you, the Rome has been postponed, and Ireland's parish

will becoming on at ten o'clock, and would I lie to you has been

postponed for this evening. -- island parish. Cochran just dropped

it on that past. He could not hold it. Ulster attack. A little chip

over the top from Pienaar. I think he could have just punted it, long

and high, Kinghorn. Ulster now have the ball in attack. Let's go back to

Andy. Ten minutes to try to find a way to get a draw. This has been a

gutsy performance. We just need to see a bit of that inspiration.

Cannot afford to make silly mistakes like that. Can Edinburgh get

something out of this game? Not the tiniest of ball for Ulster. That is

a good point that Andy makes, there is a bonus point but that is by the

by at the moment, because there is still a chance to take it back here.

McCloskey has had a great game and this is a great ride and. -- a great

run. Early has done his defensive chores tonight, more than his fair

share. We don't often see him in that light. Always a game changer.

Here he comes again. He was McCloskey, danger every time

he gets it and this time the winger Scholes is thrown on his back.

Pienaar plays again, McCloskey is on his knees now. No wonder, he has got

through a power of work. Pienaar, through the middle to Williams. One

final hurrah from Williams. Here is Pienaar, he's opened the gap, he's

opened the gap, Pienaar! Through for a try. They are going to the TMO.

Ian Davies has gone to the TMO. Now, let's see what that's all about,

John. Let's listen. REFEREE: See if there was any

holding off the ball, preventing tacklers getting to the break,

please. It's the last rock. This is what they are looking at. Henry

obstructed. It's a moot point as to whether it made the tackle. Yes, he

was. Burleigh being held by Chris Henry and Burleigh not happy, this

could be pulled back but again, a stupid penalty. Watch this. The ball

goes in. REFEREE: Have we got a white shot?

It's the next wrap. Burleigh comes in from the right, Henry doesn't let

him out. You could argue that he would have gone for Pienaar.

Burleigh would have gone for Pienaar the man would have stepped out.

REFEREE: Had he not been taken... He would have been out defending and

tackling Pienaar and that defender, that's not a try. No other angles.

We are going to look at that wider angle, it's the implications of the

tackle rather than the actual tackle. The tackle is a foul anyway

but they are looking at implications.

REFEREE: Where the player was originally stood before he was taken

by white police. Is becoming very complicated. The ball goes in, talk

us through it. As Henry holds... He would have been in that gap, he

would have been in that gap. REFEREE: I believe the actions of

seven is prevented the man stepping inside therefore creating space on

the outside, therefore I'm going to go for a penalty against seven. No

try. Off the ball. Well, Chris Henry, the number seven, has gone

from hero to zero, because he was the first Ulster try scorer. He has

given away that try by tackling off the ball and preventing Burleigh

from getting to the action. Major call by the referee. Yes, it's the

right call as well despite the fact the crowd might be booing. That is

the right call. Well, what are the obligations in terms of seeing the

game out? There are still, John, remarkably, eight minutes to go.

What a great game. A game of incident, drama, injuries, Pete --

key penalties, big calls, TMO decisions, equally balanced scrums

and line-outs, two good attacking and defending teams, the whole game

is on a knife edge. This is where the crowd comes into play, because

they have realised, oh, that is a poor throw. But the knock-on has

gone to Edinburgh. That was a shocking throw in terms of its

straighteners. Well, I can't use the word, it wasn't straight at all.

Here we go, Hardie. Now they are in the oppositional half. Ulster's turn

to defend. The advantage is over and Burleigh takes it. Increasingly

influential, Burleigh. Just would have liked to see him stick one over

the top, perhaps. Make Ulster turn, make -- Nathan Fowles is in there,

burrowing away. Again, Pienaar this time trying to hold the Edinburgh

player up but Fowles gets it, they keep it in hand. Edinburgh used the

dummy runners. He has courted. Good build-up. Second attempt that there.

Fowles again. Determination on all the Edinburgh players' faces,

Burleigh again declines the option to hoof it. Good pass, Du Preez,

hits it, and again. A great tackle. That's a great tackle by the master

himself, Pienaar, the way he read that move and covered his defence.

Absolutely outstanding. The crowd are questioning the past of this but

look at Du Preez, that is putting your body weight right through. I

was perfectly in line with that pass, right in front of me. It was

absolutely straight, no worse. Good. What a game of rugby we've seen the

light! What whether we have seen the night! Here it comes again. The

posts are heaving away to our right here. We can't quite see the top of

them, but the distance they have travelled and are moving, Ian Mac --

Ian Davies is to be congratulated on his composure as they are giving it

what for, trying to lift the crowd. Do you know, no matter the result,

Edinburgh are getting better. Edinburgh, who two or three years

ago, that wasn't a good team. This is a better team. The discipline

Burleigh has played when he is refusing to click, it may be the

wrong decision but at least he has a game plan and is sticking with it --

refusing to kick. For me, this has been a man of the moment, Stuart

McCloskey has had an outstanding game for Ulster, the way he has

carried the, broken all the tackles. He is struggling now, we have five

minutes left and here's a chance for Ulster. They will break on the

left-hand side. The captain is thrown into touch, just to keep his

feet in the air. They have a penalty coming, I think. They have indeed,

Ian Davis. He has called the penalty and I think it's for not playing the

ball on the floor as the decision. Yes, let's look, if it's a penalty

at the filly won because he makes a great tackle. He catches the boy,

there's a ruck formed and he can't touch the ball. That's a penalty. He

needed to roll away and quite happy to put it into touch, Paddy Jackson.

He wasn't in any way worried about where it went that, as long as it

crossed the line, so he's made merely -- may be ten metres with it.

That will do because they have another chance to retain possession.

That's what it's all about now. If Edinburgh could retain it they can

do something with it. Down the four minutes now, and counting. It's

loose over the top, it's gone backwards. It's a brave challenge by

both players going down there. Now, can Ulster hold the ball for

four minutes? It's all about eight men now, really. Well, nine, because

Pienaar will undoubtedly have a hand in how this is resolved. Here he

comes, Herring, the captain. Lines them up and goes for glory. Almost

held up, but not quite. Pienaar again. He has three huge men

waiting. Edinburgh tackling themselves to a

standstill here. The rain driving out their backs. Sure they are not

feeling any of it -- the rain driving on their backs. Edinburgh

have a sniff but it's gone the other way. Still white ball. And up the

middle they go. It's that man, Marshall, again. Edinburgh being

tested severely here. Pienaar extends it to Paddy Jackson. They

have extra men. McCloskey has a go himself. Maybe the wrong decision

again. They drive again. Edinburgh need to get their hands on it. They

are running out of time. Ulster Beauvais have them. This is where

they want to be. -- Ulster know they have them. Scholes on the line,

coming his way. Burleigh is on them. Burleigh is trying to get away.

Ulster still have it. The wind just snatched that ball away. Pienaar has

managed to control may be two passes have gone adrift on him all night in

a fantastic display of control and power, vision, everything. The

complete performance here they come again, Williams this time bandits

over, they knock it backwards. Bizarrely, a game made by the

conditions. They can't kick. They have to play rugby. It's been

constant rugby, a fantastic game to watch. Here we go again, Ulster on

the charge. Maybe they should ban getting in Rugby, because this is

what we would see all the time. -- ban kicking in rugby. 15 players

giving it loudly, moving the ball, effort, every inch of the way from

both teams. Pienaar fumbled a bit but got away with it, Jackson. You

know, it could all be resolved in one break, either way. They are just

keeping the ball, these guys are trying to not make mistakes. They

are running the clock down. It was loose again, but they still have it,

Ulster. Here they come. Pienaar, looks over

the top, now, they have them, Edinburgh have got them. Helu is

there. Edinburgh have won it, they think. Edinburgh have it. Fowles.

Now that's a big decision. This is by Nathan Fowles. What on earth...?

He had half a minute left, you get the ball after they've been

attacking, attacking, attacking, everyone is at the ruck, you've got

the ball, play rugby! That's a mistake. Good display, good game,

but that's a mistake. 15 seconds or so to go. We've got another injury.

Really, really, that was an extraordinary decision. If he had

just gone for distance, I could have understood it, but he was so close

to the touchline. He maybe did go for distance, maybe he mis-hit it,

maybe we're being unjust but it was great turnover, the last minute of

the game. Perfect. Ulster hammering away, they lose the ball, you win

the ball. You do what you are coached to do which is get the ball

down the pitch. Now, can Ulster, it's quite simple, they have to

catch it, hold it and who fit. In that order. In just over five

seconds! Well, they will make sure they are

in the red zone before they throw it in, once the clock starts. But it's

just about there. We are watching all the various clocks, we are

sitting under the match clock which has eight seconds to go. They will

just hold it here, this is what it is all about. Pienaar knows that.

Now Pienaar... Look at the clock there before they decided enough is

enough. He knew exactly where he was in terms of time, space and effort,

because he has brought the match to a conclusion. What a game! It's been

a phenomenal performance by both teams and we had a fantastic rush by

Ulster in the first area of a penalty try which got them off and

running, then a second try, which just about tore the heart out of

Edinburgh, but they showed us hope they have an awful lot left and with

a magical kick they managed to bring themselves back into the game with

the breeze going over and getting the one score that brought them into

touch -- Du Preez. It sadly wasn't enough, because Ulster have held on.

They have won a quite pulsating match by 14-7.

Yes, a pole citing much of rugby, unbelievable conditions here at the

Kingspan but thoroughly enjoyable to watch -- pulsating. 14-0 at

half-time but didn't put the pressure on Ulster in the second

half, really? No, but they got a bonus point, the least they deserve.

They put an awful lot of effort in there. They really gutsy

performance. We know they are not the most creative side so when they

had the possession second half they just couldn't find a way to find the

inspiration to get the try. They got one try but couldn't find it again.

At the very least they got a bonus point which is a good return.

At the very least they got a bonus point which is a good return. You

mentioned creativity, there was a lot to make this run? Good interplay

there, Burleigh I thought initially a wrong decision but bang on, the

right decision. Du Preez goes in and this was early on in the start of

the second half. It was the perfect start for the second half for

Edinburgh, 14-0 at half-time so right back in and Cuthbert nailed

the conversion in this wind condition which was amazing. You

thought there are about 35 minutes to try and win the game but they

just couldn't quite make it. Towards the end of the match, Ulster did get

over the line. The try was disallowed. You agree with that,

right? Well, yes, it was a good spot. Ulster were really battering

away at the Edinburgh line here. It was a massive hole at the back of

the ruck, you wondered at the time if somebody got out of condition and

what it was was Chris Henry took Burleigh out here, you can see him

holding onto him. I have to say you see that all the time. I think that