Cardiff Blues v Ulster

:00:31. > :00:41.A once the controversy about the coach's departure Ulster could get

:00:41. > :00:41.

:00:41. > :00:47.down to business. And there was some last-minute drama. Bonus point

:00:47. > :00:51.try, what a finish. Tonight Chris Henry returned with some of the big

:00:51. > :00:56.guns from Irish international duty to try to guide their team coasted

:00:56. > :01:05.to the play-offs. To do that they must beat Cardiff Blues, the team

:01:05. > :01:10.they have already defeated this season. Good evening. It is Cardiff

:01:10. > :01:14.against Ulster. Kick-off less than five minutes away. Another two

:01:15. > :01:20.hours of live rugby for you to enjoy tonight. At half-time look

:01:20. > :01:28.out for our special feature as Ulster rugby joins the GABA in

:01:28. > :01:34.Randall's town for a very special coaching session. -- GAA. We want

:01:34. > :01:39.to hear from you, the addresses are on the screen. Here to give me

:01:39. > :01:45.their thoughts are our guests, look forward to hearing from you in a

:01:45. > :01:50.moment. Here is Brian McLaughlin. We know Cardiff well. We played him

:01:50. > :01:54.earlier in the season and had a great win over them so I am sure

:01:54. > :01:58.they are smart and a little bit. I am sure they are back to their home

:01:58. > :02:03.ground at the Arms Park, that will add a bit of fire and they will be

:02:03. > :02:07.playing in front of a packed stadium. It will be a very

:02:07. > :02:17.difficult task but we know if we want to keep our play-off chances

:02:17. > :02:23.

:02:23. > :02:32.Cardiff are just below. The outcome feels as if it will have a

:02:32. > :02:38.significant impact on he will make It is a make-or-break time for both

:02:38. > :02:41.clubs. Ulster need to get a win because they are a game in hand. If

:02:41. > :02:51.Cardiff there again in and there is a lot of ground to make up. We have

:02:51. > :02:52.

:02:52. > :03:01.picked out a couple of key men who could be crucial for Ulster tonight.

:03:01. > :03:07.He has the chance to make the pace, Robbie Diack. Also Craig Gilroy, he

:03:07. > :03:13.will have good memories of Cardiff. He scored two tries. Ulster fans

:03:13. > :03:20.would love to see him tonight. Cardiff are a team that peppered

:03:20. > :03:26.with experience. Some fantastic experience. Gavin Henderson, Dan

:03:26. > :03:32.Parks coming back into the fray. Gaden Hansen is such a confident

:03:32. > :03:38.player. With confidence, my goodness, he can be world class.

:03:38. > :03:41.Parks coming back into the fray. He had a dodgy finish to his

:03:41. > :03:48.international career with that charge down kick but he whooped --

:03:48. > :03:58.he is a quality player. He can be quite devastating. Ulster must not

:03:58. > :04:03.

:04:03. > :04:10.give away penalties tonight. There is there better kicker than Dan

:04:10. > :04:14.Parks, then Blair. Ulster have not win in Wales yet this year. Going

:04:14. > :04:19.back to Cardiff Arms Park, it is a home defence for Cardiff rugby. It

:04:19. > :04:24.is a big thing for them plane back home, they want to do something

:04:24. > :04:30.special for the crowd. Sold out last week, a big, intimidating

:04:30. > :04:35.atmosphere. Away from home Ulster's one hasn't been that impressive.

:04:35. > :04:41.The Ulster guys will love having the opportunities, especially the

:04:41. > :04:47.younger guys, to play at such a historic ground. You would much

:04:47. > :04:54.rather have that than having to play at the football ground and

:04:54. > :04:59.feeling like it is an empty stadium. A possible plus point for Ulster.

:04:59. > :05:07.fairly good balanced side there tonight. Nice to get Chris Henry,

:05:07. > :05:10.Tom Court back into the mix, they are key players for the team. They

:05:10. > :05:14.are in with a good shout. A lot of people saying to me the Ulster team

:05:14. > :05:19.looks to have a good balance, and experience, even though we have got

:05:19. > :05:25.some of those key Irish players still out. They are high starting

:05:25. > :05:28.to hit their straps, the crux of the season, running into some form

:05:28. > :05:32.as to the play-off positions are starting to basically work

:05:32. > :05:36.themselves out and they have a big chance of getting into that top

:05:36. > :05:40.four. Realistically they need that again to follow on from last season,

:05:40. > :05:48.the fact they have got to the quarter-finals of Europe, the

:05:48. > :05:52.Celtic League is your bread and butter. A bonus point win last week,

:05:52. > :05:55.Ulster have had six bonus points wins out of their last eight but

:05:55. > :05:59.realistically tonight it is a simple when they are keen to get.

:05:59. > :06:03.Absolutely, first and foremost let's go here, get the wind. If the

:06:03. > :06:08.bonus point raises its head, let's take that as well have come home

:06:08. > :06:13.happy men. A big job. They know what's at stake. If Cardiff managed

:06:13. > :06:19.to get a leapfrog on them now they have got a lot of ground to cover.

:06:19. > :06:23.They know what is at stake tonight. Thank you very much. The teams are

:06:23. > :06:31.on their way. Ulster have not won in Wales this season but they have

:06:31. > :06:41.beaten Cardiff on their last three vocations. Time to join hour

:06:41. > :06:43.

:06:43. > :06:47.commentary team, first of all, to bit foggy, but it is cold and windy.

:06:47. > :06:54.All-star have got Tom Court and Chris Henry, back from

:06:54. > :07:00.international duty. Henry takes over the captaincy from John Afoa.

:07:00. > :07:10.Paddy Wallace diverted to Paris last week, Spence and Witton move

:07:10. > :07:21.

:07:21. > :07:31.Ian Whitten starting on the wing. Cardiff making everybody wait.

:07:31. > :07:31.

:07:31. > :07:35.Crucial game for their bulldog they won last week in Connacht. Ulster

:07:35. > :07:44.just ahead of them in the table. Gaden Hansen there. The familiar

:07:44. > :07:48.walk for the Cardiff players -- Gavin Henson. Some wonderful games

:07:49. > :07:53.of rugby, memories come flooding back. Our colleagues from BBC Wales

:07:53. > :08:03.will show you a montage of Cardiff players down the years doing

:08:03. > :08:07.

:08:07. > :08:11.wonderful things. Even Jonah Lomu who had a bit of a spell here. The

:08:11. > :08:19.red haired former captain of their New Zealand team brings the home

:08:19. > :08:25.side on to the park for the must- win game for both sides. Sparky

:08:25. > :08:29.doesn't travel. He is not Kitty Knight. Williams stars his second

:08:29. > :08:39.game since breaking his arm at Ravenhill. Scott and his back from

:08:39. > :08:44.

:08:44. > :08:54.Welsh Judy. -- Scott Andrews back from Welsh duty. Dan Parks is back

:08:54. > :09:03.

:09:03. > :09:08.playing his 30th game for Cardiff protest vote. Williams, son of the

:09:08. > :09:14.former scrum-half. There is the man from Limerick, World Cup referee,

:09:14. > :09:18.George Clancy, his 44th league game. A glance in the direction of the

:09:18. > :09:28.officials, see if everybody is happy. Ian Humphreys starts what is

:09:28. > :09:30.

:09:30. > :09:37.a crucial game for both sides. Michael Paterson takes it in. Rush

:09:37. > :09:42.set it up, Williams has to take it back inside. Ticket for rugby to

:09:43. > :09:52.touch would be illegal. Covered by the man who scored a bonus point

:09:53. > :09:54.

:09:54. > :10:04.try last week. Well taken by a Rush. Cardiff at sixes and sevens. Nicely

:10:04. > :10:05.

:10:05. > :10:15.set up, back inside again. Then Blair thought about the past. --

:10:15. > :10:29.

:10:29. > :10:35.Ben. Interesting start. A bit of a able to get his hands on it --

:10:35. > :10:45.Spence contesting that. A bit of an Oxford, the first scrum of the

:10:45. > :10:54.

:10:55. > :11:03.evening. It will go to the Cardiff New Zealand. A couple of pounds

:11:03. > :11:12.heavier. Free-kick against the blaze. Diack takes it, not sure if

:11:12. > :11:22.Cardiff were back to 10 metres. Quick ball for Ulster. Ripped out

:11:22. > :11:30.

:11:30. > :11:35.of his grasp. Brady with the tackle. Tenses of getting that elusive 100

:11:35. > :11:39.per cap are probably beyond him. -- the chances of getting. Two Ulster

:11:39. > :11:49.errors have cost them possession. Not such a good pass, Martyn

:11:49. > :12:03.

:12:03. > :12:07.That shock of black hair leaning in. Lee Williams charge on by Pienaar.

:12:07. > :12:14.Advantage to the Blues. What a let- off for them. It be easily have

:12:14. > :12:20.been an Ulster try. Dan Parks. George Clancy, good advantage,

:12:20. > :12:30.Ulster have the line-out. bullies signalling their return --

:12:30. > :12:32.intent. -- the Cardiff Blues signalling their intent. Had the

:12:32. > :12:38.bounce favoured him a bit more Ulster could have been under the

:12:38. > :12:48.sticks. Had his juggling skills been as good as a Robbie Diack's

:12:48. > :12:52.

:12:52. > :12:59.last week it would have been an El the Ulster try. Good, concentrated

:12:59. > :13:09.to driving by the Ulster pack. Martyn Williams is always getting

:13:09. > :13:11.

:13:11. > :13:21.in the way. Pienaar, Humphreys. Well picked up by Humphreys. Paddy

:13:21. > :13:23.

:13:23. > :13:33.Wallace, good support from Willie Faloon. Humphreys, again. Spence.

:13:33. > :13:33.

:13:33. > :13:40.Good, solid Cardiff midfield defence. Tom Court. The pressure

:13:40. > :13:50.coming from Ulster. Chris Henry back skippering the Ulster side.

:13:50. > :14:00.

:14:00. > :14:10.The referee is happy with that. Back inside, the dancing Gilroy.

:14:10. > :14:11.

:14:11. > :14:16.Somebody has killed it. A penalty to concede possession. A couple of

:14:16. > :14:19.turnovers bring it undone. Gilroy prominent again, Martyn Williams

:14:19. > :14:24.proving a nuisance. All stay infringing as a result of the

:14:24. > :14:34.breakdown. Spence, typical committed performance, a total

:14:34. > :14:45.

:14:45. > :14:55.disregard for his body as he hurls positioning. Irish qualified.

:14:55. > :14:59.

:14:59. > :15:06.Pienaar, Humphreys. John Afoa. Again, Humphreys. That pushes

:15:06. > :15:10.Cardiff back into the 22. Ulster have managed to gain very well in

:15:10. > :15:16.ensuring it has been played down in Cardiff territory. Pressure coming.

:15:16. > :15:21.An opportunity for also to put pressure on us Cardiff line-out. --

:15:21. > :15:28.For Ulster to put pressure. Cardiff have decided to shorten the line-

:15:28. > :15:38.out, only five men. Two little pots, one at the front and one at the

:15:38. > :15:46.

:15:46. > :15:49.got any run his -- runners here, still inside the 22. Scott Andrews,

:15:49. > :15:59.22 years of age come up already capped a couple of times by Wales

:15:59. > :16:04.

:16:04. > :16:07.Diack, but isn't bolster line-out. You can see by the assistant's flag

:16:07. > :16:14.on the near side that the breeze is favouring Ulster at the moment and

:16:14. > :16:19.they have to make use of that. is always a good indication of the

:16:19. > :16:23.mind set of teams when they do those extra little 1%, could line

:16:23. > :16:33.speed defence, chasing those potential charge down opportunities

:16:33. > :16:49.

:16:49. > :16:55.infringing on the ground, going off the feet. Two good positions given

:16:55. > :16:57.away by Ulster. George Clancy being shop about that, he hasn't spoken

:16:57. > :17:05.to Chris Henry about the possibility of a card for

:17:05. > :17:15.persistent say. I will try to see who went off his feet. Was it to

:17:15. > :17:20.he? -- TUPE. You are in the right place on the pitch, it creates

:17:20. > :17:30.those pressure for the opposition. This is the closest Cardiff has

:17:30. > :17:38.

:17:38. > :17:47.been to the halfway line since the stand on the line. In line with the

:17:47. > :17:57.touch judge. Three little infringements. Asking Ulster to

:17:57. > :17:57.

:17:57. > :18:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:18:51. > :18:54.observed the one-metre gap. Who into that rhythm. They like to play

:18:54. > :18:58.in those wide channels, just unable to break down what has been an

:18:58. > :19:01.excellent Ulster defence this season. At the top of the game we

:19:01. > :19:06.thought Ulster may have the edge in the forward pack and they tried to

:19:06. > :19:11.assert that dominance initially through the set piece. Gavin Henson,

:19:11. > :19:21.30 years of age and only 33 caps to his credit. He should have been

:19:21. > :19:51.

:19:51. > :19:56.hanging on in the tackle. No, it was a man falling on the ground

:19:56. > :20:00.according to George Clancy. And a bit of obstruction as well. Great

:20:00. > :20:04.following up by a Willie Faloon. James was dumped on the ground, he

:20:04. > :20:09.was not held at that stage so he was allowed to go forward but one

:20:09. > :20:13.or two Cardiff men taking out some would-be Ulster tacklers.

:20:13. > :20:16.Cardiff Blues may be agreed by that decision but it is an opportunity

:20:16. > :20:19.for all Stow. They have applied pressure in the first ten minutes

:20:19. > :20:29.and they will welcome the opportunity to be first on the

:20:29. > :20:53.

:20:53. > :20:57.his league appearances but Ulster. Having misfired a couple of times

:20:57. > :21:04.from good field positions Ulster have their reward, leading by

:21:04. > :21:07.three-nil and we have played about 12 minutes. Ulster will be

:21:07. > :21:10.conscious with the wind at their backs that they need to make the

:21:10. > :21:13.most of the opportunities. They will be offensive -- they will be

:21:13. > :21:23.concerned with the offensive penalties they have given away

:21:23. > :21:23.

:21:23. > :23:04.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:23:04. > :23:14.be something on on the outside. Again it has been spilled. The

:23:14. > :23:14.

:23:14. > :24:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:24:18. > :24:23.referee was playing advantage to give away the penalty. What is that,

:24:23. > :24:27.four penalty is so far? Yes, having some issues with ball in hand at

:24:27. > :24:32.the breakdown. There is not enough support players getting to Gilroy

:24:32. > :24:35.on that occasion. Just losing the footing in the outside channel and

:24:35. > :24:41.support players unable to get there could enough. Gilroy was isolated.

:24:41. > :24:46.The first bit, Rush taking that ball into contact. The Cardiff

:24:46. > :24:51.Blues have looked a little indecisive in attack, forced into a

:24:51. > :24:56.few errors by the Ulster defence. Rush showing them the direct route.

:24:56. > :25:00.Now 34, one of his net -- he won his first All Black captain 1998,

:25:00. > :25:10.did not get another one until 2004, when he played all seven games a

:25:10. > :25:10.

:25:10. > :25:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:25:55. > :26:00.look. It is going to be an Ulster line-out. 16 and a half minutes

:26:00. > :26:04.gone, just three points between them. Ulster would settle for that.

:26:04. > :26:09.There is a lot left in this game, both teams kicking a huge amount of

:26:09. > :26:12.ball. You can understand Ulster doing yet come a with the wind at

:26:12. > :26:17.their back, trying to establish field position. The Cardiff Blues

:26:17. > :26:27.trying to kick more out of uncertainty but at this stage

:26:27. > :26:46.

:26:46. > :26:49.three-nil down, with the big wind, getting penalised at the breakdown.

:26:49. > :26:57.Chris Henry is going to be spoken to about this. What is George

:26:57. > :27:02.Clancy going to say? REFEREE: You want have a think about that.

:27:02. > :27:07.George Clancy is quite right, four or five penalties, it has been a

:27:07. > :27:11.Ulster's own possession. That was not the incident. Here is Afoa.

:27:11. > :27:15.Have a look at that. He is adjudicating, the Ulster players

:27:15. > :27:19.are coming in from the side. It is a huge amount of penalties to be

:27:19. > :27:23.giving away in an attacking context. Usually there is a bit of leeway

:27:23. > :27:26.given to the attacking team. I am sure Ulster will be quite surprised

:27:26. > :27:36.at the volume of decisions that have gone against them whilst they

:27:36. > :27:56.

:27:56. > :28:06.minded, you could give us your quarter, Ulster have dominated but

:28:06. > :28:14.

:28:14. > :28:18.by Diack, he has done it again. George Clancy made go upstairs to

:28:18. > :28:23.Paul Adams but I have a feeling Diack has got another try for

:28:23. > :28:29.Ulster. First impressions would indicate. They will check the

:28:29. > :28:33.grounding. The Blues have used to roll well in the line-out, very

:28:33. > :28:39.quick on the ground, they're going to check this grounding and it

:28:39. > :28:44.looks like Diack is in control of that as he gets across the line.

:28:44. > :28:53.he is well in control, Robbie Diack. He hasn't started too many seasons

:28:53. > :29:03.-- too many games this season. may awarded the try. Paul Adams

:29:03. > :29:07.

:29:07. > :29:12.saying you may award the tried and down a marker, has put down to the

:29:12. > :29:15.market. It shows the incredible depth Ulster have in that position.

:29:15. > :29:21.Excellent soccer skills to promote the ball down the pitch and the

:29:21. > :29:26.pace to get there first. He is as seriously big, athletic archetypal

:29:26. > :29:36.South African back row forward, Bobby Diack. So for the second week

:29:36. > :29:51.

:29:51. > :29:59.in a row he has got Ulster's Ulster as a special project player,

:29:59. > :30:09.uncapped by South Africa. There was the overthrow. That was the rather

:30:09. > :30:19.

:30:19. > :30:29.untidy scoop back under way when Cardiff determined to respond

:30:29. > :30:39.immediately, George Clancy having a look. Somebody would go to the bin,

:30:39. > :30:52.

:30:52. > :31:02.Dan Parks. Andrews the trying to quickly. Andrews, Tom James outside

:31:02. > :31:21.

:31:21. > :31:26.the Blues press forward. Ulster has pressed defence up very quickly, it

:31:26. > :31:36.changed of tactic and angle by Williams. The referee is giving a

:31:36. > :31:39.

:31:39. > :31:44.penalty to the Blues. Pienaar tackling his opposite number

:31:44. > :31:52.without the ball, this leads regulation for Dan Parks. A very

:31:52. > :31:57.good passage of play from the Blues. Rarely do you see more than two or

:31:57. > :32:02.three players going into the ruck situation. That allows them plenty

:32:02. > :32:09.of support players and they try to play that high-tempo game getting

:32:09. > :32:19.the ball away. The reason for that penalty playing the half-back is

:32:19. > :32:22.

:32:22. > :32:27.the adjudication on that. Dan Parks in his second season with the Blues

:32:27. > :32:37.playing his dirty game. He has played more than 300 points -- his

:32:37. > :32:39.

:32:39. > :32:46.30th game. A good kick by Dan Parks. Three points on the board for

:32:46. > :32:50.Cardiff Blues. Five points between them. Important psychologically

:32:50. > :32:55.they got some points on the board. They haven't spent much time down

:32:55. > :32:58.in the Ulster half. Ulster have dominated. If they hadn't turned

:32:58. > :33:02.over possession at crucial times and had such a high penalty count

:33:02. > :33:08.you would have expected them to be further ahead given possession and

:33:08. > :33:15.territory statistics. Well taken by Michael Paterson. Parks having a go

:33:15. > :33:25.himself. Thunderous tackle by Ulster. Martyn Williams on the

:33:25. > :33:26.

:33:26. > :33:36.wrong side, there's a surprise. Hence an outside his 22. -- Gavin

:33:36. > :33:52.

:33:52. > :33:56.With this wind at the back will they get more points? They will

:33:56. > :33:59.feel they deserve it but they will realise there is a lot more to go

:33:59. > :34:09.in this game, they will have to adjust their tactics in the second

:34:09. > :34:13.

:34:13. > :34:20.half. Ulster line-out, Brady. Back to Brady who took the pass from

:34:20. > :34:24.Pienaar. Ulster stay on their feet. John Afoa. Again, look forward by

:34:24. > :34:29.Ulster. Not only Ulster conceding penalties, they have lost the ball

:34:29. > :34:34.at least four times in contact. That is not acceptable. I am sure

:34:34. > :34:41.the outside backs are getting frustrated. Good field position.

:34:41. > :34:51.The ball just going slightly behind. Swarmed defence. Just those basic

:34:51. > :35:04.

:35:04. > :35:14.week and over the ensuing weeks. Live in Belfast next Friday for the

:35:14. > :35:28.

:35:28. > :35:37.Six penalties conceded by Ulster. Parks. Cardiff still inside their

:35:37. > :35:42.own half but they have possession. That was very interesting, was Tom

:35:42. > :35:52.Court penalised? Ulster would have targeted Gazprom area as something

:35:52. > :36:26.

:36:26. > :36:36.comes stealing up. The tackle by off the ground to get the scrum of

:36:36. > :36:48.

:36:48. > :36:52.they can. Cardiff have managed to Not a bad clearance kick by Ian

:36:52. > :36:56.Whitten. It is a Cardiff ball. What an interesting decision. Dan Parks,

:36:56. > :36:59.a controversial selection for Scotland's opening game in the Six

:36:59. > :37:09.Nations Championships and when things didn't go his way he decided

:37:09. > :37:21.

:37:21. > :37:30.enough with all that. Tyrrell for Cardiff. Look at Williams trying to

:37:30. > :37:40.get across Willie Faloon. Paddy Wallace has to kick. Outside his 22.

:37:40. > :37:49.

:37:50. > :37:55.Ben Blair covers well. He had to really go for that, he was on his

:37:55. > :38:00.way, with three Blues players, added that that was deliberate. One

:38:00. > :38:04.of those marginal calls. Did the right thing. A huge overlap

:38:04. > :38:14.developing outside. Had he kept that off defensively the police

:38:14. > :38:21.

:38:21. > :38:30.would have been away. Correct shoulders are above the hips in the

:38:31. > :38:38.scrummage. The pitch is a wee bit on the soft side. Good squeeze by

:38:38. > :38:41.all stuff. Good support by Tom Jones and Martyn Williams. Gavin

:38:42. > :38:50.Haynes and lent his weight to things. Great stuff by Chris Henry

:38:50. > :39:00.on the ground -- Gavin Henson. Ulster skipper very nearly stole

:39:00. > :39:07.

:39:07. > :39:17.the valuable piece of possession. The halfway line. The tackle was by

:39:17. > :39:33.

:39:33. > :39:43.Ulster. Wallace and Gilroy with the pincer tackle. Still there for the

:39:43. > :39:45.

:39:45. > :39:51.Blues. Jonnie Bell will be pleased with Ulster's defence so far.

:39:51. > :39:55.Cardiff Blues still in possession. Ulster might have tended over, here

:39:55. > :40:02.is Pienaar. Paddy Wallace got slightly in the way. -- turned it

:40:02. > :40:12.over. A really good piece of work at the breakdown by Ulster. Their

:40:12. > :40:12.

:40:12. > :40:16.line speed has been superb, they have got an appetite for it. Some

:40:16. > :40:20.great work on the ground initially by Chris Henley. The sheer strength

:40:20. > :40:27.of Tom Court was able to get down and up again and that forced the

:40:27. > :40:34.turnover. Tom James very good at close quarters. Great supporters,

:40:34. > :40:44.the vastly experienced Martyn Williams. Look at Henry that. --

:40:44. > :40:49.

:40:49. > :40:59.Williams and Xavier Rush out of the line-out. Michael Paterson at the

:40:59. > :41:04.

:41:04. > :41:13.front. Passed back inside. Well taken by Terblanche. Gets across

:41:13. > :41:18.the halfway line. He has made the right distance and probably the

:41:18. > :41:23.right decision. The wind at their backs, Ulster are playing

:41:23. > :41:29.conservative, not playing any rugby in the rain defensive to third --

:41:29. > :41:39.third's, wanting to apply pressure through that system they have

:41:39. > :41:43.

:41:43. > :41:53.implemented. John Yapp having a word with Ryan Terrill. 11th game

:41:53. > :42:10.

:42:10. > :42:18.for the blaze. -- 11th game for inside so Lloyd-Williams looking

:42:18. > :42:24.for a runner. Good protection of the ball by the home pack. Cardiff

:42:24. > :42:34.will be happy to turn round this five points adrift. Well taken by

:42:34. > :42:36.

:42:36. > :42:41.Whitten. That is awful. I thought it came of a Cardiff player. A bit

:42:41. > :42:47.of extra hesitation by Stefan Terblanche. There were options.

:42:47. > :42:50.Plenty of time. Just as he was thinking of the little floating

:42:51. > :42:55.pass he was hit from behind by Gavin Henson. Perhaps you might

:42:55. > :43:01.have got a ball away a little quicker. One of those Blues

:43:01. > :43:08.defences, he may have been getting in the way. Terblanche try to

:43:08. > :43:18.manoeuvre, hit from behind in a well-timed tackle by Hanson.

:43:18. > :43:42.

:43:42. > :43:52.the season. Ulster put the foot on the gas. Lloyd-Williams, Paterson.

:43:52. > :43:59.

:43:59. > :44:08.The referee having a glance to see outside, that was quite nice.

:44:08. > :44:12.Ulster get away from the tackle. Gavin Henderson, nicely done. Then

:44:12. > :44:22.Blair came through at a sweet little angle. Better stuff from

:44:22. > :44:22.

:44:22. > :44:32.Cardiff until that moment. Paterson set it up again, a busy night.

:44:32. > :44:34.

:44:34. > :44:44.Ulster a man down. Robbie Diack. Better stuff now from the Blues.

:44:44. > :44:46.

:44:46. > :44:51.Stopped by Nevin Spence. Diack seems to be fine again. George

:44:51. > :45:00.Clancy did say release the ball on the ground. The Cardiff man had

:45:00. > :45:05.possession didn't release it. passage of play by the Blues. Also

:45:05. > :45:09.defensively up to the mark once again. Just very well organised,

:45:09. > :45:12.form the basics of line speed and when they get into position to

:45:12. > :45:17.affect tackle be doing very well. Looking to try to hold the play

:45:17. > :45:22.Europe where possible. The Blues just not able to get off the hands

:45:23. > :45:26.of that ball and hanging on, the penalty resulting. Lloyd-Williams

:45:26. > :45:32.could have set something of, not the greatest pass in the world.

:45:32. > :45:36.Good skills by Gavin Haynes and able to skip that ball up. Robbie

:45:36. > :45:46.Diack was down and then got up again, it seems to have got a bit

:45:46. > :45:55.

:45:55. > :46:05.of a bump. Sitting up again. I line-out of the half so far they

:46:05. > :46:15.

:46:15. > :46:19.incandescent with annoyance if not rage with the ease with which

:46:19. > :46:29.Ulster have been stripped of the ball at the breakdown, the way they

:46:29. > :46:29.

:46:29. > :47:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:47:59. > :48:04.worried about done to re, who is getting his left, right leg looked

:48:04. > :48:09.at -- two re. There is a vociferous Ulster support here. Once again it

:48:09. > :48:13.was Dan Parks who could not get the clearing kick away. An excellent

:48:13. > :48:18.catch by Brady and then Henson taking a highly speculative option

:48:18. > :48:24.in his own 22 and clearly his team would have preferred that was off

:48:24. > :48:33.the park and deep down the pitch. Barker walking -- warming up on the

:48:33. > :48:36.side of the pitch as there is further concern for TUPE. -- TUPE.

:48:36. > :48:43.He is getting treatment. Ruan Pienaar is the focus of attention,

:48:43. > :48:53.he scored the opening penalty. Mr Rhys but tricky conversion attempt

:48:53. > :48:53.

:48:53. > :49:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:50:00. > :50:03.gets the penalties. Seven penalties conceded by it Ulster in this half.

:50:03. > :50:09.Will Cardiff go for the point? I think they will have to. Running

:50:10. > :50:16.out of time, you would think they would go for the three point option.

:50:16. > :50:20.The TMO has told George Clancy that there are 40 seconds remaining. And

:50:20. > :50:23.also a man on the ground, very difficult for Whitten to get out of

:50:23. > :50:27.the way but I'm not sure he was making much of an attempt and they

:50:27. > :50:30.have opted to goes for the penalty through Dan Parks. It is not

:50:30. > :50:34.difficult to think what the topic of half-time conversation will be

:50:34. > :50:39.with Ulster, those turnovers in crucial positions and the penalty

:50:39. > :50:44.count. Coaches tend to use double digits as a rule-of-thumb. You

:50:44. > :50:48.don't want to hit the ten mark and Ulster are well on the way to it in

:50:48. > :50:52.the first half. They need to figure out what they're doing incorrectly

:50:52. > :50:56.according to the referee and correct it in but the second half.

:50:56. > :51:06.It may not be illegal but as far as the referee is concerned it is

:51:06. > :51:18.

:51:18. > :51:22.illegal and that is what they have really should not have conceded

:51:22. > :51:28.those three points and that may well be crucial. It comes right

:51:28. > :51:38.down to it, Diack with as the only try of the first half and at half-

:51:38. > :51:47.

:51:47. > :51:52.time at the Arms Park, Ulster crucial game for both sides. It

:51:52. > :51:56.does not look too bad. What a good kick by Pienaar was depressing he

:51:56. > :52:05.has got it, a great try, he has done it again. The second week in a

:52:05. > :52:08.road. That is a good kick by Dan Parks. Up go the flags. Ulster now

:52:08. > :52:13.are eight points. That is a fair indication of the strings of the

:52:13. > :52:22.wind. There is a vociferous Ulster support here. Once again, Dan Parks

:52:22. > :52:26.could not get the clearing kick So at half-time Ulster lead Cardiff

:52:26. > :52:30.by 11-six. With the wind at their tails come a will that be enough

:52:30. > :52:34.for the second half? We shall see. Don't forget to let us know what do

:52:35. > :52:39.you think of Ulster's performance so far, details of how you can

:52:39. > :52:44.contact us should be on your screen in a second. You can contact us by

:52:44. > :52:49.text, Facebook and Twitter. We look forward to hearing from you. Tony,

:52:49. > :52:53.Andy, the one thing that dozens and dozens of people have been

:52:53. > :52:56.contacting the programme what answered is what is going on at the

:52:56. > :53:00.breakdown for Ulster tonight? I think it is a combination of two

:53:00. > :53:03.things. The referee's interpretation of it, they are

:53:03. > :53:08.going off their feet, but for me I think the referee has a role to

:53:08. > :53:13.play in this. George Clancy, I don't particularly think he fancies

:53:13. > :53:18.Costa too much. Heat is on the edge. If you look at the Cardiff rucking,

:53:18. > :53:23.it is no different for what Ulster has been penalised for. He seems to

:53:23. > :53:26.be blowing the whistle one way. They need to get the side sorted at

:53:26. > :53:31.the breakdown but I think it is a two-way street and he's has to

:53:31. > :53:33.start blowing it fairly. It has been scrappy from Ulster but they

:53:33. > :53:39.have dominated possession and deserve to be in front of stock

:53:39. > :53:44.very much so. 11-three is a fair reflection more than 11-six. Dan

:53:44. > :53:48.Parks kicked, they will be happy, they played a simple game, the

:53:48. > :53:53.scrum and line-out have gone well. They have relied on what has been a

:53:53. > :53:56.very impressive defensive line and have turned over the ball well and

:53:57. > :54:02.take and two or three penalties from Cardiff not releasing an does

:54:02. > :54:06.Andy says, a lot of this is down to either the ball carrier becoming

:54:06. > :54:09.isolated with the support play then being slowed to get to him and then

:54:09. > :54:12.obviously the referee's interpretation of what is going on

:54:12. > :54:18.as well but Ulster will be happy and I'd like to think they will

:54:18. > :54:22.have a few more points' gap between the two teams. Another impressive

:54:22. > :54:28.performance from Diack. Why haven't we see more of him in a white shirt

:54:28. > :54:32.for Ulster? It is getting a chance. He is a fantastic athlete. Scrum-

:54:32. > :54:37.half is not slow and he outstripped him for pace. A point to prove

:54:37. > :54:42.tonight? He has, he has been waiting in the shadows for a long

:54:42. > :54:46.time. This is his opportunity, this is what he has been capable of. He

:54:46. > :54:56.is a tasty player, he has the skills as he proved last week as

:54:56. > :54:57.

:54:57. > :55:04.well. He has the ability to finish into contact, not quite as physical,

:55:05. > :55:11.but his all-round game is good. he is possibly a bit more of -- on

:55:11. > :55:16.top of the ground sort of player, he likes to have all hand, working

:55:16. > :55:21.wider channels them what Ulster have looked for. They can play a

:55:21. > :55:24.tightly with Chris Henry for opening up the space. The breakdown

:55:24. > :55:29.we have discussed briefly already and that we are going to look at

:55:29. > :55:35.some examples. Ulster penalised heavily in this area, rightly or

:55:35. > :55:41.wrongly in your opinion? It is there, he is trying to take the

:55:41. > :55:45.players out. He hardly got to ground. That one there in fairness

:55:45. > :55:48.is a little bit, he is trying to clean the guys out on so it a

:55:48. > :55:54.little bit. George Clancy is loving it, that was unfortunate, he did

:55:54. > :55:58.not mean to slip there, he got on it. He got isolated. He did get

:55:58. > :56:02.isolated, he had no option there. These are so quick, clean and out.

:56:02. > :56:06.He almost blew that we should -- whistle before it happened. We need

:56:06. > :56:09.to look at the other side as well. We did get the chance to see some

:56:09. > :56:14.of the Cardiff Blue clean-out but we see an illustration in the

:56:14. > :56:19.second half, will he be happy to blow them out as quick as in the

:56:19. > :56:22.first half, probably not. A lot of people on Twitter say that the back

:56:23. > :56:27.row has good balance with Robbie Diack and a natural open-side with

:56:27. > :56:33.Willie Faloon, so why was a natural, openside is the breakdown proving

:56:33. > :56:40.such a problem? Surely it should be showing improvement. You have two

:56:40. > :56:43.classic open sides playing, they They make a mess of things, turn

:56:43. > :56:48.the ball over and create chaos and mayhem. The referee is having

:56:48. > :56:51.difficulty picking this up but again, you say people are

:56:51. > :56:55.contacting and saying it is a good balance but the balance for meat is

:56:55. > :56:59.given because Henry, who does the hard stuff, the darker arts that

:56:59. > :57:02.you don't see, and they have an effective team this evening. Is it

:57:02. > :57:07.a necessity of a luxury to have an absolute out-and-out open-side do

:57:07. > :57:11.you think? I think it is a necessity. When the All Blacks

:57:11. > :57:16.function as well as they did without Richard McCaw, probably not.

:57:16. > :57:19.He is everywhere. Willie Faloon is not far off it, Henry, fairly

:57:19. > :57:23.similar, both on the ball at the bottom. The balance tonight is

:57:23. > :57:29.probably not where we would like it to be, there is not that power,

:57:29. > :57:33.that strings that Ferris adds to this team, you know, so the balance

:57:33. > :57:37.is probably not quite right but it is not far off. From watching the

:57:37. > :57:42.game tonight you would kind of think that part of Costa's team

:57:42. > :57:45.talk before the match was put Dan Parks under a bit of pressure,

:57:45. > :57:54.remember that signing in the Calcutta Cup. That is his last game

:57:54. > :57:58.outcome he has to have that at the thinking here, that was a big kick,

:57:58. > :58:02.almost in the middle of the pitch. You can see the pressure, he is

:58:02. > :58:08.hurrying those kicks, there is no doubt. He is a good striker. You

:58:08. > :58:13.can see, oh my goodness, that could have been. He likes to sit in the

:58:13. > :58:18.pocket as well, you don't have to do a lot defensively against him.

:58:18. > :58:21.He sits so depend likes to kick. But when Ulster did win possession

:58:22. > :58:31.back, here is another typical example of giving the ball away too

:58:31. > :58:34.easily again. That ruck, if we went back to that, Cardiff flop straight

:58:34. > :58:38.on the ball, dived on the ball, they are not supporting themselves

:58:38. > :58:42.off the ground. Pienaar was complaining, thought it should have

:58:42. > :58:50.been a penalty. I think so, he hasn't got the balance right from

:58:50. > :58:55.We will pause for a couple of seconds. This week we caught up

:58:55. > :59:05.with some of our Ulster players who made a special visit to St

:59:05. > :59:15.

:59:15. > :59:19.Benedict's School in Randalstown A lot of the young lads up Gaelic

:59:19. > :59:29.players, so it is Ulster rugby as a club coming down, trying to spread

:59:29. > :59:30.

:59:30. > :59:34.rugby about and get the guys Getting close, they get the nearest

:59:34. > :59:39.foot enclose, shoulder in, lock the arms around. Tackle like that.

:59:39. > :59:42.These young guys have good hands. They have good ball skills which

:59:42. > :59:45.can always transferring to rugby. I'm sure there is a lot of young

:59:45. > :59:52.lads here that if they carry on what they are doing, they can make

:59:53. > :59:57.it in rugby. In a school like ours young boys would traditionally be

:59:57. > :00:01.playing Gaelic football, highland basketball, gymnastics, athletics,

:00:01. > :00:06.but introduced rugby is another addition to the curriculum, we are

:00:06. > :00:10.absolutely delighted. The young people are exposed to another sport,

:00:11. > :00:14.a sport that might interest them, a sport they haven't experienced

:00:14. > :00:19.before and schools are about providing experience for young

:00:19. > :00:22.people that they don't necessarily pick-up in their own community.

:00:23. > :00:28.Some of their skills are very good. To encourage them to pass the ball

:00:28. > :00:38.a bit more, I'm very impressed. A lot of skills are transferable, I

:00:38. > :00:41.

:00:41. > :00:44.was impressed with what the young You have to be a lot so long and

:00:45. > :00:52.tough. A different type of ball but you get used to it after a while.

:00:52. > :00:59.Tortoise a lot about how to play rugby. You are not going to take up

:00:59. > :01:04.rugby? I will wait and see. If we keep casting the net further and

:01:04. > :01:08.wider, especially into other areas of sport in Northern Ireland,

:01:08. > :01:16.especially Again with Gaelic football being such a big sport, we

:01:16. > :01:21.can pick up, you are looking for a small number from a lot to can come

:01:21. > :01:31.through and add to the Ulster Academy and look to push on their

:01:31. > :01:31.

:01:31. > :01:41.into the senior team. Good try. Very good project. You have been

:01:41. > :01:46.developing a relationship with the antrum rugby team. A great bunch of

:01:46. > :01:50.lads to work with. Am involved in the learning the game, asking

:01:50. > :02:00.plenty of questions. Very enjoyable. They have a good work ethic,

:02:00. > :02:00.

:02:00. > :02:04.something I enjoy. Looking ahead to the second half, have Ulster got a

:02:04. > :02:10.big enough advantage? One of the big plus point is their defence has

:02:10. > :02:13.been particularly good. It has been really strong. I would like to see

:02:13. > :02:17.in the second half the pack can continue to generate the ball, sort

:02:17. > :02:21.out the breakdown, dead giveaway as many penalties which has kept

:02:21. > :02:24.Cardiff in this game by us giving them a ball back -- don't give away.

:02:24. > :02:30.Scope for us to win this comfortably if we can get that

:02:30. > :02:36.sorted out. A crucial 40 minutes for Ulster coming up. A win would

:02:36. > :02:38.be key to making the top four. they sought out a few small issues

:02:38. > :02:44.at the break down, get themselves onside, Cardiff have created

:02:44. > :02:50.nothing in his half so Ulster need to go out, keep the ball, play

:02:50. > :02:55.percentage rugby. They will be in with a good job. Parks is a danger

:02:55. > :02:59.man. Ulster have probably given away more of the penalties for and

:02:59. > :03:04.they have had the ball themselves. They have been the author of their

:03:04. > :03:07.own downfall. They have been very sound defensively. Just make sure

:03:07. > :03:11.maybe the ball-carrier fights to stay on his feet for half a second

:03:11. > :03:14.longer and the support players get to him quicker. Simple things, the

:03:14. > :03:18.half-backs are controlling the game quite nicely. It would be nice to

:03:18. > :03:25.see the ball getting a bit whiter for the likes of Terblanche, they

:03:25. > :03:28.haven't really had very much to do. After Gilroy is dazzling

:03:28. > :03:32.introduction to the league last year teams have kind of work to

:03:32. > :03:36.that little bit more. He has got to work harder to find those gaps.

:03:36. > :03:40.Absolutely. They didn't know what to expect. He has just been

:03:40. > :03:44.constantly getting better and better, tended to a cracking player,

:03:44. > :03:53.superb finisher. Always knows where the try-line is a monster have a go.

:03:53. > :03:56.That is brilliant. That has created his own defence.

:03:56. > :04:03.Getting off to a quick start in the second half, put in some early. On

:04:03. > :04:07.the board, could be crucial. nice to get a cushion, maybe a

:04:07. > :04:14.score ahead so if we do give away a try or a penalty we know we are

:04:14. > :04:20.still ahead. I think Brian will send the guys out with simple, they

:04:20. > :04:24.have been happy to play the game, start, stop, in a way. Happy to put

:04:24. > :04:30.the ball out and target their line- out, the scrum whenever we have had

:04:30. > :04:34.a chance. Cardiff have tried but haven't shown too much. Have to try

:04:34. > :04:39.and not push it too much. You can't afford to force this game, don't

:04:39. > :04:43.try and win the first 10 minutes but lay a foundation. Try and build

:04:43. > :04:48.some momentum going. Keep the ball, get your confidence up, start to

:04:48. > :04:54.get a bit twitchy, they studied the silly things. Just press a mistakes.

:04:54. > :05:04.Keep forcing the issue, but in the pressure on. Thanks a lot, let's go

:05:04. > :05:09.

:05:09. > :05:13.back and join Ryan and gym. -- Jim go. Robbie Diack, scored the only

:05:13. > :05:19.try of the game. In the was a bit at the end of the first half but

:05:19. > :05:27.seems to be fine again. -- he was in the walls. Ulster inside their

:05:27. > :05:35.22. The direct kick to touch can be employed. Pienaar up and down like

:05:35. > :05:43.a meerkat has a glance. You will see the strength of that wind. Not

:05:43. > :05:49.what Ulster wanted from the restart. Parks. This is not good defence by

:05:49. > :05:59.Ulster. This brought here for Cardiff would set the cat amongst

:05:59. > :06:02.

:06:02. > :06:12.the pigeons. Hill has made it available. Lloyd-Williams. Martyn

:06:12. > :06:14.

:06:14. > :06:20.Williams. Rain Terrill. Busy start by Cardiff. Ulster has 75% of the

:06:20. > :06:24.territory in the first half. Goods are bought by the front row.

:06:24. > :06:31.Ulster's defence which has been good from set-pieces will have to

:06:31. > :06:41.be better from broken play. Us that there have slowed it down, they

:06:41. > :06:42.

:06:42. > :06:48.can't afford to give away a penalty. Lloyd-Williams, Parks. Cleverly

:06:48. > :06:54.done, Ben Blair against a Terblanche. Blair squeezes was

:06:54. > :07:00.alive. Ago that he has made it. It is very close. Parks in the corner.

:07:00. > :07:06.The time they have made it. Just what Ulster didn't need. Just what

:07:06. > :07:12.the Cardiff doctor ordered. No more international rugby for this fellow,

:07:12. > :07:17.but he still knows his way to the try-line given half a sniff.

:07:17. > :07:21.Excellent cohesive play by the Cardiff police. They went through

:07:21. > :07:26.multiple phases and that tactic of getting quick ruck ball, committing

:07:26. > :07:30.a few players but keeping numbers out there, that came to bear for

:07:30. > :07:37.them. They just ran out of defenders, Parks skidded over in

:07:37. > :07:42.the corner. You could always take these things back cafes or two. The

:07:42. > :07:46.fact also didn't do that well from the restart, that allowed Cardiff

:07:46. > :07:52.the chance. Blair was stopped tantalisingly short, Parks in the

:07:52. > :07:55.corner. Does it matter how many faces you go through, if you're a

:07:55. > :07:59.defensive line maintained its line speed and integrity. That is what

:07:59. > :08:06.Ulster did in the first half. The police have managed to find a way

:08:06. > :08:16.to break this first tackles, and it is difficult when Cardiff get back

:08:16. > :08:21.quick quality ball to get your defensive lines. Parks, he scuffed

:08:21. > :08:29.that one, but it is even. Look at all those blue players, lovely wide

:08:29. > :08:34.pass. Terblanche did well to slow- burn Blair down. The former Scots

:08:34. > :08:43.international as a couple of weeks ago got over.

:08:43. > :08:49.Midway through the first half, but now the balance of favour has swung

:08:49. > :08:55.in favour of the Cardiff Blues. Michael Paterson. Cardiff getting

:08:55. > :09:02.behind their players. Williams, Parks will put a bid to it, I am

:09:02. > :09:08.sure. Terblanche was very direct. A very good kick, what a cracking

:09:08. > :09:12.kick by Parks. He looked up and sort Stefan Terblanche was

:09:12. > :09:18.underneath his own post and no sign of anybody at right in the wing.

:09:18. > :09:23.What a cake. That is the real threat to Ulster. Dan Parks With

:09:23. > :09:32.the wind at his back getting good quality ball. He will look ticketed

:09:32. > :09:42.as corners. A lot of experience. -- he will look to kick at corners.

:09:42. > :09:51.

:09:51. > :09:58.Look for Cardiff to employ their take another six. Good work by the

:09:58. > :10:08.Ulster pack. They are now playing into a stiffish breeze. If they are

:10:08. > :10:12.

:10:12. > :10:17.going to kick, they have ticket sensibly. -- they have to kick.

:10:17. > :10:27.Heroes Blair again, dangerous. Gavin Henson. Back inside. Still

:10:27. > :10:39.

:10:39. > :10:43.going. Support from Williams. It is all Cardiff. This next five or six

:10:43. > :10:47.minutes will be a real test of Ulster's metal. Cardiff have been

:10:47. > :10:54.coming out and playing some inspired rugby, coming into the

:10:54. > :10:58.ball from pace, that offensive line with a lot more vigour. When it

:10:58. > :11:02.works for them, they get over the advantage line, creating minimal

:11:02. > :11:07.numbers at that break down, quick quality ball, they are a dangerous

:11:07. > :11:17.team. Start missing tackles, they get into the rhythm, difficult to

:11:17. > :11:23.stop. John Afoa down injured for Ulster. Paddy McAllister is warming

:11:23. > :11:28.up behind the post. But I'm not sure if he is coming on. There is

:11:28. > :11:38.the Cardiff coach. Must be pretty happy with the start of the second

:11:38. > :11:57.

:11:57. > :12:07.half by his side. They have bounced come up to the mark. Free-kick

:12:07. > :12:11.

:12:11. > :12:21.against Ulster. Early engagement, there goes Xavier Rush. TTA wants

:12:21. > :12:23.

:12:23. > :12:29.to take it quickly. Cardiff might gone -- Paul Tito wanted to do

:12:29. > :12:39.quickly. Advantage to Ulster. Willie Faloon get it away. Well

:12:39. > :12:40.

:12:40. > :12:50.set-up. Humphreys, wit and outsider. Good work. Great tackle by a rash.

:12:50. > :13:01.

:13:01. > :13:07.international. Martyn Williams, in the middle of all that. Wallis gets

:13:07. > :13:13.away, need a bit of help. He is going to go back inside, good stuff.

:13:13. > :13:19.Still there for Ulster. Craig Gilroy, back to Pienaar. Need a bit

:13:19. > :13:25.of support. Beattie through by Cardiff. The try was there for the

:13:25. > :13:29.taking -- it was booted through. He guns were done. He is just going to

:13:29. > :13:39.run straight. And does so effectively. Nicely set up by the

:13:39. > :13:44.

:13:44. > :13:49.have taken them back into the lead and they gave away the penalty.

:13:49. > :13:52.Excellent break by Paddy Wallace showing his international class.

:13:52. > :13:55.Ulster are disappointed they finished -- didn't finish of that

:13:55. > :14:01.clean break. From the resultant turnovers in possession of stab

:14:02. > :14:05.once again been pained at the breakdown, the trend continuing.

:14:05. > :14:12.Punished even more now they are playing into the wind. Dan Parks

:14:12. > :14:18.with a luxury of the ball -- wind at his back. Look at that, lovely

:14:18. > :14:25.little dummy. Step back inside. Plenty of gas thereby Paddy Wallace.

:14:25. > :14:35.He did have men there with him. Pienaar was there, that should have

:14:35. > :15:02.

:15:02. > :15:09.again. That has gone least, play on, Cardiff side. Parks, task master at

:15:09. > :15:13.the practical kick. He does produce some of the little things that

:15:13. > :15:17.remind you what a good player he was. You don't play 67 times for

:15:17. > :15:20.your adopted country for nothing. You can't underestimate the

:15:20. > :15:24.psychological boost that gives this forward pack who have been under

:15:24. > :15:27.pressure from the Ulster eight. When they see that all sailing down

:15:27. > :15:37.deep into Ulster's 22 you can just see their body language running for

:15:37. > :15:41.

:15:41. > :15:51.which is the accepted norm throughout the game. We have played

:15:51. > :15:51.

:15:51. > :16:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:16:33. > :16:37.unknown reason. There will be a line-out to the blues. Excellent

:16:37. > :16:47.work by Chris Henry at the breakdown, managing to turn that

:16:47. > :16:48.

:16:48. > :16:51.pall over and eased the pressure for Ulster. -- turn the ball over.

:16:52. > :16:56.Richie Rees coming on at scrum-half, probably at the behest of the Welsh

:16:56. > :17:00.management. Lloyd Williams, although he was a replacement for

:17:00. > :17:05.the opening Six Nations games and did get some game time last time

:17:05. > :17:08.out, will be needed next weekend, so he has done his 50 minutes and

:17:08. > :17:18.Richie Rees, another Welsh international was nine caps, has

:17:18. > :17:29.

:17:29. > :17:34.forward and it was gathered by a Cardiff player. The penalty to

:17:34. > :17:40.Ulster. If they are into a strong wind, I'm not sure if Ulster will

:17:40. > :17:45.go for the posts. There was the knock forward, grabbed another

:17:45. > :17:50.reflex action, you can't blame a reflex action -- you can't blame a

:17:50. > :17:54.player for doing that. I have always said it is a silly law. Ian

:17:54. > :18:01.Humphreys has found his touch and there is an Ulster injury. It is

:18:01. > :18:05.Diack. I think it is his hand this time. Given Ulster's performance

:18:05. > :18:09.with the driving maul from a line- out that we saw in the first half,

:18:09. > :18:15.they may well be tempted to do the same at try and work there over

:18:15. > :18:22.from close quarters. Paddy McAllister coming on for Auster --

:18:22. > :18:27.Ulster, to win his 35th cap. Off goes Tom Court. He has served his

:18:27. > :18:32.period of time and you do have the feeling you don't know what is

:18:32. > :18:42.going on between Ulster and national management. It is Nigel

:18:42. > :19:00.

:19:00. > :19:10.Brady for Ulster, a crucial line- ball that the Ulster back division

:19:10. > :19:41.

:19:41. > :19:49.oh dear. The error count is high. Cardiff are going to bring on the

:19:49. > :19:53.instantly recognisable Molitika. From Tonga. Yes, looking to get

:19:53. > :19:57.through that tackle, pops the ball out, it is a marginal decision that

:19:57. > :20:00.has gone against Ulster, trying to change the quality of that

:20:00. > :20:03.possession of from that's a load driving around the corner and

:20:03. > :20:09.Cardiff Blues try and keep the momentum they have enjoyed in the

:20:09. > :20:13.second half by the introduction of some its fresh legs. Molitika will

:20:13. > :20:16.come on and going to the back row at number six and I'm pretty sure

:20:16. > :20:24.that Michael Paterson, as he has done so many times this season and

:20:24. > :20:28.last season, will go into the second row with Tito. -- Tighthead.

:20:28. > :20:36.Hill has played well and is a prospect. There is a stoppage by an

:20:36. > :20:41.Ulster player. The clock has stopped was nearly 14 minutes

:20:41. > :20:48.played in the second half. It was 11-16 Ulster at the interval, a try

:20:48. > :20:57.by Diack, penalties by Pienaar, penalties from Parks, who scored

:20:57. > :21:02.did try immediately after the restart. Diack has passed his hand

:21:02. > :21:12.bandaged, I hope -- Diack has had his hand bandaged, I hope it is not

:21:12. > :21:49.

:21:49. > :21:59.is the address for the Twitter feet. with it yet again. Dan Parks does

:21:59. > :22:09.

:22:09. > :22:19.like to take his time and Ulster squeeze on Cardiff, anything would

:22:19. > :22:28.suit them to try to restore the lead of says. -- their lead. Ulster

:22:28. > :22:33.give away a penalty number 11. Well, it has been desperately unfortunate

:22:33. > :22:38.for Ulster. A wonderful piece of play yet again by this time Paddy

:22:38. > :22:41.Wallace, but the ball was very kind in terms of the bounds for Parks.

:22:41. > :22:48.George Clancy certainly would be accused of any bias towards an

:22:48. > :22:58.Irish team, the penalty count escalating for Ulster and huge

:22:58. > :23:09.

:23:09. > :23:19.pressure reliever for Cardiff Blues. bundle of points when he played his

:23:19. > :23:35.

:23:35. > :23:39.first game for the All Blacks at forward by Carbeth. Did what and

:23:39. > :23:43.knock it forward or backward? Yes, the scrum is going to Ulster.

:23:43. > :23:47.Whitten was right there, he leaned into it a bit too much. Typical

:23:47. > :23:52.swirling in the breeze, having to run from a long distance to get to

:23:52. > :23:56.it. Ulster will be released. Midfield, plenty of attacking

:23:56. > :24:00.options presenting themselves and Ulster need to find a way into this

:24:00. > :24:06.game in the second half. The opening 60 minutes has been

:24:06. > :24:10.dominated by the Blues. -- 16 minutes. 11 apiece, Brian

:24:10. > :24:14.McLaughlin might settle for that but really, they were really

:24:14. > :24:18.realistic expectations of an Ulster win on the road and if they lose

:24:18. > :24:27.this one it means they will have gone through the entire season not

:24:27. > :24:37.winning on Welsh soil. Djabe seems to have been around for ever. --

:24:37. > :24:37.

:24:37. > :26:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:26:27. > :26:34.a blog by Ulster, the referee has Gavin Henson event called up. A

:26:34. > :26:39.lovely break, a try for Cardiff. It is Tom James. Cardiff take the lead

:26:39. > :26:45.for the first time in this game as we reached the one our market

:26:45. > :26:49.Cardiff get their second try and their tails now will be up. Cardiff

:26:49. > :26:52.have found a way to one lock the Ulster defence in the second half.

:26:52. > :26:56.They could not do it in the first half but they have got those

:26:56. > :27:02.mismatches, they're taking it to the advantage line with more venom

:27:02. > :27:12.and a wonderful angled run there, Tom James, put it -- prolific try-

:27:12. > :27:16.

:27:16. > :27:26.scorer, he goes in for another one. 16-11. Tom James romps home. This

:27:26. > :27:56.

:27:56. > :27:59.is his 36th try for Cardiff and his in from another Ulster error. Chris

:27:59. > :28:05.Henry's Ulster side have a lot to do now to pull something out of

:28:05. > :28:07.this game. It is crucial for Ulster gets in time and possession in

:28:07. > :28:12.opposition territory. They haven't been able to dictate the pace of

:28:12. > :28:18.this game. They have been on the back foot defensively. The ball

:28:18. > :28:20.carriers of the Blues, the likes of Rush, are starting to penetrate the

:28:20. > :28:24.defence, get over the advantage line at once they start doing that

:28:24. > :28:31.and the tempo of the game lifts, they are a very difficult team to

:28:31. > :28:39.stop. Tyrrell has left the field, Rhys Thomas, capped 27 times for

:28:39. > :28:49.Wales, Claire was going off, Czekaj, another man who has caused problems

:28:49. > :29:17.

:29:17. > :29:20.in the past, is coming on. -- Blair the knock forward. You could see

:29:20. > :29:25.what Ian Humphreys was trying to do, get through the tackle and offload

:29:25. > :29:29.around the corner, but just hit there, dislodging the ball and once

:29:29. > :29:34.again it is the Blues who have possession. They have dominated

:29:34. > :29:44.this second half from the whistle. They have been on the front foot

:29:44. > :29:49.

:29:49. > :29:59.half, 11-six at half-time. Since the interval the Blues have 12

:29:59. > :30:11.

:30:11. > :30:21.unanswered points, two tries, one made his international debut in 97

:30:21. > :30:46.

:30:46. > :30:50.back ahead of Ulster he would drop to at least 6th place. Ulster will

:30:50. > :30:54.start to look to their bench, you feel, with momentum going against

:30:54. > :30:58.them. Probably time for the introduction of Paul Marshall, we

:30:58. > :31:02.can see the impact he can get on the game and they need to do

:31:02. > :31:05.something to change the way this is going. It is drawing towards an

:31:05. > :31:15.inevitable conclusion of a Blue's victory unless something is done to

:31:15. > :31:17.

:31:17. > :31:27.change the momentum. Squeeze by McAllister, said the rush. --

:31:27. > :31:28.

:31:28. > :31:38.Xavier Rush. Penalty against Ulster. Good offload. Play on, says the

:31:38. > :31:40.

:31:40. > :31:49.referee, advantage is over. Ulster have to get this into touch. Poor

:31:49. > :31:58.tackle by Humphreys. A little hand went out there by Humphreys.

:31:58. > :32:04.Penalty against them, that will be a yellow card. Off he goes. Ulster,

:32:04. > :32:09.seven points adrift, down to 14 men. Marshall is coming on, and Kyriacou.

:32:09. > :32:14.They made us hold fire on that for the time being. They can't change

:32:14. > :32:17.Humphreys because he is off the field. Are just going for that

:32:17. > :32:22.intercept on the inside, knocking the ball down. A straight yellow

:32:22. > :32:29.card for those offences. Marshals introduction, you think, will be

:32:29. > :32:35.held back for a further 10 minutes. Kyriacou substitution will go ahead.

:32:35. > :32:42.A little bit rash from Richie Rees. They have got a second opportunity

:32:42. > :32:49.to get that through. Parks nails this and there will be 10 points

:32:49. > :32:52.between them. What a serious dent this would be in terms of their

:32:52. > :33:02.semi-final expectations. Would you believe it, Dan Parks has missed

:33:02. > :33:10.

:33:10. > :33:19.going to be a double substitution - - the referee can wait. Andy

:33:19. > :33:23.Kyriacou has come on. His 52nd Ulster cap. Pienaar gets it away.

:33:23. > :33:33.The normal when the opposition is down to 14 men is somewhere between

:33:33. > :33:35.

:33:35. > :33:42.six and 10 points. Cardiff will want to try to get his home. Here

:33:42. > :33:50.come the Blues. A real spring in their step. Good solid hit by Chris

:33:50. > :33:58.Henry, their skipper. Ferocious hand-off into the face of Nevin

:33:58. > :34:07.Spence. Willy Faloon just a diving. The initial knock forward might

:34:07. > :34:13.have been by Cardiff. It will be an Ulster feet to this scrum. Trying

:34:13. > :34:22.to find a way to get possession. Trying to hold back this tidal wave

:34:22. > :34:29.of blue which keeps charging about defensive line led by Xavier Rush.

:34:29. > :34:31.He is a bit of a handful, isn't he? Drives forward, took Paddy

:34:31. > :34:37.McAllister and Lewis Stevenson all their time together to bring him

:34:37. > :34:45.down. Baguettes and the front foot ball, over the advantage line. --

:34:45. > :34:49.that gets them up. The half-backs can dictate how the game is played.

:34:49. > :34:54.Most importantly, where the game is played. They have done that very

:34:54. > :35:04.well in the second half, Cardiff Blues. Pienaar is having a little

:35:04. > :35:07.

:35:07. > :35:12.bland. Xavier Rush was due to start with Ulster at this season but they

:35:12. > :35:17.signed Vandenburg, a moot point as to which they would be signing.

:35:17. > :35:21.Second game in a road missed because of injury. Having only

:35:21. > :35:31.missed two games in the entire two seasons to date. Straightforward

:35:31. > :35:39.

:35:40. > :35:47.run-in for the second try for the Afoa's knee was on the ground. I

:35:47. > :35:51.think the assistant on the far side had the flat out for that. A

:35:51. > :35:55.nonsense decision. Afoa has pretty much dominated every opponent he

:35:56. > :36:01.has been up against. There has been some quality ones through that

:36:01. > :36:11.Heineken Cup campaign. He must be bamboozled how the referee

:36:11. > :36:22.

:36:22. > :36:27.adjudicated three penalties against Irish bias in this game. Parks

:36:27. > :36:31.missed a fairly straightforward, this is much more suited to a

:36:31. > :36:39.right-footed kicker, is that any better? It is a belter. Good strike

:36:39. > :36:46.by Parks. Getting more and more difficult for Ulster now. 10 points

:36:46. > :36:51.adrift. Paul Marshall has come on the field. Interesting to see what

:36:51. > :36:55.is happening. They are making another unusual substitution.

:36:55. > :36:58.Feeling they need to get Marshall into this game, brought off Robbie

:36:58. > :37:02.Diack and they will take their chances were the last few minutes

:37:03. > :37:07.until they make a reintroduction which will probably be Michael

:37:08. > :37:17.McComish or somebody else in the forward pack. They might bring on

:37:18. > :37:26.

:37:26. > :37:30.Tim Parker. -- Tim Barker. Paul Marshall coming on. Amazingly, his

:37:30. > :37:40.51st consecutive match-day squad which am sure must be some kind of

:37:40. > :37:46.record. I'm sure somebody will correct me. Marshall to feed the

:37:46. > :37:53.scrum. Still time for Ulster but they need something pretty quickly.

:37:53. > :37:58.Marshall gets it away, now Pienaar. Chris Henry in there quickly.

:37:58. > :38:06.Ulster, Marshall again. Penalty to Ulster. They must take the three

:38:06. > :38:09.points. At least I am assuming they will. Still enough time on the

:38:09. > :38:13.clock. They have got to be conscious there is a point on offer

:38:13. > :38:17.for losing by less than seven, not that there is their ambition but if

:38:17. > :38:19.you had your bet at this point in the game they need to halt the

:38:19. > :38:29.scoring sequence of the Blues and get some point on the board for

:38:29. > :38:29.

:38:30. > :38:35.themselves. 4th in 10 minutes remaining. -- 10 minutes remaining.

:38:36. > :38:45.Pienaar and Ulster within bonus point range. Michael McComish seems

:38:46. > :38:53.

:38:53. > :39:02.to be warming up. Pienaar, three more points. Three more points for

:39:02. > :39:11.Ulster. Nine-and-a-half minutes remaining. Canberra McLaughlin's

:39:11. > :39:21.men do it? -- can. -- Canon Brian McLaughlin. Ulster need some

:39:21. > :39:26.

:39:26. > :39:34.possession. They have been without it for almost half an hour. That is

:39:34. > :39:44.nicely done. Better staff. D'Arcy on the outside. The tackle was by

:39:44. > :39:56.

:39:56. > :40:01.hence an initially. -- Gavin thought it was a penalty he was

:40:01. > :40:06.giving for knocking forward. Michael McComish not yet on. Just

:40:06. > :40:09.waiting for that 10 minutes to elapse. Midfield scrum. Ulster will

:40:09. > :40:12.have to play a bit more speculatively. Perfect opportunity

:40:12. > :40:20.to do so with a midfield scrum. Just need to ensure they get a

:40:20. > :40:29.quality of possession from this week. -- feed. Seven points between

:40:29. > :40:39.them. Ulster are too close to their M20 to for comfort. Ian Whitten has

:40:39. > :40:39.

:40:39. > :40:49.Ghanian on the flank of the scrum. -- Ian Whitten has gone in. Good

:40:49. > :40:55.

:40:55. > :41:05.Penalty to Ulster taken quickly by Marshall. McAllister. Well taken by

:41:05. > :41:20.

:41:20. > :41:24.McAllister. Ulster spill the ball. It just hasn't been Ulster's

:41:24. > :41:29.evening in terms of the ability to retain possession. The penalty Catt

:41:30. > :41:38.has been pretty high, although that has been cut back quite a while --

:41:38. > :41:41.for quite some time. A staff turnover around 17 balls and

:41:41. > :41:45.attacked the Blues 14 themselves, not the highest quality game. Some

:41:45. > :41:48.excitement in the second half once the police got into their stride.

:41:48. > :41:52.Ulster will be been there -- bemoaning the fact they tend ever

:41:52. > :41:56.so much possession coupled with a high penalty count hasn't allowed

:41:56. > :41:59.them any fluidity in their game, probably didn't get enough points

:41:59. > :42:06.in the first half with the wind at their back and that has been

:42:06. > :42:09.brought home to roost with the scoreline in the second half.

:42:09. > :42:15.Wales and Lions centre having a look at his colleagues, must be

:42:15. > :42:23.pretty happy. Six-and-a-half minutes remaining. In the lead by

:42:23. > :42:27.seven points. Ulster's bonus point when last week against the Dragons

:42:27. > :42:37.saw them leapfrog the Blues. Defeat tonight would see them sink back

:42:37. > :42:47.

:42:47. > :42:57.down the table. A lot of tricky start for the police. As has fellow

:42:57. > :43:07.

:43:07. > :43:17.prop, John Yapp. Thomas in the Bullies getting an early squeeze on,

:43:17. > :43:24.

:43:24. > :43:30.Richie Rees, Dan Parks. -- the Blues. Very good kick. Mike

:43:30. > :43:35.McComish is coming on. The Blues will be a where they don't have to

:43:35. > :43:38.do anything fancy, they have got a seven-point lead, the wind at their

:43:38. > :43:42.back, their will kick for possession, muscle up defensively

:43:42. > :43:52.and look for any per know their defence to add points or a penalty

:43:52. > :44:06.

:44:06. > :44:16.to knock three moreover -- look for employee the defence. Afoa Gibernau

:44:16. > :44:27.

:44:27. > :44:33.room whatsoever. -- Gibernau no go except the ground, outside his

:44:33. > :44:39.22 -- There is no where really. Less than five minutes to go.

:44:39. > :44:49.Ulster losing bonus point at this stage, that could change. Well

:44:49. > :44:52.taken by Paddy Wallace. Here is Gilroy. Cardiff really squeeze in

:44:52. > :44:56.Ulster. Ulster don't want to kick because they give away possession

:44:56. > :45:05.but they may be forced to kick to get away from here. McAllister

:45:05. > :45:15.nearly dropped it. Four minutes remaining now, a wee bit less than

:45:15. > :45:31.

:45:31. > :45:35.back. James thought he was in for his second. He will have to come

:45:35. > :45:41.back. The infringement was spotted by the assistant on the near side,

:45:41. > :45:45.hunts all round for Tom James but the try it is not going to stand --

:45:45. > :45:51.hugs all round. It would have buried Ulster completely. It looked

:45:51. > :45:57.like the right decision from certs -- first thoughts on it. Just the

:45:57. > :46:01.offload on it as Parks came at a deceptive angle, maybe, hard to see

:46:01. > :46:06.from that angle, it may have been an acceptable pass. Difficult to

:46:06. > :46:12.tell. The Blues, it probably won't cost them the game at this stage,

:46:12. > :46:20.may have taken Ulster out of the bonus point range. Ulster hanging

:46:20. > :46:25.on to that losing bonus point. I think it was just nudged forward by

:46:25. > :46:35.Kevin Evans, who came straight down, but the assistant judge it was

:46:35. > :46:54.

:46:54. > :46:58.Henry. If Ulster get this, they will have to put width on it.

:46:58. > :47:04.difficult when you are playing that deep in your own territory. Ulster

:47:04. > :47:12.tried. You probably have to kick with a view to getting that ball

:47:13. > :47:17.back. Ulster will probably go down the road. Again, George Clancy

:47:17. > :47:23.penalising Afoa on the front row and the All Black looks at him

:47:23. > :47:26.incredulously. Parks, I am pretty sure, will go for the post. Rees

:47:27. > :47:31.walks back, I don't think he will be asked to kick. This would kill

:47:31. > :47:36.the game in terms of an Costa fight back and killed the game in terms

:47:36. > :47:39.of Ulster getting a losing bonus point and Parks almost thought he

:47:39. > :47:46.was going to go for the kick to touch but indicated he is going for

:47:46. > :47:50.the posts. This thing about this kick is when it -- whether it goes

:47:50. > :48:00.over or not they will not be any more time soak Ulster may get the

:48:00. > :48:13.

:48:13. > :48:16.losing bonus point of Parks is not hasn't made it. Less than 40

:48:16. > :48:20.seconds or so for all Stow, they have to get the restart kicks right,

:48:20. > :48:24.they have to retain -- regain possession and do something special.

:48:24. > :48:29.A converted try would win them the game but I don't reckon there is

:48:29. > :48:39.going to be much chance of that. The man of the Match award has gone

:48:39. > :48:54.

:48:54. > :48:58.to Rush. Ulster have given away Rush for the man of the match award.

:48:58. > :49:02.He blows his whistle to herald the end of what has been a very

:49:02. > :49:07.disappointing trip to Cardiff and indeed a very disappointing season

:49:07. > :49:11.of -- on Welsh soil for this Ulster side, who have serious aspirations

:49:11. > :49:15.of a semi-final spot. Those aspirations may be realised but it

:49:15. > :49:19.is going to get harder from here on in. You think they may have to

:49:19. > :49:23.reset their sights, a top two finished now starts to look very

:49:23. > :49:33.difficult. They will look for the top four but turnovers of penalties

:49:33. > :49:39.

:49:39. > :49:44.was the story of this game for he has done it again. The second

:49:44. > :49:51.week in a raid. Cleverly done, against Terblanche. The article by

:49:51. > :49:55.Terblanche. I don't think he has made it. Parks in the corner, they

:49:55. > :50:05.have made it. No need for the TMO. Just when it -- just what Ulster

:50:05. > :50:06.

:50:06. > :50:16.didn't need. Parks recovers. Gavin Henson, a lovely break. But try for

:50:16. > :50:17.

:50:17. > :50:22.Cardiff and to guess who it is, Tom Well, it's very frustrating second

:50:22. > :50:30.half but Ulster. Cardiff's move above Ulster by two points with a

:50:30. > :50:36.game in hand, Ulster dropped to 6th place. Watching that with me, Tony

:50:36. > :50:40.Ward and Andy Met what a. Even Andy Ward and Tony McWhirter. It has

:50:40. > :50:44.been one of those nights. A dreadful second half but Ulster.

:50:44. > :50:48.Yes, the start of the end of the second half, Cardiff had not come

:50:48. > :50:53.out and fired a shot, they played all the rugby in the last part and

:50:53. > :50:57.thoroughly deserved it. Yes, everything we said at half-time

:50:57. > :51:02.went well in the second half just did not work and defensively it was

:51:02. > :51:07.a catalogue of missed tackles, they did not offer anything apart from

:51:07. > :51:13.one break. We said Costa needed to come out of the blocks quickly but

:51:13. > :51:18.it was opposite, it was Cardiff who came out all cylinders firing --

:51:18. > :51:22.Ulster needed to come out of the box quickly. This was the restart,

:51:22. > :51:32.a poor start from the Costa perspective. Nothing down the short

:51:32. > :51:34.

:51:34. > :51:39.side. They don't get easier than we're guilty of not putting anybody

:51:39. > :51:41.down the blindside and anybody can score from that range. Even though

:51:42. > :51:46.the score board did not reflect it it really did feel like an uphill

:51:46. > :51:50.struggle for Ulster? Absolutely, the refereeing standard continued

:51:51. > :51:56.into the second half. I did not think it was a great show. Why not?

:51:56. > :52:02.Yet again it was complete inconsistency at the breakdown. A

:52:02. > :52:05.forward pass was made for tries, it turned the game on its head, 11-11

:52:06. > :52:10.or one point, clearly a forward pass but bad tackling. Ian

:52:10. > :52:14.Humphreys had to make this tackle here on the player. He was caught

:52:14. > :52:19.ball-watching. That was a forward pass. Right in front of the referee,

:52:19. > :52:24.appalling. Tony, do you agree? there is probably a slightly better

:52:24. > :52:31.Wrangle here but Ian has to make that tackle. It is no good jumping

:52:31. > :52:35.up, clinic it is a forward pass, you have to play to the whistle.

:52:35. > :52:41.was ball-watching, he knew he had made a mistake, you have to tackle

:52:41. > :52:45.and he did not make it. This gives you a better angle. The space that

:52:45. > :52:50.is shadowed, it is a nice straight angle but the tackle is there to be

:52:50. > :52:54.made, the fullback has no chance at this stage after they bust the

:52:54. > :52:58.initial line. After such a good defensive performance in the first

:52:58. > :53:02.half by a Ulster, where did it go wrong in the second half? It is

:53:02. > :53:05.hard to put a finger on it. I don't think they fired a shot. In

:53:05. > :53:09.fairness to Cardiff they came out of the blocks in the second half

:53:09. > :53:19.come far more so than other side did in the first half. They upped

:53:19. > :53:19.

:53:19. > :53:24.You saw the big players come to the fore, Rush got stepped up to the

:53:24. > :53:31.plate, he allowed that to happen. The current five started getting in

:53:31. > :53:35.amongst it, Afoa was the only guy who stood out. How was a Afoa, a

:53:35. > :53:40.World Cup winner, penalised four times by the referee? It is crazy,

:53:40. > :53:45.I can't. You have no answer for that. For a touch judge who is 20

:53:45. > :53:50.or 30 metres away to call it for Afoa straight away, it baffles me.

:53:50. > :54:00.Ulster did have the chances, a great break by Paddy Wallace?

:54:00. > :54:02.

:54:02. > :54:06.the second half, a dummy in goal here. Good speed and acceleration.

:54:06. > :54:11.We would love to have seen Miss finished off, too many beds at the

:54:11. > :54:15.cherry and the wrong option. The ball got spilled, Cardiff hacked

:54:15. > :54:20.down the field and were clear and we were back where we started. We

:54:20. > :54:25.could have buried that chance. As it was it did not happened. Paddy

:54:25. > :54:28.put his hand up and tried, one of those occasions where a bit more

:54:28. > :54:33.communication from the support player's would have given them an

:54:33. > :54:38.option. This ruck he had to be a ruck now. He forced the last pass

:54:38. > :54:41.because they were back-pedalling. We got a nice ruck going, they are

:54:41. > :54:46.back-pedalling, at sixes and sevens defensively, that is when you

:54:46. > :54:50.wanted to pass. Dan Parks charged down again but what happened after

:54:50. > :54:54.that? Do you sit that highlights the inconsistencies and the referee

:54:55. > :54:58.in? We talked about the state in which the Ulster players were so-

:54:58. > :55:02.called diving on the rucks. If we look at the Cardiff guys here, they

:55:02. > :55:09.jumped straight on top. That is absolutely no different to what

:55:09. > :55:13.happened in the first half as Forest Ulster was concerned. Here

:55:13. > :55:20.comes T Tote Crom Estate on, that is a penalty right there. -- here

:55:21. > :55:25.comes Tito. Cardiff get the penalty. Yes, Williams is calling the

:55:25. > :55:28.referee, come on, come by, those guys could not get out, the

:55:29. > :55:31.momentum took them there. What do you think of Martyn Williams

:55:31. > :55:36.tonight and the amount of talking he did to the referee? It was

:55:36. > :55:44.constant. I can't understand the guys who talk to referees. I spent

:55:44. > :55:49.It is not a part of rugby, you don't see people doing it as much

:55:49. > :55:52.as that. Probably not, Martyn Williams is a world class player,

:55:52. > :55:56.probably slowed down and lost a couple of yards of pace but he is

:55:56. > :55:59.in the right place at the right time and making crucial decisions

:55:59. > :56:02.and he is completely is fluent -- influencing the referee. He got

:56:02. > :56:07.away with it tonight. Humphreys' performers tonight, what

:56:07. > :56:17.did you make of it? The second half, he let himself down a little bit.

:56:17. > :56:20.We will see from the clubs coming to make. That is a poor attempt

:56:20. > :56:25.right there. This is not much braver. You have to make those

:56:25. > :56:29.tackles. These guys, this is a professional game, not only does

:56:29. > :56:34.someone else have to do his tackling for him, he makes a silly

:56:34. > :56:40.mistake at puts the team under more pressure, down to 14 men, team

:56:40. > :56:43.coming forward, crazy. The yellow- card is given, they made a

:56:43. > :56:48.substitution. He will be disappointed but that is a facet of

:56:48. > :56:51.his game he can work on. Ulster struggling to make the top four now

:56:51. > :56:55.but after watching that away performance tonight, how would you

:56:55. > :57:03.assess their chances in their biggest away game this season,

:57:03. > :57:07.which is going to be a European Cup There is the difference between the

:57:07. > :57:12.full-strength Ulster team, Rory Best, back into the set of four.

:57:12. > :57:16.There is not much difference with the team last week. We said at the

:57:16. > :57:20.top of the programme, Ulster haven't won in Wales this season

:57:20. > :57:24.and tonight has compounded that. Ulster at home are different. We

:57:24. > :57:30.have seen them at full strength travelling away in Europe at away

:57:30. > :57:33.to Leicester, at Clermont Auvergne, they can back-up performances and

:57:33. > :57:41.pull out the big game when they have to. It will take a massive

:57:41. > :57:45.effort. Ulster needed to test team about, we had no real out and out

:57:45. > :57:48.solid ball carriers going forward. We said at the start they seemed to

:57:48. > :57:52.have more strength and depth but sadly tonight it did not manifest

:57:52. > :57:57.itself in their performance. We did not get much football, you are

:57:57. > :58:01.quite right. A lot of credit has to go to Cardiff, the second half,

:58:01. > :58:05.they stepped up to the mark, they got it going forward and cancelled

:58:05. > :58:09.out stuff that Ulster were looking to try to do and they did not do it.

:58:09. > :58:13.We needed to keep the ball in hand. The last ten minutes Ulster were

:58:13. > :58:16.conceding ground with the ball in hand and it can only go one way.

:58:16. > :58:20.Does it feel like Ulster will have to win every game remaining to make

:58:20. > :58:24.it into the top four? I would imagine so, they will have to start

:58:25. > :58:28.with the big one against the Ospreys next week. They have had a

:58:28. > :58:33.decent win in Italy tonight and they will have confident. It is one

:58:33. > :58:37.game at a time. Ulster have to make sure if they qualify for the top

:58:37. > :58:40.four, or win next Friday is imperative and let's hope it can be

:58:40. > :58:46.five points as well. It could come down to bonus points at the end of

:58:46. > :58:51.it. Willing that will be easy, will it? No problem! Thanks, I'll try to

:58:51. > :58:55.get your names right next week. More live rugby next Friday night,

:58:55. > :59:00.join us live at Ravenhill for Ulster against the Ospreys. The

:59:00. > :59:05.programme starts at the usual time of 7:00pm on BBC Two. I will be

:59:05. > :59:09.joined in the studio by the former Ireland coach, Eddie O'Sullivan.