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That's the Ospreys line! Jackson again! Taken down into Luke | :00:39. | :00:48. | |
Marshall. Williams for his second! A one-handed touchdown. Ulster | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
arrive in Wales with five wins out of five in the pro 12, unbeaten so | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
far and tonight they will try and keep the winning run intact against | :00:58. | :01:04. | |
the Newport Gwent Dragons. Kick-off in a few moments. Good evening and | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
welcome this took time for another Friday fix of live rugby. Joining | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
me for the RaboDirect Pro12 are Maurice Field and Tony McCoy and. | :01:14. | :01:19. | |
Ulster top of the table with a game in hand. The Dragons second-from- | :01:19. | :01:26. | |
bottom. The assumption is it's an easy win for Ulster. The same in | :01:26. | :01:33. | |
the Heineken game, we thought it would be a runaway winner. When | :01:33. | :01:39. | |
Dragons have been successful winning five of the last six. They | :01:40. | :01:49. | |
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are 14 players down and we are buoyed by confidence. The better of | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
the two provinces and we have one. The confidence in the squad is | :01:55. | :02:02. | |
immense. Conference might be down a bit, they've only 11 in seven games. | :02:03. | :02:12. | |
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But Ulster tonight, four changes -- confidence. Four changes, Tommy | :02:16. | :02:26. | |
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Bowe is fullback. It is a big chance to stake a claim for the | :02:27. | :02:34. | |
rest of the season. Roger Wilson making a return and hopefully we | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
will see him off the bench. How big a loss will Johann Muller be? | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
has been the go to play, an inspirational captain. At he will | :02:45. | :02:52. | |
be a massive loss but Stephenson was playing and put in impressive | :02:52. | :03:01. | |
performances. His performances have got him into the Irish squad. The | :03:01. | :03:09. | |
combination and the factors the squad will endure and you have to | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
adapt and they have the depth of squad. What about the half-back | :03:13. | :03:20. | |
combination, the fans' cry out for the stock Ruan Pienaar at nine. | :03:20. | :03:30. | |
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Were it is nice to see Marshall getting back. -- it is nice to see | :03:38. | :03:44. | |
Marshall getting that. The quality of Ruan Pienaar is as a world-class | :03:44. | :03:51. | |
player. He will control the game in a slightly different position. | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
Gareth Payne has been an outstanding form -- on a stunning | :03:56. | :04:01. | |
form. He gets a rest this evening. Would you make of Tommy Bowe? | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
hasn't played an awful lot of rugby. We all know what a classy operation | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
he is whether on the wing or outside Centre or potentially at | :04:09. | :04:19. | |
fullback. There's a slants towards an Irish question. It was an Ulster | :04:19. | :04:25. | |
decision to rest him. Declan Kidney will have one eye on the situation. | :04:25. | :04:35. | |
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Rob Kearney is out injured. There will be interesting questions. The | :04:42. | :04:48. | |
in the incumbent is Felix James if he is fully fit and Keith Earls he | :04:48. | :04:57. | |
did not adapt to fullback. Tommy is a world-class international player. | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
I suppose we get a chance to see how Ulster copes with his strength | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
and depth especially when they lose players to the Irish set-up coming | :05:05. | :05:11. | |
up. Yes, a chance for the guys who have not been playing much that be | :05:11. | :05:17. | |
to get involved. You cannot send us your thoughts via Twitter and | :05:17. | :05:24. | |
Facebook. We are back at half time. Roger Wilson will join us. Sit back | :05:24. | :05:34. | |
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and enjoy the first half in the is in perfect condition. There is a | :05:38. | :05:48. | |
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breath of wind. Ulster on the fit - their season. Given their record, | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
there is every hope they might do that. From an Ulster perspective | :05:58. | :06:04. | |
they are hoping things do not go the way of the home side. Williams | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
has recovered from a nasty breed injury which kept him out of the | :06:09. | :06:18. | |
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Heineken Cup game. He bounced back has stayed away. There is going to | :06:36. | :06:44. | |
be a breeze. Through the smoke and heat can be Dragons side determined | :06:44. | :06:50. | |
to get their side back on track as far as their RaboDirect Pro12 | :06:50. | :07:00. | |
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Rodney Parade. Fond memories of their last trip to Wales where they | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
beat the Cardiff Blues comfortably and they'll be looking to play the | :07:59. | :08:09. | |
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the ground. He had a go at contesting it. A chance for the | :09:10. | :09:20. | |
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run of form. Taking opportunities early on, bringing the crowd into | :10:10. | :10:17. | |
it. A good crowd for the rugby, it bodes well for them. Ruan Pienaar | :10:17. | :10:27. | |
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Bowe. He has to release this. think it did. This is going to be a | :12:03. | :12:10. | |
game worth watching. A wonderful take by Andrew Trimble from the box | :12:10. | :12:16. | |
kick by Marshall. Rory Best summing up the situation, Turner the ball | :12:16. | :12:26. | |
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penalty against Ulster for coming from the wrong side and flopping | :13:13. | :13:20. | |
down on top of the ball. Excellent field position against Glasgow, the | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
number of turnovers in that area was a concern for the coach. They | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
will not want the pattern continuing tonight. Over-anxious | :13:30. | :13:40. | |
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a 35-year-old Steve Jones would retire but he is captaining the | :13:46. | :13:56. | |
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season the variety of attack from the set-piece, the line-out. | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
Williams in the middle of the park with strike runners like a Gilroy, | :14:06. | :14:11. | |
Tommy Bowe entering from all sorts of angles. Difficult for Defence to | :14:11. | :14:21. | |
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their Dragons and pay our way. Such entertaining rugby. Good tackle | :16:01. | :16:11. | |
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against Ulster. Another penalty to Dragons. We saw the threat from | :16:36. | :16:46. | |
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well Harris. Chavhanga on the other end as well. There is well harries | :16:48. | :16:56. | |
again. Ulster managed to bring him down. They Dragons looked dangerous | :16:56. | :17:04. | |
when they get up front. They are growing on the front foot and | :17:04. | :17:14. | |
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striving for it. They have got a just over nine minutes and the | :17:19. | :17:29. | |
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struggled with this, because of the way that the Dragons approach their | :17:35. | :17:42. | |
rugby. When they get their home ground feel and pay with intensity | :17:42. | :17:52. | |
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a, this is where they capitalise. - Fitzpatrick at the back from Paul | :18:20. | :18:30. | |
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Henderson. Good work from the Dragons who are playing a very good, | :18:43. | :18:53. | |
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advantage in this exchange. Dragons are very pragmatic the way | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
they are going about the game tonight. Not taking chances deep in | :19:13. | :19:18. | |
their own territory. They are showing the intensity of Defence | :19:18. | :19:27. | |
that causes problems for the attack. An accidental offside. It is a | :19:27. | :19:32. | |
penalty. I Dragons player touched the ball and it went forward and | :19:32. | :19:38. | |
the next player was a Dragons player in front of him, so it is of | :19:38. | :19:45. | |
side so of to get a much-needed penalty. -- also stirred get a | :19:45. | :19:55. | |
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make sure they do not lose possession like the last time. They | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
need to drive 30 metres to the Dragons line, there is certainly | :20:29. | :20:39. | |
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having a go at it. They are still their first scrum of the evening. | :20:49. | :20:59. | |
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They need a bit of ball security to pack despite no John Afoa or | :21:11. | :21:21. | |
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about perfect, but it was slightly imperfect, which makes all the | :22:51. | :23:01. | |
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this quickly. -- Ulster need this Dan Touhy is only a few metres away. | :24:10. | :24:16. | |
It is picked up! What a pick up! What a score! The best possible | :24:16. | :24:26. | |
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response from Ulster. Tom Court had all the hands of a conjuror. Going | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
through a number of passages of play, it was the quality of | :24:32. | :24:42. | |
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possession. Ruan Pienaar sought the opportunity and made use of it. No | :24:44. | :24:54. | |
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would be impossible to stop, but Tom Court. I do not think it is | :25:34. | :25:44. | |
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anything too serious. A slight they have. They have shown class. | :26:41. | :26:45. | |
They have strike runners that you look at Ulster and you feel that | :26:45. | :26:50. | |
they could score from around 22. The Dragons will have to work a lot | :26:50. | :27:00. | |
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if they can get their hands on the ball and go through their patterns. | :27:40. | :27:47. | |
They had not been allowed in to any flower in this match. -- in to any | :27:47. | :27:57. | |
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by the Dragons skipper. Stolen by Ulster. Picked up by Marshall. | :28:28. | :28:35. | |
Ulster will get the penalty. All of a sudden, they are in range. Clever | :28:35. | :28:40. | |
work from Marshall. Out of kicking range. He knows that if nothing | :28:40. | :28:50. | |
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develops, at worst, the ball was He will not go off the field and as | :29:00. | :29:08. | |
it is pretty serious. 47 metres for Ruan Pienaar. The decision has been | :29:08. | :29:18. | |
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made. This to take Ulster into didn't go close. It does not matter | :29:47. | :29:55. | |
that much as Ulster are still in the lead. 21 minutes gone. Ruan | :29:55. | :30:01. | |
Pienaar had some incredible kicks last season. Jackson has been in a | :30:01. | :30:06. | |
superlative form. Ruan Pienaar getting an opportunity to get back | :30:06. | :30:12. | |
in the rhythm. Paddy Jackson with 35 points in ear two macro Heineken | :30:12. | :30:22. | |
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Cup games must be the top of the the blocking, it was a knock | :31:14. | :31:17. | |
forward by Ulster. Williams complained to the touch judge about | :31:17. | :31:27. | |
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table in terms of runners. Lots of options available at the moment, he | :31:32. | :31:36. | |
needs to be more careful to ensure they're taking the right option and | :31:36. | :31:46. | |
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the second to the Dragons. Fitzpatrick on the tight-head side. | :31:53. | :32:03. | |
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The Dragons were too early to scrummage. He knows best! Unless | :32:08. | :32:13. | |
you can get the ball quickly which they were unable to do because the | :32:13. | :32:23. | |
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Dragons threw the ball away, the touch judge is only five minutes | :32:35. | :32:45. | |
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away, in the perfect position to binding on the jersey. Refers to | :33:17. | :33:23. | |
Nathan Buck. Pienaar is going for a shot at goal. Chris Henry and Ruan | :33:23. | :33:27. | |
Pienaar discussed it, Pienaar decides whether it is within range | :33:27. | :33:34. | |
and he has had a site from range early on. He seems comfortable. The | :33:34. | :33:39. | |
right decision if they can get this three. Ulster good at developing | :33:39. | :33:44. | |
the margin. As the margin increases, so does their appetite for playing | :33:44. | :33:49. | |
a wide a loose again. A discussion among themselves asked what went | :33:49. | :33:54. | |
wrong in the front row. Nick Williams got treatment for a cuts, | :33:54. | :34:04. | |
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he had a headband on for a while Not the greatest cook -- kick in | :34:54. | :34:58. | |
the world but he would be happy enough because he's taken place | :34:58. | :35:04. | |
outside the ten-metre line. Tommy Bowe with one more cap to go before | :35:04. | :35:14. | |
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Ulster Defence. Can they both keep from that sort of range. Impossible | :37:17. | :37:23. | |
to stop, a terrific score. The Dragons would be charged with over | :37:23. | :37:33. | |
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elaboration but what they did, they It was the directness of the | :38:21. | :38:24. | |
approach that led up to it. Doing the basics well with high | :38:25. | :38:34. | |
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pretty well at the moment. It is basic step but they are executing | :38:49. | :38:54. | |
it and that is the key. Paul Marshall, interesting tactic, he | :38:54. | :38:58. | |
uses the anticipation, runs back five metres and get a flying start. | :38:58. | :39:03. | |
It will always look suspect but he is generally behind the feat when | :39:03. | :39:10. | |
the ball is passed. Ulster inside the 22 for the first time in 10 | :39:10. | :39:20. | |
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He may not have the pace of Andy Tuilagi. He is just as effective. | :41:13. | :41:17. | |
He's been doing it all season, the Dragons will have seen that on | :41:17. | :41:25. | |
their analysis and stressing the importance of taking him to ground | :41:25. | :41:30. | |
early. He gets the ball away from contact and that immense strength, | :41:30. | :41:34. | |
the upper body strength to shrug players away. He reaches out over | :41:34. | :41:42. | |
the line. Ruan Pienaar with the conversion. Ulster back in the lead | :41:42. | :41:52. | |
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again. There is only a point played with more adventure and wit | :41:59. | :42:03. | |
that Ulster have not been able to go to the faces. Based been | :42:03. | :42:08. | |
effective enough in scoring his two tries. -- but they have been | :42:08. | :42:18. | |
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effective enough. -- those two Ulster not forward. -- not forward. | :42:36. | :42:46. | |
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tonight. They've looked good when it had the ball close to the | :43:40. | :43:46. | |
breakdown area, such a pace they're getting across the advantage line. | :43:46. | :43:49. | |
Excellent ball security as the recycle the ball quickly, they are | :43:49. | :43:53. | |
running into a defence which is still reorganising. But working | :43:53. | :44:03. | |
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well for them this evening. -- that that right over the Ulster post. I | :44:11. | :44:15. | |
thought for a second it would drift to the right but it held its course. | :44:15. | :44:20. | |
Another excellent strike from long range by the Dragons fullback and | :44:20. | :44:27. | |
the home side back in the lead again. 16-14. You look at how both | :44:27. | :44:31. | |
teams have accumulated his points, the Dragons have gone through one | :44:31. | :44:35. | |
passage of play to score a good try but they've accumulated three | :44:35. | :44:45. | |
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penalties from Ulster the other was the right option after all. -- | :45:50. | :45:58. | |
it was. He was there to get Ulster's first try of -- third try | :45:58. | :46:07. | |
of the first half. Got in the right position to receive the second pass | :46:07. | :46:12. | |
from Marshall. A slow drift from the Dragons. Pressure for the | :46:12. | :46:22. | |
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clearance. The ball could of gone forgive him his frailties in terms | :47:03. | :47:13. | |
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maximum efficiency where as Ulster have much more to give. They will | :47:22. | :47:32. | |
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be delighted to have three tries not want to give away any more | :47:54. | :48:04. | |
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chance for them to create something in the interval. They could have | :48:31. | :48:40. | |
one last crack at adding some extra points before half-time. Not a full | :48:40. | :48:50. | |
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Ulster, again in another very good on. Hopefully nothing too serious | :49:58. | :50:02. | |
with the Rory Best. They have stopped the clock with an minute or | :50:02. | :50:12. | |
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so ago. Would he be leaving the field? Et think he will be. -- I | :50:12. | :50:22. | |
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think. He is in a little bit of trouble. Not much to go to half | :50:22. | :50:27. | |
time, so maybe he is just wandering back. No, he is not leaving the | :50:27. | :50:32. | |
field. They are just having a quick look at that injury to try and do | :50:32. | :50:39. | |
something about it. They have a decent man on the bench. Nigel | :50:39. | :50:45. | |
Brady in the meantime, following a penalty, the Dragons clear the line. | :50:45. | :50:55. | |
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Not much more action coming up in ball, but try not to pull him down | :51:16. | :51:26. | |
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down, he grabbed hold of the will be time for the Dragons to | :51:42. | :51:46. | |
take his line-out. All of a sudden, you think will they get something | :51:46. | :51:51. | |
out of it? Even if it is just a penalty, they could come back on | :51:51. | :52:01. | |
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decent position and try and squeeze something out of the referee if | :52:07. | :52:17. | |
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Rory Best has done a great job of time, and Ulster will be the | :52:42. | :52:52. | |
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Ulster, more penalties than they would have liked. A lack of | :53:00. | :53:09. | |
composure at times, but you cannot argue with the score line. To have | :53:09. | :53:14. | |
three tries away to the Dragons and be in the lead at half-time, they | :53:14. | :53:19. | |
would be comfortable the way the game is at present. They have got | :53:19. | :53:23. | |
the players to make an impact. Lots of experience that we will see at | :53:23. | :53:27. | |
some point. The coaches will look for the first 20 minutes to assess | :53:27. | :53:37. | |
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how it has gone and make their The Dragons have been Ulster's | :53:49. | :53:55. | |
bogey team in recent seasons, often tonight creating difficulties of | :53:55. | :53:59. | |
their home with a lack of discipline at times. They put some | :53:59. | :54:08. | |
composure into the game as a Tom Court silence the crowd. Milan | :54:08. | :54:12. | |
Pienaar Elita bit off the mark with his placing tonight, but other than | :54:12. | :54:18. | |
that, he has been pretty impressive. -- Ruan Pienaar has been a bit off | :54:18. | :54:28. | |
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Three tries for Ulster, three points big -- between the sides. | :54:34. | :54:40. | |
This has been a pretty strange half. Auster did not seem to get going | :54:40. | :54:48. | |
but they scored three tries and went in front at half-time. It has | :54:48. | :54:53. | |
been a stuttering performance. It has been highlighted by too many | :54:53. | :54:59. | |
penalties. Some excellent pieces of individual flair. You have to give | :54:59. | :55:03. | |
credit to the Dragons, they are playing the best they can at the | :55:03. | :55:12. | |
moment and we have started to three scorers. Tony? Or analysis? A lack | :55:12. | :55:18. | |
of fluency, no real a lack of trying. On some occasions, we tried | :55:18. | :55:25. | |
too much. We have given away three penalties and two turnover is in | :55:25. | :55:31. | |
the first 10 minutes. That does not give you a foothold in the game. | :55:31. | :55:36. | |
Declan Fitzpatrick was guilty in the 22, five metres, giving away a | :55:36. | :55:43. | |
penalty, and the turnover ball put enormous mistakes. Defensively, we | :55:43. | :55:53. | |
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had not been there. We are to pass about the moment. Battlesden Amicus | :55:54. | :56:02. | |
-- not as dynamic as recently. has taken as 35 Metz to get on | :56:02. | :56:09. | |
indefensibly which has caused a turnover. We are guilty of a few | :56:09. | :56:18. | |
small mistakes. In terms of drive, it is Rory that is turned over. A | :56:18. | :56:23. | |
lack of accuracy at times. That will annoy the coaching. If you cut | :56:23. | :56:28. | |
that out in the second half and a Pienaar does his job, also could be | :56:28. | :56:36. | |
well ahead. -- Ulster could be. Plenty more to come from them. Just | :56:37. | :56:41. | |
a slight inaccuracy in the passing at the moment, they just need to | :56:41. | :56:45. | |
force a few things. The talking at half-time will be based on | :56:45. | :56:50. | |
tightening things up and getting the basics right. It is difficult | :56:50. | :56:56. | |
to be overly critical with three first-half tries. Tom Court taking | :56:56. | :57:03. | |
the first one. Yes, Tom Court, it was a loose kick. Tommy Bowe has | :57:03. | :57:09. | |
done well all evening. He has fielded the ball well. It develops | :57:09. | :57:16. | |
from there. Paul Marshall has looked very comfortable here also. | :57:16. | :57:22. | |
Some good into play here. One of the characteristics of why Ulster | :57:22. | :57:26. | |
have performed so well is their ability to offload in the tackle. | :57:26. | :57:33. | |
They also keeping their came alive at the moment. It is good awareness. | :57:33. | :57:41. | |
There is an intensity going forward. Very good pick up. A-grade pick up | :57:41. | :57:51. | |
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from Tom Court. Was this touch of for it? A good line and a good | :57:57. | :58:05. | |
pick-up also. Credit to the Dragons, they have really got stuck into the | :58:05. | :58:09. | |
game and they dominated for long periods and have gotten a score as | :58:09. | :58:17. | |
well. Playing at home, not a good place to play, a partisan crowd. We | :58:17. | :58:23. | |
are just very passive in defence and standing on the side of things | :58:23. | :58:30. | |
and trying to make a dent in the opposition. A good line but again, | :58:30. | :58:36. | |
I think Pienaar will be disappointed in his tackle there. | :58:36. | :58:46. | |
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You can see that it is too high. It easily shrugs off. At times in the | :58:47. | :58:50. | |
past, games like this for Ulster when it is not quite going their | :58:50. | :58:55. | |
way, it drifts out of them, but they just stand there authorities | :58:55. | :59:00. | |
straight on at tonight. That is the class of the squad, they have that | :59:00. | :59:08. | |
belief in their ability. They have the ability to increase the tempo | :59:08. | :59:13. | |
and went are playing at the top of their level at the moment. -- and | :59:13. | :59:20. | |
Newport Gwent Dragons are playing. More of the same from McWilliams. | :59:20. | :59:27. | |
What you see is what you get. he has the ability to stay on his | :59:27. | :59:32. | |
feet. He tracks a lot of the defenders. This has been something | :59:32. | :59:38. | |
he has done all season. Ulster play themselves into a position where | :59:38. | :59:41. | |
Williams can put himself in the shot composition and he takes a few | :59:41. | :59:48. | |
defenders with him and shrugs a couple of with his telescopic reach. | :59:49. | :59:58. | |
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Good awareness of where he was. He is has an attacking force as well. | :59:59. | :00:05. | |
He took van Gough and a great stretch. A revelation for all | :00:05. | :00:10. | |
stirred this season. We can see this clip of Roger coming up, and | :00:10. | :00:15. | |
he will have to play well to get back on the side. What about the | :00:15. | :00:22. | |
Marshall, P now a combination? is going well. The kicking has been | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
slightly off and Paul Marshall has been exemplary for all stirred this | :00:26. | :00:33. | |
season. He has been working very hard. It generates the ability for | :00:33. | :00:40. | |
her ruin it to see where the open spaces and it is a turnaround to | :00:40. | :00:47. | |
the 22 and the Dragon team. He puts in seven-acre position quiff Tommy | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
against Henman sees further cap is and puts the long kick him. | :00:51. | :01:01. | |
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Class players can buy time for themselves. His kicking has been | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
brilliant. Nick Williams, the ability took second two defenders. | :01:14. | :01:23. | |
He likes the offload. You have to put yourself in place. Ruan Pienaar | :01:23. | :01:31. | |
has been quick enough to pick up the pieces. You put the effort in, | :01:31. | :01:38. | |
you get the reward. Thank you for the moment. Roger Wilson is on the | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
bench tonight poised to make his first appearance. The former Ulster | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
player of the it is back after four years with Northampton. He spoke to | :01:47. | :01:57. | |
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I was back here for five or six years. Winning the Magners League | :02:10. | :02:15. | |
stands out. There was the highlight. We had quite a lot of young players | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
coming through together at the same age group who stayed here and | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
played for a number of years and to look at them now, Paddy Wallace, | :02:24. | :02:34. | |
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Rory Best, the boys who have stayed drive the whole thing at the moment. | :02:36. | :02:44. | |
116 caps, is it difficult to leave? Yes, I played a lot of rugby in a | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
five-year period. There was no hiding from the fact Ulster were | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
not doing particularly well. It was a difficult time and there was | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
nothing keep me here in terms of international recognition. I wasn't | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
getting involved. It was an opportunity for me to go elsewhere | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
and play rugby elsewhere which is something I always wanted to do. I | :03:05. | :03:11. | |
have played the best rugby I've played there. It was great. Four | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
years of doing that. At the same time, it's good to come back. It is | :03:17. | :03:25. | |
a good time. I'll start doing so well. Trimble has got away. What a | :03:25. | :03:32. | |
finish! There has been big changes from the top down and right through | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
to the players on the pitch. Each position now has three quality | :03:38. | :03:43. | |
players for each position which gets the best out of everybody as a | :03:43. | :03:53. | |
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person and everyone wants to start. It drives you to work harder. | :03:53. | :04:02. | |
cap for Ireland, many would say that's not enough. We can compete | :04:02. | :04:07. | |
in the Premiership, it's to my chances no harm but it wasn't to be. | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
Playing within Ireland, it will improve my chances. I've had an | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
injury lately so I have to get fit before I think any further ahead | :04:18. | :04:25. | |
and get into the Ulster team. For a lot of years we have sat and | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
watched Ulster and Leinster and how will we have done. Ulster believes | :04:28. | :04:35. | |
it is their turn. The team has the capability. It's about producing | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
results and hopefully this season will be the start of something very | :04:39. | :04:46. | |
big. Can he pushed himself back into Irish contention? Without a | :04:46. | :04:54. | |
doubt. His form is everything. Roger has plenty of it, we saw him | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
on the pitch, on the back of his performances with the ravens, he is | :04:59. | :05:07. | |
hungry for rugby. And you have to put your money on one more Ulster | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
try and a bonus point victory. and Roger Wilson will hopefully get | :05:12. | :05:22. | |
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it. Time to go back to the Rory Best was injured. Nigel Brady | :05:31. | :05:38. | |
is on for Ulster. Ruan Pienaar gets the second half off to an | :05:38. | :05:48. | |
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James he got his first Welsh cap in some points on the board and get | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
momentum going. They will need to cut out some of the areas of the | :06:13. | :06:16. | |
first half but they will feel they have the measure of this spirited | :06:16. | :06:26. | |
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Dragons side. A restart kick by possession to go through those | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
phases and get some patterns on to the game that have been 66 -- been | :07:16. | :07:26. | |
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down to the 22 and I'll still receive this but sometimes you can | :07:44. | :07:51. | |
overdo those things but it depends on the bounce of the ball. Ruan | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
Pienaar took all of that into consideration. Of course he did! It | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
allows the transition between 9 and 10. His ability to kick out of hand, | :08:01. | :08:11. | |
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There was thrilling. That is the threat else to possess. Gilroy is | :08:35. | :08:45. | |
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man. Terrific running by Henderson. Taking on Dragon of the dragon. A | :09:37. | :09:47. | |
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know she thought that the end. -- throat. You cannot stop and do it | :11:31. | :11:41. | |
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Acceleration down the blind side. Could this cycling of the ball. A | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
handling error leading to the turnover in possession and | :13:55. | :14:05. | |
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frustrating Ulster again. -- could A lot of good work by Tom Court. | :15:24. | :15:34. | |
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The Dragons having to collapse the another one. Five successful kicks | :15:54. | :16:02. | |
from eight attempts. Nine points between them with only nine minutes | :16:02. | :16:12. | |
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the lead is changing constantly. advantage to the Dragons, but none | :17:32. | :17:40. | |
is going to come. Henderson gives away the penalty it. Williams is | :17:40. | :17:50. | |
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still looking a bit tender around he points the ball towards the post | :18:22. | :18:30. | |
and sends it upright. The Dragons still very much in this game and | :18:30. | :18:40. | |
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Ulster leading once again and they maximum to stay in touch with his | :18:48. | :18:58. | |
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Ulster team for. They are doing all Dragons and getting players over | :20:24. | :20:34. | |
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Roger Wilson is coming on. Edinburgh are now in the lead by | :20:50. | :21:00. | |
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Miss communication. -- a bit of a Jones. Steve Jones is leaving the | :22:39. | :22:49. | |
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Tom Brown heading for chlorate. Excellent covering by the also | :23:58. | :24:08. | |
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This was always going to happen. A lot of people getting a decent | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
amount of gain time. Still in the balance with Ulster in the | :24:49. | :24:58. | |
ascendancy. Dragons have shown throughout this game that they are | :24:58. | :25:08. | |
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down. Ulster still have possession gets in. Ulster have got the all- | :27:08. | :27:18. | |
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Cave did extremely well, one of 10 Ulstermen on the Irish panel for | :27:33. | :27:43. | |
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the November Test. Very positive by and bring those five points back to | :28:32. | :28:42. | |
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Ulster. -- Ulster need to close Ulster's night. The 5th Ulster try. | :29:32. | :29:36. | |
I am not sure we should be going home now. They will be looking | :29:36. | :29:41. | |
forward to the journey home. A slight overlap that developed from | :29:41. | :29:45. | |
the Dragons, Trimble realised and came up to affects the tackle and | :29:45. | :29:50. | |
put himself in perfect position to seize the try, a one-handed grab, | :29:50. | :29:57. | |
plucked it out of the air. An outstanding game from Andrew | :29:57. | :30:05. | |
Trimble. It was one of those things, if it works, you are a hero, | :30:06. | :30:10. | |
otherwise a complete idiot. More often than not, Andrew Trimble is | :30:10. | :30:16. | |
the hero. The conversion has been added. I'll stay now 20 points to | :30:16. | :30:21. | |
the good and five tries. Also threatened throughout this | :30:21. | :30:27. | |
game to unleash and they accumulated tries, it wasn't a | :30:27. | :30:32. | |
flawless performance but the points are coming their way now. 1939, the | :30:32. | :30:42. | |
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They take the scrum where Andrew Ulster. Mike McCornish is coming on. | :31:50. | :32:00. | |
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Dragon -- Dragons have bought on the star-studded team. They kept | :32:22. | :32:32. | |
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second half of the game. It is difficult to keep the intensity in | :34:19. | :34:29. | |
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the effort but the Dragons seeing excellent passing. Andrew Trimble | :34:29. | :34:39. | |
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now. Jared Payne is coming on, Paddy Jackson is coming on. Jared | :34:43. | :34:53. | |
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gain time. But has been Mark turnover. 14 minutes remaining -- | :36:14. | :36:24. | |
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the Ulster Defence. The intensity still looks there in defence, | :36:41. | :36:51. | |
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encouraging signs they will finish. could be the second time this | :37:06. | :37:09. | |
evening they have come away with a bonus point when Herring fell to | :37:09. | :37:19. | |
record a win of any kind last developed looks to put them in a | :37:19. | :37:23. | |
position where they can certainly cope with losses to injury and | :37:23. | :37:27. | |
international call-ups. They had a dominant start, tough fixtures | :37:27. | :37:32. | |
early on in the campaign and they are now following through. What a | :37:32. | :37:42. | |
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comfortable on the ball. A nice to and Paul receipts, this attack for | :39:32. | :39:35. | |
some excellent support by Trimble. He goes to ground, Goodbody | :39:35. | :39:45. | |
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Troy number six. It has been a scrappy game, a lot of handling | :40:56. | :41:06. | |
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errors and penalties. But it has being interviewed for BBC Wales. I | :41:13. | :41:23. | |
am not sure what he is saying but he will be terribly happy. A -- not | :41:23. | :41:33. | |
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They are away to Italy. And then away to the Scarlets before back | :42:15. | :42:20. | |
against Northampton Saints and either side Christmas, Leinster at | :42:20. | :42:29. | |
home and Munster away. Ulster are developing such a margin at the top | :42:29. | :42:34. | |
of the table, they are taking pressure off themselves. If they | :42:34. | :42:40. | |
need to rest and rotate, if they drop a few fixtures, it's crucial | :42:40. | :42:42. | |
they achieve a home semi-final in this competition given the start | :42:42. | :42:52. | |
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they have had. Pat's leech is determined not to have their line | :43:42. | :43:52. | |
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more try end this? Seeing evidence of why this back line is so potent. | :44:49. | :44:53. | |
It is the variety they have and the skill set of the players that they | :44:53. | :45:02. | |
have. Players with the utility value move between players which | :45:02. | :45:12. | |
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shows the vitality and skills that try something, I do not think it is | :46:11. | :46:21. | |
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and that affected the past. -- pass. Callum Black has been putting in | :46:42. | :46:52. | |
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hanging on. Had that extra second in the tackle. This pressure might | :47:52. | :48:02. | |
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by Jared Payne. But that one down terms of this game. -- Ulster are | :50:07. | :50:17. | |
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and quality of Ulster have got. They can win this game so | :50:27. | :50:37. | |
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fabulous piece of defending. It may result in Ulster are getting into | :50:49. | :50:59. | |
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the scrum. They have gone all the the last to set piece of this game. | :51:07. | :51:14. | |
Three tries to one up. In the second half, the Dragons haven't | :51:14. | :51:24. | |
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Round the World Yacht Race will get to put into the scrum. Ulster will | :52:18. | :52:28. | |
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get into the scrum. We will not get this now. Ulster will be happy with | :52:28. | :52:37. | |
a six-try bonus. Win. They will be delighted with that score line, | :52:37. | :52:42. | |
delighted with five points. Really dominating this competition. There | :52:42. | :52:46. | |
are aspects to look out during the are aspects to look out during the | :52:46. | :52:48. | |
week, but you cannot fault them for week, but you cannot fault them for | :52:48. | :52:55. | |
their try-scoring ability. Testaments to the quality of them. | :52:55. | :53:01. | |
He could not have imagined such a good start. Also recruited well. | :53:01. | :53:08. | |
Quality and depth to their plate. Ball looking good for Ulster at | :53:08. | :53:16. | |
this point in the competition. A pretty good night at the office | :53:16. | :53:26. | |
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here. Final score Dragons 19th, It often hasn't been a happy | :53:28. | :53:31. | |
hunting ground in the past for Ulster, but tonight, the dragon | :53:31. | :53:40. | |
fire was extinguished. Ulster did not have it all their own way. The | :53:40. | :53:50. | |
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The bonus. Did not take long to come. Darren Cave got that. Six | :54:03. | :54:07. | |
wins in a row for Ulster and they stretched their lead at the top of | :54:07. | :54:15. | |
the table. Six of the best, 46 points to 19. Not perfect, but the | :54:15. | :54:23. | |
perfect score line. We have been watching what turned out to be a | :54:23. | :54:29. | |
thoroughly entertaining victory for all start. A good match overall, | :54:29. | :54:35. | |
they will be very satisfied with the score and given the level of | :54:35. | :54:39. | |
expectation of the squad within themselves, there would be certain | :54:39. | :54:43. | |
aspects of the performance they will appear happy with. The were | :54:43. | :54:49. | |
sounding like the Ulster coach, you're never happy. To go to Wales | :54:50. | :54:53. | |
three times and when his excellent. We have seen the performance | :54:54. | :54:59. | |
against Cardiff and that is what they are being benchmark against. | :54:59. | :55:09. | |
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They have done at number on the. Dragons and are justifiably sitting | :55:09. | :55:13. | |
where they are in the table. they can't churn out a fantastic | :55:13. | :55:20. | |
victory every week, then they will be happy. Six off the hook as well, | :55:20. | :55:23. | |
the second half would always take on that appearance with the | :55:23. | :55:28. | |
introduction of so many substitutes. Every substitute that came on gave | :55:28. | :55:32. | |
a great contribution. The management will be particularly | :55:32. | :55:37. | |
pleased about that. They showed signs of what would come, Ulster, | :55:37. | :55:45. | |
but things did not click at the start of the second half. Great | :55:45. | :55:52. | |
support by Andrew Trimble. For there could have been another score | :55:52. | :56:01. | |
under the post. Ulster had a bad line, there were position problems, | :56:01. | :56:06. | |
they can all play good positions. They played down the blind side | :56:06. | :56:16. | |
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here. If you watch Tom Court, he claimed that out. You want to be | :56:21. | :56:27. | |
first receiver here. But then came the fourth try and the bonus points | :56:27. | :56:32. | |
secured through Darren Cave. line-out functioned very well. A | :56:32. | :56:42. | |
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good contribution of the bends. -- You can see here, could use of the | :56:54. | :56:59. | |
ball into hands, gives him the extra power that he needs. A Andrew | :56:59. | :57:04. | |
Trimble had claims for man-of-the- match. Great performance and a | :57:04. | :57:11. | |
deserved try. The lead to greater all night. -- he looked great | :57:11. | :57:21. | |
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That was a mark of the second half, we increased the defence intensity. | :57:32. | :57:38. | |
The Welsh boys didn't see them on the outside. Ryan Constable said in | :57:38. | :57:43. | |
the commentary, that apply in is so important for Ulster. Jared Payne | :57:43. | :57:51. | |
has been great as a centre. Got a try as well. Nice pick up from | :57:51. | :57:56. | |
Paddy Jackson. Able to make that extra yard or two to get close | :57:56. | :58:01. | |
enough to the line. But very impressed with Luke Marshall. He | :58:01. | :58:06. | |
came on defensively. Not the biggest CLIVE. He had some depth | :58:06. | :58:12. | |
and shape. He a good opportunity to look at the different combinations | :58:12. | :58:21. | |
through the international series. Different options to call upon. | :58:21. | :58:24. | |
tough test next week at home against Edinburgh with a different | :58:24. | :58:34. | |
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team to see the strength and depth of.. It will be a changed line-up. | :58:36. | :58:42. | |
It can do well for the rest of the season. There is competition for | :58:42. | :58:46. | |
places and there are three people fur every position. Everybody has | :58:46. | :58:49. | |
to put in a performance to get picked and if they have a good | :58:49. | :58:53. | |
performance they will stay in the pitch and that has been introduced | :58:53. | :58:57. | |
at training. This is showing the fruits on the pitch. Thank you for | :58:57. | :59:02. | |
your company tonight, we are back same time, same place next week, | :59:02. | :59:06. | |
but in a different location, at Ravenhill for that home game | :59:06. | :59:14. | |
against Edinburgh. China's Sun BBC Two at 7:00pm. -- joined us on BBC | :59:14. | :59:18. |