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That's the Ospreys line! Jackson again! Taken down into Luke

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Marshall. Williams for his second! A one-handed touchdown. Ulster

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arrive in Wales with five wins out of five in the pro 12, unbeaten so

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far and tonight they will try and keep the winning run intact against

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the Newport Gwent Dragons. Kick-off in a few moments. Good evening and

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welcome this took time for another Friday fix of live rugby. Joining

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me for the RaboDirect Pro12 are Maurice Field and Tony McCoy and.

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Ulster top of the table with a game in hand. The Dragons second-from-

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bottom. The assumption is it's an easy win for Ulster. The same in

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the Heineken game, we thought it would be a runaway winner. When

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Dragons have been successful winning five of the last six. They

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are 14 players down and we are buoyed by confidence. The better of

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the two provinces and we have one. The confidence in the squad is

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immense. Conference might be down a bit, they've only 11 in seven games.

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But Ulster tonight, four changes -- confidence. Four changes, Tommy

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Bowe is fullback. It is a big chance to stake a claim for the

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rest of the season. Roger Wilson making a return and hopefully we

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will see him off the bench. How big a loss will Johann Muller be?

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has been the go to play, an inspirational captain. At he will

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be a massive loss but Stephenson was playing and put in impressive

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performances. His performances have got him into the Irish squad. The

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combination and the factors the squad will endure and you have to

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adapt and they have the depth of squad. What about the half-back

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combination, the fans' cry out for the stock Ruan Pienaar at nine.

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Were it is nice to see Marshall getting back. -- it is nice to see

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Marshall getting that. The quality of Ruan Pienaar is as a world-class

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player. He will control the game in a slightly different position.

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Gareth Payne has been an outstanding form -- on a stunning

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form. He gets a rest this evening. Would you make of Tommy Bowe?

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hasn't played an awful lot of rugby. We all know what a classy operation

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he is whether on the wing or outside Centre or potentially at

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fullback. There's a slants towards an Irish question. It was an Ulster

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decision to rest him. Declan Kidney will have one eye on the situation.

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Rob Kearney is out injured. There will be interesting questions. The

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in the incumbent is Felix James if he is fully fit and Keith Earls he

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did not adapt to fullback. Tommy is a world-class international player.

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I suppose we get a chance to see how Ulster copes with his strength

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and depth especially when they lose players to the Irish set-up coming

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up. Yes, a chance for the guys who have not been playing much that be

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to get involved. You cannot send us your thoughts via Twitter and

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Facebook. We are back at half time. Roger Wilson will join us. Sit back

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and enjoy the first half in the is in perfect condition. There is a

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breath of wind. Ulster on the fit - their season. Given their record,

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there is every hope they might do that. From an Ulster perspective

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they are hoping things do not go the way of the home side. Williams

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has recovered from a nasty breed injury which kept him out of the

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Heineken Cup game. He bounced back has stayed away. There is going to

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be a breeze. Through the smoke and heat can be Dragons side determined

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to get their side back on track as far as their RaboDirect Pro12

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Rodney Parade. Fond memories of their last trip to Wales where they

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beat the Cardiff Blues comfortably and they'll be looking to play the

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the ground. He had a go at contesting it. A chance for the

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run of form. Taking opportunities early on, bringing the crowd into

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it. A good crowd for the rugby, it bodes well for them. Ruan Pienaar

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Bowe. He has to release this. think it did. This is going to be a

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game worth watching. A wonderful take by Andrew Trimble from the box

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kick by Marshall. Rory Best summing up the situation, Turner the ball

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penalty against Ulster for coming from the wrong side and flopping

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down on top of the ball. Excellent field position against Glasgow, the

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number of turnovers in that area was a concern for the coach. They

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will not want the pattern continuing tonight. Over-anxious

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a 35-year-old Steve Jones would retire but he is captaining the

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season the variety of attack from the set-piece, the line-out.

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Williams in the middle of the park with strike runners like a Gilroy,

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Tommy Bowe entering from all sorts of angles. Difficult for Defence to

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their Dragons and pay our way. Such entertaining rugby. Good tackle

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against Ulster. Another penalty to Dragons. We saw the threat from

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well Harris. Chavhanga on the other end as well. There is well harries

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again. Ulster managed to bring him down. They Dragons looked dangerous

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when they get up front. They are growing on the front foot and

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striving for it. They have got a just over nine minutes and the

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struggled with this, because of the way that the Dragons approach their

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rugby. When they get their home ground feel and pay with intensity

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a, this is where they capitalise. - Fitzpatrick at the back from Paul

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Henderson. Good work from the Dragons who are playing a very good,

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advantage in this exchange. Dragons are very pragmatic the way

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they are going about the game tonight. Not taking chances deep in

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their own territory. They are showing the intensity of Defence

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that causes problems for the attack. An accidental offside. It is a

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penalty. I Dragons player touched the ball and it went forward and

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the next player was a Dragons player in front of him, so it is of

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side so of to get a much-needed penalty. -- also stirred get a

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make sure they do not lose possession like the last time. They

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need to drive 30 metres to the Dragons line, there is certainly

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having a go at it. They are still their first scrum of the evening.

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They need a bit of ball security to pack despite no John Afoa or

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about perfect, but it was slightly imperfect, which makes all the

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this quickly. -- Ulster need this Dan Touhy is only a few metres away.

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It is picked up! What a pick up! What a score! The best possible

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response from Ulster. Tom Court had all the hands of a conjuror. Going

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through a number of passages of play, it was the quality of

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possession. Ruan Pienaar sought the opportunity and made use of it. No

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would be impossible to stop, but Tom Court. I do not think it is

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anything too serious. A slight they have. They have shown class.

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They have strike runners that you look at Ulster and you feel that

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they could score from around 22. The Dragons will have to work a lot

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if they can get their hands on the ball and go through their patterns.

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They had not been allowed in to any flower in this match. -- in to any

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by the Dragons skipper. Stolen by Ulster. Picked up by Marshall.

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Ulster will get the penalty. All of a sudden, they are in range. Clever

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work from Marshall. Out of kicking range. He knows that if nothing

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develops, at worst, the ball was He will not go off the field and as

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it is pretty serious. 47 metres for Ruan Pienaar. The decision has been

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made. This to take Ulster into didn't go close. It does not matter

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that much as Ulster are still in the lead. 21 minutes gone. Ruan

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Pienaar had some incredible kicks last season. Jackson has been in a

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superlative form. Ruan Pienaar getting an opportunity to get back

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in the rhythm. Paddy Jackson with 35 points in ear two macro Heineken

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Cup games must be the top of the the blocking, it was a knock

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forward by Ulster. Williams complained to the touch judge about

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table in terms of runners. Lots of options available at the moment, he

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needs to be more careful to ensure they're taking the right option and

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the second to the Dragons. Fitzpatrick on the tight-head side.

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The Dragons were too early to scrummage. He knows best! Unless

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you can get the ball quickly which they were unable to do because the

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Dragons threw the ball away, the touch judge is only five minutes

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away, in the perfect position to binding on the jersey. Refers to

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Nathan Buck. Pienaar is going for a shot at goal. Chris Henry and Ruan

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Pienaar discussed it, Pienaar decides whether it is within range

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and he has had a site from range early on. He seems comfortable. The

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right decision if they can get this three. Ulster good at developing

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the margin. As the margin increases, so does their appetite for playing

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a wide a loose again. A discussion among themselves asked what went

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wrong in the front row. Nick Williams got treatment for a cuts,

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he had a headband on for a while Not the greatest cook -- kick in

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the world but he would be happy enough because he's taken place

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outside the ten-metre line. Tommy Bowe with one more cap to go before

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Ulster Defence. Can they both keep from that sort of range. Impossible

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to stop, a terrific score. The Dragons would be charged with over

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elaboration but what they did, they It was the directness of the

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approach that led up to it. Doing the basics well with high

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pretty well at the moment. It is basic step but they are executing

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it and that is the key. Paul Marshall, interesting tactic, he

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uses the anticipation, runs back five metres and get a flying start.

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It will always look suspect but he is generally behind the feat when

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the ball is passed. Ulster inside the 22 for the first time in 10

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He may not have the pace of Andy Tuilagi. He is just as effective.

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He's been doing it all season, the Dragons will have seen that on

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their analysis and stressing the importance of taking him to ground

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early. He gets the ball away from contact and that immense strength,

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the upper body strength to shrug players away. He reaches out over

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the line. Ruan Pienaar with the conversion. Ulster back in the lead

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again. There is only a point played with more adventure and wit

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that Ulster have not been able to go to the faces. Based been

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effective enough in scoring his two tries. -- but they have been

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effective enough. -- those two Ulster not forward. -- not forward.

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tonight. They've looked good when it had the ball close to the

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breakdown area, such a pace they're getting across the advantage line.

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Excellent ball security as the recycle the ball quickly, they are

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running into a defence which is still reorganising. But working

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well for them this evening. -- that that right over the Ulster post. I

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thought for a second it would drift to the right but it held its course.

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Another excellent strike from long range by the Dragons fullback and

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the home side back in the lead again. 16-14. You look at how both

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teams have accumulated his points, the Dragons have gone through one

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passage of play to score a good try but they've accumulated three

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penalties from Ulster the other was the right option after all. --

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it was. He was there to get Ulster's first try of -- third try

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of the first half. Got in the right position to receive the second pass

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from Marshall. A slow drift from the Dragons. Pressure for the

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clearance. The ball could of gone forgive him his frailties in terms

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maximum efficiency where as Ulster have much more to give. They will

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be delighted to have three tries not want to give away any more

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chance for them to create something in the interval. They could have

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one last crack at adding some extra points before half-time. Not a full

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Ulster, again in another very good on. Hopefully nothing too serious

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with the Rory Best. They have stopped the clock with an minute or

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so ago. Would he be leaving the field? Et think he will be. -- I

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think. He is in a little bit of trouble. Not much to go to half

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time, so maybe he is just wandering back. No, he is not leaving the

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field. They are just having a quick look at that injury to try and do

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something about it. They have a decent man on the bench. Nigel

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Brady in the meantime, following a penalty, the Dragons clear the line.

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Not much more action coming up in ball, but try not to pull him down

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down, he grabbed hold of the will be time for the Dragons to

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take his line-out. All of a sudden, you think will they get something

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out of it? Even if it is just a penalty, they could come back on

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decent position and try and squeeze something out of the referee if

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Rory Best has done a great job of time, and Ulster will be the

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Ulster, more penalties than they would have liked. A lack of

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composure at times, but you cannot argue with the score line. To have

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three tries away to the Dragons and be in the lead at half-time, they

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would be comfortable the way the game is at present. They have got

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the players to make an impact. Lots of experience that we will see at

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some point. The coaches will look for the first 20 minutes to assess

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how it has gone and make their The Dragons have been Ulster's

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bogey team in recent seasons, often tonight creating difficulties of

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their home with a lack of discipline at times. They put some

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composure into the game as a Tom Court silence the crowd. Milan

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Pienaar Elita bit off the mark with his placing tonight, but other than

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that, he has been pretty impressive. -- Ruan Pienaar has been a bit off

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Three tries for Ulster, three points big -- between the sides.

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This has been a pretty strange half. Auster did not seem to get going

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but they scored three tries and went in front at half-time. It has

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been a stuttering performance. It has been highlighted by too many

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penalties. Some excellent pieces of individual flair. You have to give

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credit to the Dragons, they are playing the best they can at the

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moment and we have started to three scorers. Tony? Or analysis? A lack

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of fluency, no real a lack of trying. On some occasions, we tried

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too much. We have given away three penalties and two turnover is in

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the first 10 minutes. That does not give you a foothold in the game.

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Declan Fitzpatrick was guilty in the 22, five metres, giving away a

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penalty, and the turnover ball put enormous mistakes. Defensively, we

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had not been there. We are to pass about the moment. Battlesden Amicus

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-- not as dynamic as recently. has taken as 35 Metz to get on

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indefensibly which has caused a turnover. We are guilty of a few

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small mistakes. In terms of drive, it is Rory that is turned over. A

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lack of accuracy at times. That will annoy the coaching. If you cut

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that out in the second half and a Pienaar does his job, also could be

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well ahead. -- Ulster could be. Plenty more to come from them. Just

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a slight inaccuracy in the passing at the moment, they just need to

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force a few things. The talking at half-time will be based on

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tightening things up and getting the basics right. It is difficult

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to be overly critical with three first-half tries. Tom Court taking

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the first one. Yes, Tom Court, it was a loose kick. Tommy Bowe has

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done well all evening. He has fielded the ball well. It develops

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from there. Paul Marshall has looked very comfortable here also.

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Some good into play here. One of the characteristics of why Ulster

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have performed so well is their ability to offload in the tackle.

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They also keeping their came alive at the moment. It is good awareness.

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There is an intensity going forward. Very good pick up. A-grade pick up

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from Tom Court. Was this touch of for it? A good line and a good

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pick-up also. Credit to the Dragons, they have really got stuck into the

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game and they dominated for long periods and have gotten a score as

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well. Playing at home, not a good place to play, a partisan crowd. We

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are just very passive in defence and standing on the side of things

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and trying to make a dent in the opposition. A good line but again,

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I think Pienaar will be disappointed in his tackle there.

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You can see that it is too high. It easily shrugs off. At times in the

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past, games like this for Ulster when it is not quite going their

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way, it drifts out of them, but they just stand there authorities

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straight on at tonight. That is the class of the squad, they have that

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belief in their ability. They have the ability to increase the tempo

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and went are playing at the top of their level at the moment. -- and

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Newport Gwent Dragons are playing. More of the same from McWilliams.

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What you see is what you get. he has the ability to stay on his

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feet. He tracks a lot of the defenders. This has been something

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he has done all season. Ulster play themselves into a position where

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Williams can put himself in the shot composition and he takes a few

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defenders with him and shrugs a couple of with his telescopic reach.

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Good awareness of where he was. He is has an attacking force as well.

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He took van Gough and a great stretch. A revelation for all

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stirred this season. We can see this clip of Roger coming up, and

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he will have to play well to get back on the side. What about the

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Marshall, P now a combination? is going well. The kicking has been

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slightly off and Paul Marshall has been exemplary for all stirred this

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season. He has been working very hard. It generates the ability for

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her ruin it to see where the open spaces and it is a turnaround to

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the 22 and the Dragon team. He puts in seven-acre position quiff Tommy

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against Henman sees further cap is and puts the long kick him.

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Class players can buy time for themselves. His kicking has been

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brilliant. Nick Williams, the ability took second two defenders.

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He likes the offload. You have to put yourself in place. Ruan Pienaar

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has been quick enough to pick up the pieces. You put the effort in,

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you get the reward. Thank you for the moment. Roger Wilson is on the

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bench tonight poised to make his first appearance. The former Ulster

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player of the it is back after four years with Northampton. He spoke to

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I was back here for five or six years. Winning the Magners League

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stands out. There was the highlight. We had quite a lot of young players

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coming through together at the same age group who stayed here and

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played for a number of years and to look at them now, Paddy Wallace,

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Rory Best, the boys who have stayed drive the whole thing at the moment.

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116 caps, is it difficult to leave? Yes, I played a lot of rugby in a

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five-year period. There was no hiding from the fact Ulster were

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not doing particularly well. It was a difficult time and there was

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nothing keep me here in terms of international recognition. I wasn't

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getting involved. It was an opportunity for me to go elsewhere

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and play rugby elsewhere which is something I always wanted to do. I

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have played the best rugby I've played there. It was great. Four

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years of doing that. At the same time, it's good to come back. It is

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a good time. I'll start doing so well. Trimble has got away. What a

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finish! There has been big changes from the top down and right through

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to the players on the pitch. Each position now has three quality

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players for each position which gets the best out of everybody as a

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person and everyone wants to start. It drives you to work harder.

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cap for Ireland, many would say that's not enough. We can compete

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in the Premiership, it's to my chances no harm but it wasn't to be.

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Playing within Ireland, it will improve my chances. I've had an

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injury lately so I have to get fit before I think any further ahead

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and get into the Ulster team. For a lot of years we have sat and

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watched Ulster and Leinster and how will we have done. Ulster believes

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it is their turn. The team has the capability. It's about producing

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results and hopefully this season will be the start of something very

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big. Can he pushed himself back into Irish contention? Without a

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doubt. His form is everything. Roger has plenty of it, we saw him

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on the pitch, on the back of his performances with the ravens, he is

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hungry for rugby. And you have to put your money on one more Ulster

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try and a bonus point victory. and Roger Wilson will hopefully get

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it. Time to go back to the Rory Best was injured. Nigel Brady

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is on for Ulster. Ruan Pienaar gets the second half off to an

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James he got his first Welsh cap in some points on the board and get

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momentum going. They will need to cut out some of the areas of the

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first half but they will feel they have the measure of this spirited

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Dragons side. A restart kick by possession to go through those

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phases and get some patterns on to the game that have been 66 -- been

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down to the 22 and I'll still receive this but sometimes you can

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overdo those things but it depends on the bounce of the ball. Ruan

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Pienaar took all of that into consideration. Of course he did! It

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allows the transition between 9 and 10. His ability to kick out of hand,

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There was thrilling. That is the threat else to possess. Gilroy is

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man. Terrific running by Henderson. Taking on Dragon of the dragon. A

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know she thought that the end. -- throat. You cannot stop and do it

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Acceleration down the blind side. Could this cycling of the ball. A

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handling error leading to the turnover in possession and

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frustrating Ulster again. -- could A lot of good work by Tom Court.

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The Dragons having to collapse the another one. Five successful kicks

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from eight attempts. Nine points between them with only nine minutes

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the lead is changing constantly. advantage to the Dragons, but none

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is going to come. Henderson gives away the penalty it. Williams is

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still looking a bit tender around he points the ball towards the post

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and sends it upright. The Dragons still very much in this game and

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Ulster leading once again and they maximum to stay in touch with his

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Ulster team for. They are doing all Dragons and getting players over

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Roger Wilson is coming on. Edinburgh are now in the lead by

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Miss communication. -- a bit of a Jones. Steve Jones is leaving the

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Tom Brown heading for chlorate. Excellent covering by the also

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This was always going to happen. A lot of people getting a decent

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amount of gain time. Still in the balance with Ulster in the

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ascendancy. Dragons have shown throughout this game that they are

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down. Ulster still have possession gets in. Ulster have got the all-

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Cave did extremely well, one of 10 Ulstermen on the Irish panel for

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the November Test. Very positive by and bring those five points back to

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Ulster. -- Ulster need to close Ulster's night. The 5th Ulster try.

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I am not sure we should be going home now. They will be looking

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forward to the journey home. A slight overlap that developed from

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the Dragons, Trimble realised and came up to affects the tackle and

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put himself in perfect position to seize the try, a one-handed grab,

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plucked it out of the air. An outstanding game from Andrew

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Trimble. It was one of those things, if it works, you are a hero,

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otherwise a complete idiot. More often than not, Andrew Trimble is

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the hero. The conversion has been added. I'll stay now 20 points to

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the good and five tries. Also threatened throughout this

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game to unleash and they accumulated tries, it wasn't a

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flawless performance but the points are coming their way now. 1939, the

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They take the scrum where Andrew Ulster. Mike McCornish is coming on.

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Dragon -- Dragons have bought on the star-studded team. They kept

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second half of the game. It is difficult to keep the intensity in

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the effort but the Dragons seeing excellent passing. Andrew Trimble

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now. Jared Payne is coming on, Paddy Jackson is coming on. Jared

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gain time. But has been Mark turnover. 14 minutes remaining --

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the Ulster Defence. The intensity still looks there in defence,

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encouraging signs they will finish. could be the second time this

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evening they have come away with a bonus point when Herring fell to

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record a win of any kind last developed looks to put them in a

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position where they can certainly cope with losses to injury and

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international call-ups. They had a dominant start, tough fixtures

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early on in the campaign and they are now following through. What a

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comfortable on the ball. A nice to and Paul receipts, this attack for

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some excellent support by Trimble. He goes to ground, Goodbody

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Troy number six. It has been a scrappy game, a lot of handling

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errors and penalties. But it has being interviewed for BBC Wales. I

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am not sure what he is saying but he will be terribly happy. A -- not

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They are away to Italy. And then away to the Scarlets before back

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against Northampton Saints and either side Christmas, Leinster at

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home and Munster away. Ulster are developing such a margin at the top

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of the table, they are taking pressure off themselves. If they

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need to rest and rotate, if they drop a few fixtures, it's crucial

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they achieve a home semi-final in this competition given the start

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they have had. Pat's leech is determined not to have their line

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more try end this? Seeing evidence of why this back line is so potent.

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It is the variety they have and the skill set of the players that they

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have. Players with the utility value move between players which

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shows the vitality and skills that try something, I do not think it is

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and that affected the past. -- pass. Callum Black has been putting in

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hanging on. Had that extra second in the tackle. This pressure might

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by Jared Payne. But that one down terms of this game. -- Ulster are

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and quality of Ulster have got. They can win this game so

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fabulous piece of defending. It may result in Ulster are getting into

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the scrum. They have gone all the the last to set piece of this game.

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Three tries to one up. In the second half, the Dragons haven't

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Round the World Yacht Race will get to put into the scrum. Ulster will

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get into the scrum. We will not get this now. Ulster will be happy with

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a six-try bonus. Win. They will be delighted with that score line,

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delighted with five points. Really dominating this competition. There

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are aspects to look out during the are aspects to look out during the

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week, but you cannot fault them for week, but you cannot fault them for

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their try-scoring ability. Testaments to the quality of them.

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He could not have imagined such a good start. Also recruited well.

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Quality and depth to their plate. Ball looking good for Ulster at

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this point in the competition. A pretty good night at the office

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here. Final score Dragons 19th, It often hasn't been a happy

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hunting ground in the past for Ulster, but tonight, the dragon

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fire was extinguished. Ulster did not have it all their own way. The

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The bonus. Did not take long to come. Darren Cave got that. Six

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wins in a row for Ulster and they stretched their lead at the top of

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the table. Six of the best, 46 points to 19. Not perfect, but the

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perfect score line. We have been watching what turned out to be a

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thoroughly entertaining victory for all start. A good match overall,

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they will be very satisfied with the score and given the level of

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expectation of the squad within themselves, there would be certain

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aspects of the performance they will appear happy with. The were

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sounding like the Ulster coach, you're never happy. To go to Wales

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three times and when his excellent. We have seen the performance

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against Cardiff and that is what they are being benchmark against.

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They have done at number on the. Dragons and are justifiably sitting

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where they are in the table. they can't churn out a fantastic

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victory every week, then they will be happy. Six off the hook as well,

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the second half would always take on that appearance with the

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introduction of so many substitutes. Every substitute that came on gave

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a great contribution. The management will be particularly

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pleased about that. They showed signs of what would come, Ulster,

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but things did not click at the start of the second half. Great

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support by Andrew Trimble. For there could have been another score

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under the post. Ulster had a bad line, there were position problems,

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they can all play good positions. They played down the blind side

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here. If you watch Tom Court, he claimed that out. You want to be

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first receiver here. But then came the fourth try and the bonus points

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secured through Darren Cave. line-out functioned very well. A

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good contribution of the bends. -- You can see here, could use of the

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ball into hands, gives him the extra power that he needs. A Andrew

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Trimble had claims for man-of-the- match. Great performance and a

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deserved try. The lead to greater all night. -- he looked great

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That was a mark of the second half, we increased the defence intensity.

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The Welsh boys didn't see them on the outside. Ryan Constable said in

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the commentary, that apply in is so important for Ulster. Jared Payne

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has been great as a centre. Got a try as well. Nice pick up from

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Paddy Jackson. Able to make that extra yard or two to get close

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enough to the line. But very impressed with Luke Marshall. He

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came on defensively. Not the biggest CLIVE. He had some depth

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and shape. He a good opportunity to look at the different combinations

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through the international series. Different options to call upon.

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tough test next week at home against Edinburgh with a different

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team to see the strength and depth of.. It will be a changed line-up.

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It can do well for the rest of the season. There is competition for

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places and there are three people fur every position. Everybody has

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to put in a performance to get picked and if they have a good

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performance they will stay in the pitch and that has been introduced

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at training. This is showing the fruits on the pitch. Thank you for

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your company tonight, we are back same time, same place next week,

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but in a different location, at Ravenhill for that home game

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against Edinburgh. China's Sun BBC Two at 7:00pm. -- joined us on BBC

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