Ulster v Ospreys

:00:29. > :00:33.Pienaar scored all the points to help his team to the Heineken Cup

:00:34. > :00:35.quarterfinal. Tonight, Ulster return to Pro12 action without their

:00:36. > :00:41.Ireland internationals, who are on Six Nations duty.

:00:42. > :00:45.There is Welsh opposition tonight for Ulster as the Ospreys come to

:00:46. > :00:50.time. Paddy Jackson was the matchwinner at the last time these

:00:51. > :00:56.two sides met, and this is a crucial head in their race for the

:00:57. > :01:01.RaboDirect title. It is fourth place Ulster against

:01:02. > :01:06.third placed Ospreys. It has been a busy week at Ulster

:01:07. > :01:10.rugby headquarters. Mark Anscombe signed an extension to his contract

:01:11. > :01:16.keeping him in the province to the summer of 2015. The captain, Johann

:01:17. > :01:19.Muller commits hanging up his boots. The South African confirmed, as

:01:20. > :01:23.expected, he is retiring at the end of the season. After a lovely day in

:01:24. > :01:27.Elf asked it has turned a little nasty. There was a torrential

:01:28. > :01:30.downpour earlier. Guess what? It is still raining tonight but that will

:01:31. > :01:35.not dampen the spirits of this sell-out crowd.

:01:36. > :01:44.Welcome to Ulster rugby life -- Ulster Rugby Live and Round 13 of

:01:45. > :01:48.the RaboDirect Pro12. A big game tonight, the winners can go second

:01:49. > :01:53.in the table. It is the start of a massive rugby weekend, Ireland

:01:54. > :01:58.against Wales tomorrow and because there was Welsh opposition tonight,

:01:59. > :02:03.we thought we would invite one of Wales's most capped players to join

:02:04. > :02:08.us. Here he is in action, use the joint most capped Welsh vicar of all

:02:09. > :02:15.time with 58 appearances, three world cups under his belt and he was

:02:16. > :02:20.not to be messed with. -- Welsh player of all time. It is Gethin

:02:21. > :02:23.Jenkins and he welcomes that Michael Gareth Jenkins and years with us

:02:24. > :02:26.tonight. I long ago was that footage? It was

:02:27. > :02:38.at the start of my career, 1982, I long ago was that footage? It was

:02:39. > :02:43.distractions at Ravenhill this week with the news about Mark Anscombe

:02:44. > :02:47.and Johann Muller. What will the players have made about? Will they

:02:48. > :02:51.have taken their eye off the ball? I don't think so, Ulster have been

:02:52. > :02:54.blessed with two weeks of rest and recovery after the trials of the

:02:55. > :02:57.Heineken Cup. They will look forward to this.

:02:58. > :03:02.Potential distractions for the public with Johann Muller's

:03:03. > :03:04.retirement and Mark Anscombe staying for another year, but it gives an

:03:05. > :03:08.opportunity for the six internationals we have on the pitch

:03:09. > :03:14.to take the younger players through this game.

:03:15. > :03:18.Gareth, Welsh rugby... That was a terrible build-up!

:03:19. > :03:22.Welsh rugby is in turmoil at the moment, there is the Civil War at

:03:23. > :03:26.the moment, does that affect the way the Ospreys turn-up?

:03:27. > :03:31.Now, I don't think so. There are 13 home-grown players for

:03:32. > :03:37.the Ospreys and there is a great adult passion in that region, -- I

:03:38. > :03:43.great amount of passion in that region. Ulster look a lot stronger

:03:44. > :03:48.on paper tonight, anyway. Yes, I think that is the benefit of

:03:49. > :03:53.Ulster having the players they have, as a squad they can have it afford

:03:54. > :03:58.-- they can afford to have more experienced players leave throughout

:03:59. > :04:03.the season. They also have the host of the Welsh cap -- Ulster Academy

:04:04. > :04:07.players coming through. The Ospreys team, it is a young team

:04:08. > :04:17.but a bit of experience through it, as well. Yes, that is right, there

:04:18. > :04:21.is the dynamic Ryan Bevington -- Ryan Bevington on the bench.

:04:22. > :04:26.He has ten plus caps for Wales. It is a nice balance of youth and

:04:27. > :04:30.experience. Last season they came away with a win here, and they will

:04:31. > :04:34.be confident tonight with no baggage.

:04:35. > :04:40.Ryan Bevington will be a -- remembered by a lot of the Ulster

:04:41. > :04:46.public for last season. One talking point tonight is Darren Cave moving

:04:47. > :04:54.In the Irish context, because we have had Brian O'Driscoll as an

:04:55. > :05:00.outside combination, people are talking about where they will play?

:05:01. > :05:04.For me, his development is as a player on inside centre. I think the

:05:05. > :05:09.13 spot will be taken by Robbie Henshaw than the next couple of

:05:10. > :05:14.years. A lot missing for the Ospreys tonight, Justin to bridge, Ian

:05:15. > :05:26.Everett, Ryan Jones. -- Justin Tipuric. This backline is

:05:27. > :05:30.exciting, though. Yes, I don't like great deal about back play, Morris

:05:31. > :05:34.would be better talking about that, but Sam Davies at fullback committee

:05:35. > :05:39.will be one to look out for tonight. His counterattack -- at fullback

:05:40. > :05:45.tonight will be one to look out for. Yes, big pressure on his shoulders,

:05:46. > :05:48.he produced a man of match performance last time.

:05:49. > :05:54.I am sure he will probably counterattack. Ulster have won three

:05:55. > :05:57.of the last four contests between them.

:05:58. > :06:01.We had you to our commentators. We had you to

:06:02. > :06:07.It is a miserable night he rattled Ravenhill, -- here at Ravenhill.

:06:08. > :06:13.It is not a bad Ospreys pack, and all international front row with

:06:14. > :06:21.Duncan Jones, capped 50 psi -- 57 times, and not a bad back division,

:06:22. > :06:24.either. An interesting young man to watch at the back, the Junior World

:06:25. > :06:28.Cup player of the year, Sam Davies at fullback.

:06:29. > :06:33.Umbrellas not quite the order of the day because of you stand in front of

:06:34. > :06:37.someone your umbrella is blocking their view.

:06:38. > :06:43.There is a man who has limited time, as has the man be hanged him,

:06:44. > :06:48.Johann Muller leaving Ulster at the end of the season. He has put in for

:06:49. > :06:51.terrific years and I remember when he first arrived at Ravenhill.

:06:52. > :06:53.Ulster were fighting he first arrived at Ravenhill.

:06:54. > :07:02.of their ability, he first arrived at Ravenhill.

:07:03. > :07:06.and productive addition both on and off the field. He will leave behind

:07:07. > :07:09.a lot of friends but he has not gone yet, so let us enjoy your time or

:07:10. > :07:16.for another two or three months, shall we? -- let us enjoy Johann

:07:17. > :07:23.Muller. Tom Court in the starting line-up.

:07:24. > :07:28.Roger Wilson and Robbie Diack, who has had a very good season in the

:07:29. > :07:32.back row, alongside Sean Doyle. James McKinney makes a rare start,

:07:33. > :07:38.with the company of Ruan Pienaar. Darren Cave outside him at number

:07:39. > :07:40.12. Ricky Andrew because of the move to 13 for Jared Payne starts at

:07:41. > :07:53.fullback. Pretty tidy looking put --

:07:54. > :07:56.replacements for Ulster. Not required by Ireland this weekend,

:07:57. > :08:00.Iain Henderson and Luke Marshall. There is a man who has had one heck

:08:01. > :08:05.of a season. His 103rd league game, Nigel Owens,

:08:06. > :08:12.one more cup at test level and he reaches the half-century.

:08:13. > :08:18.Sam Davies starts this game, and straightaway a familiar pattern.

:08:19. > :08:24.Irish international Roger Wilson takes it forward.

:08:25. > :08:31.Pienaar, very much the star of the show three weeks ago gets it back.

:08:32. > :08:36.McKinney has kept it in full. Ricky Andrew gatherers.

:08:37. > :08:43.I should have said Sam Davies, of course, Ricky Andrew is the Ulster

:08:44. > :08:46.fullback. Good tackle by the Ulster skipper on

:08:47. > :08:55.Scott Baldwin. Enterprising staff from the Ospreys. Sam Lewis

:08:56. > :08:56.clattered by Wilson. Ashley Beck, one of an all international three

:08:57. > :09:05.quarters line. Once again, the Ospreys taking it

:09:06. > :09:10.through the forwards. Ulster have not had a chance at the ball since

:09:11. > :09:15.the kick-off. Ulster told to roll away by the referee.

:09:16. > :09:24.Have a chance here, bit of a gap. Well closed by Ruan Pienaar.

:09:25. > :09:27.Morgan is right through! Here's a clever little fellow! He may go all

:09:28. > :09:32.the way! Ricky Andrew is has to be quick and he is. That was just an

:09:33. > :09:37.example of the blistering pace of the diminutive Matthew Morgan. He

:09:38. > :09:39.may not be the biggest guy in the world but he is one of the

:09:40. > :09:44.quickest. He glided away effortlessly.

:09:45. > :09:47.An excellent mismatch has identified, found the space. Unable

:09:48. > :09:51.to get players into position to finish it. That was built on a solid

:09:52. > :09:58.continuity game from the Ospreys to get through that.

:09:59. > :10:03.Brought down by Craig Gilroy, that has forced the five metre scrum

:10:04. > :10:07.against Ulster. That was a scare and a half. Let's not forget the last

:10:08. > :10:12.time the Ospreys came here, Ryan Bevington ran from about half way.

:10:13. > :10:20.A torrid opening spell for this Ulster side, who are notoriously

:10:21. > :10:32.slow starters. Ulster, ?1 and man heavier. -- a pound a man heavier.

:10:33. > :10:44.Picked up by the experienced Bearman. Sean Doyle holds onto him.

:10:45. > :10:47.Duncan Jones leaves it. Usually, again, this time it is the Canadian

:10:48. > :11:04.International, Tyler Ardron. Again, Ulster's defence being well

:11:05. > :11:13.and truly tested. Morgan back inside to back. -- Beck. Ospreys are

:11:14. > :11:16.keeping the ball but not Kennedy -- terribly penetrative since Morgan's

:11:17. > :11:30.cleverly to run. Jeff Hassler, the Canadian

:11:31. > :11:32.international wing three quarters came in, once again taken by his

:11:33. > :11:42.fellow international from Canada. Phase after phase being built by the

:11:43. > :11:49.Ospreys but nothing coming of it as yet.

:11:50. > :11:53.Again, Ulster close the door in the Ospreys's faces. The referee says

:11:54. > :11:57.they must release. Sam Davies may be overcooked that and that is good

:11:58. > :12:00.covering from the right wing by Craig Gilroy. Ulster will be happy

:12:01. > :12:04.with the back, who have soaked up an awful lot of pressure playing into a

:12:05. > :12:08.strong wind. Excellent discipline in their defence, not conceding the --

:12:09. > :12:15.any penalties. They will be very happy, they are

:12:16. > :12:19.looking very well coached team, understanding what they are trying

:12:20. > :12:24.to do and they are focused on ball carrying upfront. Play on, says the

:12:25. > :12:26.referee, knocked forward by Ulster. Again, Ulster just got away with

:12:27. > :12:40.that. A great season Nigel Owens has had.

:12:41. > :12:45.He did one of the great rugby games last summer, the Springboks against

:12:46. > :12:50.New Zealand decide. He was in action last weekend in Paris. Ruan

:12:51. > :13:03.Pienaar's kick just have to block and couldn't quite gather.

:13:04. > :13:09.Tom Court is down on the near side of the Ulster scrum, he is having a

:13:10. > :13:15.glance towards the near side of the field, indicating to the touch judge

:13:16. > :13:22.that his opposite number, Aaron Jarvis, has taken the scrum down.

:13:23. > :13:28.Nigel Owen, politely, has asked them to get it together better.

:13:29. > :13:41.Always interesting in the first few scrums

:13:42. > :13:45.flow for those 50-50 decisions. Jarvis is not biting on the jersey

:13:46. > :13:49.but on the arm there. That should be a penalty against the Ospreys.

:13:50. > :14:00.This is good stuff by the Ospreys, Sam Davies away to the Fijian flying

:14:01. > :14:07.machine, Aisea Natoga. They have really taken this game by

:14:08. > :14:08.the scruff of the neck. Beck looking for his hooker, Scott

:14:09. > :14:16.Baldwin. Good cover by Ulster, they have

:14:17. > :14:22.snuffed it out yet again, but the pressure is still on.

:14:23. > :14:39.A half decent chance here. That was good defence by Ulster, by Craig

:14:40. > :14:41.Gilroy in particular, just cut off the exit route to the far side. But

:14:42. > :14:51.the Ospreys are still going. From Tonga, again, the man who

:14:52. > :14:55.scored a hat-trick last week when the Ospreys came back from the dead

:14:56. > :14:58.to beat the Sale Sharks in the LV cup.

:14:59. > :15:09.The Ulster crowd are getting behind their side, they are defending

:15:10. > :15:15.desperately. Morgan charged down. Play on, says the referee. A little

:15:16. > :15:21.dummy by Jonathan Spratt, the skipper for the night.

:15:22. > :15:32.They have given thataway. The referee said they had the advantage

:15:33. > :15:39.if they want it, and they have taken it. Sam Davies goes all the way

:15:40. > :15:40.back. That is a very good kick. Did Ruan Pienaar's fingertips touch

:15:41. > :15:52.that? The ball is back down in Ulster

:15:53. > :15:56.territory. You see the last-gasp attempt, unable to break down the

:15:57. > :16:01.disciplined defence, going to the drop goal. Doesn't go their way and

:16:02. > :16:09.Ulster have relief from the pressure. A clever kick from Davies,

:16:10. > :16:15.getting it back down to the 22. The son of former Welsh international

:16:16. > :16:19.Nigel Davies, and that big fellow with the beard is Perry Parker,

:16:20. > :16:24.starting his first pro 12 game. He is on loan from Edinburgh. A bit of

:16:25. > :16:28.a crisis in the second row department for the ospreys with

:16:29. > :16:35.international call ups and Evans suspended. They have been able to

:16:36. > :16:41.draft him in. You can see the reliance on the experience, the ball

:16:42. > :16:45.carrying ability. He is already up around six or seven carries, they go

:16:46. > :16:53.to man to get over the advantage line and he normally does just that

:16:54. > :17:02.-- the go to man. Rob Herring. Robbie Dayak, at the back, as he's

:17:03. > :17:11.done all season. -- Diack. Accidental offside by Ulster. It

:17:12. > :17:18.will be an ospreys scrum -- Ospreys scrum. Huge defensive workload

:17:19. > :17:24.they've had to go through. Morgan and Habberfield really orchestrating

:17:25. > :17:27.things well, going through multiple phases. It's the discipline and

:17:28. > :17:31.organisation in the Ulster defence which has seen them breach it once

:17:32. > :17:37.despite the territory and possession.

:17:38. > :17:45.Nigel Owens around the side of the scrum. He will bring them back. A

:17:46. > :17:51.free kick against Ulster. Taken quickly by Joe Bearman. Adventurous

:17:52. > :18:03.stuff. quickly by Joe Bearman. Adventurous

:18:04. > :18:08.Jones. Ashley Beck trying to get through. Good cover by McKinney.

:18:09. > :18:13.Free kick taken quickly and the advantages gone, but Ospreys have

:18:14. > :18:20.the ball. Morgan. Morgan, looking for another try. It is very close.

:18:21. > :18:27.He hasn't made it, but he's got it back. This is Habberfield. Clever

:18:28. > :18:37.slap back. Away they go. It's going to be a try. Wonder. By the Ospreys.

:18:38. > :18:44.Sam Lewis gets the first try of the evening -- wonder. By the Ospreys.

:18:45. > :18:50.Matthew Morgan unlocking the defence. The quick tap which utilise

:18:51. > :18:54.well. Dancing feet, get amongst the forwards and he can come off the

:18:55. > :18:59.left or right. He is powerful and quick off the mark. Eventually it

:19:00. > :19:04.took some creativity in the form of a tap on. Quite a lucky one, but an

:19:05. > :19:10.excellent piece of skill to finish it off and deserved score for the

:19:11. > :19:14.Ospreys after mounting pressure. Ulster were a bit short-handed on

:19:15. > :19:24.the side of the park as Sam Lewis went over unopposed. So, Sam Lewis

:19:25. > :19:28.with the try. Sam Davies to attempt the conversion. A left footed

:19:29. > :19:36.kicker, so this is the right side of the field for him.

:19:37. > :19:47.Well, he is judged that very nicely indeed. Nearly 11 minutes played and

:19:48. > :19:52.Ulster trailing. Fair to say that the first 11 minutes has almost been

:19:53. > :19:58.exclusively in the ospreys favour -- the Ospreys. More security in the

:19:59. > :20:04.breakdown, very composed, well coached side and they are performing

:20:05. > :20:19.the basics well. Joe Bearman gets away. Was that

:20:20. > :20:28.Davies puts it down to his opposite number, Ricky Andrew. That will hang

:20:29. > :20:40.in the stiff breeze. Knocked forward by the Ospreys. The referee playing

:20:41. > :20:46.advantage. Penile -- dinar -- Pienaar. I think the penalty has

:20:47. > :20:49.been given. Still advantage to Ulster. Ulster get it away. Roger

:20:50. > :21:00.Wilson. The referee will come back with a

:21:01. > :21:05.penalty and the Ospreys try scorer, Sam Lewis, has been penalised. The

:21:06. > :21:08.discipline has been good. I'm sure Ulster enjoy having the ball in

:21:09. > :21:12.their hand. They've defended since the whistle went, and now they have

:21:13. > :21:16.field position. The wind must be fairly strong given that Ruan

:21:17. > :21:22.Pienaar is taking the touch at the early stage. It would have been into

:21:23. > :21:26.the wind, and judging that the better option is to go to the

:21:27. > :21:36.sideline to try and employ a driving maul. What a kick by Ruan Pienaar.

:21:37. > :21:41.The ninth time this season that the Ravenhill ground has been sold out.

:21:42. > :21:48.Johann Muller gets it from Rob Herring. Sean Doyle in there. Has to

:21:49. > :21:55.keep contact. Good driving, Ulster could do with a few more forwards.

:21:56. > :22:02.Stevenson comes in to add about 18 stone. The ball has gone down. Rock,

:22:03. > :22:10.so they have to play it. Ruan Pienaar, looking for John Afoa,

:22:11. > :22:14.great strength by the all Blacks. They need something here. Johann

:22:15. > :22:16.Muller there to help his They need something here. Johann

:22:17. > :22:27.over, but can they get it down? Held They need something here. Johann

:22:28. > :22:32.up but it will be a five metre scrum for Ulster. That is the response the

:22:33. > :22:38.Ulster crowd expected. Started with a well executed line-out. After

:22:39. > :22:41.going through a number of phases, I think it was Perry Parker who

:22:42. > :22:47.managed to get in over the top and pull the ball down. We see them

:22:48. > :22:50.getting across the line, but bodies everywhere and able to get the ball

:22:51. > :22:51.across the line. Ulster with a tremendous opportunity with the

:22:52. > :23:08.scrum five metres out. Great expectation even though there

:23:09. > :23:11.are international games coming up, and everybody has their thoughts

:23:12. > :23:12.here turning towards the beginning of April and the quarterfinal of the

:23:13. > :23:27.Heineken cup against Saracens. Control by Roger Wilson. Ruan

:23:28. > :23:32.Pienaar to go himself. McKinney. Michael Allen in the corner. They

:23:33. > :23:39.may have to go upstairs. Was he in touch? Nigel Owens has looked at his

:23:40. > :23:47.touch judge decided he will check with the DMO, Marshall Kilgore. --

:23:48. > :23:54.TMO. Took it well, Michael Allen. Could be his sixth league try. Easy

:23:55. > :24:00.in touch? Did he drop it? Did he not get forward question -- easy in

:24:01. > :24:06.touch? This will be interesting. Did it leave his hand. It did. I don't

:24:07. > :24:10.think that is a try. It looks like the tackler, having made the bad

:24:11. > :24:14.decision to comment has been bailed out by Beck. Conscious of what he is

:24:15. > :24:19.doing, tackling around the ball to force the knock-on. This will get

:24:20. > :24:24.looked at a couple of times before the decision is made. Maybe the

:24:25. > :24:38.left-hander got it down. It's too close to me for call. OK, Nigel, the

:24:39. > :24:41.left-hander got it down. It's too try! The crowd don't like it, but

:24:42. > :24:45.you wouldn't expect them to. Michael Allen's left-hander lost control of

:24:46. > :24:50.the ball as they had to touch it down so they have to come back for a

:24:51. > :24:54.five metre scrum to the Ospreys. They have lived dangerously after

:24:55. > :25:01.scoring after ten minutes but they still don't have a line crossed.

:25:02. > :25:08.Ulster's first real opportunity in the 22. Still under pressure. They

:25:09. > :25:12.will look to disrupt the scrum. The pressure does not allow them to get

:25:13. > :25:20.the clearance and they can retain position and reset. 15 minutes gone.

:25:21. > :25:25.Ulster trailing to the side one place above them in the league. They

:25:26. > :25:28.need to win this one, because last year they only lost four games and

:25:29. > :25:35.drew one and they have lost four already. Tidied up well by Joe

:25:36. > :25:42.Bearman. Vastly experienced, born in Cornwall, played for the Cornish

:25:43. > :25:49.Pirates, then the Dragon. -- the Dragons. Ulster defending well. John

:25:50. > :25:59.Afoa off the blocks quickly. Good control. Tom Habberfield gets it

:26:00. > :26:10.away. Well taken by Ricky Andrew with men outside him. Looks, changes

:26:11. > :26:15.his mind. Darren Cave, back into Roger Wilson. A burst from the Irish

:26:16. > :26:22.international. Ruan Pienaar. Doyle losing his footing. The pitch is

:26:23. > :26:29.cutting up. Well taken by McKinney. Good, thumping tackle.

:26:30. > :26:38.Turnover to the Dragons. Slight advantage if they can shift this.

:26:39. > :26:51.That is well read. Knocked forward by Natoga.

:26:52. > :26:54.That is well read. Knocked forward that. Playing along advantage,

:26:55. > :26:59.nothing developing out of it. Ospreys thought they probably had

:27:00. > :27:04.the opportunity in the wider flank, but conditions not conducive to that

:27:05. > :27:10.behind them. It just drag them further on and they will use the

:27:11. > :27:14.wind to establish field position. All of Ulster's pressure and

:27:15. > :27:18.territorial advantage yielded nothing at all, and the Ospreys back

:27:19. > :27:34.where they want to be, deep inside Ulster territory. No signs of

:27:35. > :27:39.panic, but there never are. Ospreys have one that reasonably cleanly.

:27:40. > :27:51.Habberfield. Taken on by the hooker, Scott Baldwin. You stole it, then

:27:52. > :28:02.you lost it off. And knock forward by Ulster, so Ospreys scrummage. A

:28:03. > :28:06.huge amount of credit must go to the Ospreys team. You looked at the

:28:07. > :28:09.teams on the paper, the core of experience through the Ulster team,

:28:10. > :28:13.and you didn't think after 17 minutes that the Ospreys would

:28:14. > :28:17.dominate the place of the game, where it is being played, and

:28:18. > :28:23.ultimately on the scoreboard -- the pace of the game. Ospreys seem to

:28:24. > :28:34.have the strength in depth equal to Ulster. Joe Bearman sells the dummy.

:28:35. > :28:44.Hugely unlucky never to have been capped by Wales. Habberfield. He was

:28:45. > :28:52.half impeded. Taken over by Tyler Ardron. Played the Ontario Blues. A

:28:53. > :29:01.bit unfortunate. -- 40 on Tory Blues.

:29:02. > :29:09.bit unfortunate. -- 40 on Tory kick. Back to Sam Davies, who will

:29:10. > :29:14.kick. McKinney. Lets it go to the 22 so he can kick it directly into

:29:15. > :29:22.touch if you need it. -- if he needs it. Morgan. Davies. Members of the

:29:23. > :29:26.very good Welsh junior World Cup squad. Habberfield. Duncan Jones

:29:27. > :29:34.leaves it. Ardron, taken by Sean Doyle in the tackle. Habberfield

:29:35. > :29:39.again. Morgan. Quick hands to go with the twinkly feet.

:29:40. > :29:51.Michael Allen decides to let it go. A lot of kicking by the Ospreys, and

:29:52. > :29:55.pretty useful. Forcing Ulster to turn and reply, and that will give

:29:56. > :29:58.them a line-out, but that's not a bad kick by Michael Allen, who will

:29:59. > :30:07.be cross with himself about that try that wasn't taken.

:30:08. > :30:11.Excellent tackle by Beck in the end. It is by these fine measures

:30:12. > :30:15.that games are decided and the Ospreys will be happy with their

:30:16. > :30:19.return thus far. They have to -- they have a heavy win at their back

:30:20. > :30:20.and will have to utilise that advantage, but certainly things are

:30:21. > :30:34.going to plan that far. -- so far. Good curling drive by the men from

:30:35. > :30:49.Swansea, Ulster replying. The next time it stops, the Ospreys

:30:50. > :30:53.will have to use it. They are still going for it, good for wordplay by

:30:54. > :30:56.the visitors to Raven Phil -- Ravenhill.

:30:57. > :31:01.Habberfield has to dig it out. He has been very impressive,

:31:02. > :31:12.Habberfield. Lloyd Peers. has been very impressive,

:31:13. > :31:21.just shutting everything down. The ball is back in the Ulster side

:31:22. > :31:28.this time. Michael Allen on the right wing gives it a fair old thump

:31:29. > :31:30.and here comes Pienaar. Morgan clattered by Pienaar. He does

:31:31. > :31:35.wonderfully to get away from him. Great chase by way of seven Michael

:31:36. > :31:38.but a wonderful piece by defending by Matthew Morgan. -- great chase by

:31:39. > :31:46.Pienaar. Ulster get the penalty, taken

:31:47. > :31:51.quickly, but the referee will bring them back.

:31:52. > :31:56.Very clear instructions from Nigel Owens at the breakdown, asking for

:31:57. > :32:02.them player of his feet to get back on, reload is the terminology he

:32:03. > :32:07.used, to prevent that ceiling off. As we see this kick into open

:32:08. > :32:14.space, Ruan Pienaar, the pace of a winger in a halfback. Matthew Morgan

:32:15. > :32:17.did particularly well to get up and evade defenders to get his team be

:32:18. > :32:24.hanged him and try and salvage the situation. -- team behind him. A

:32:25. > :32:31.chance for Ulster to get the first points of this evening.

:32:32. > :32:43.A couple of albeit difficult try scoring chances not taken.

:32:44. > :32:49.Nigel Owens having a word with Oscar's skipper, Ruan Pienaar, about

:32:50. > :33:08.hands in the ruck situation. That is a good kick by Pienaar,

:33:09. > :33:13.picking up where he left off three weeks ago. A bit more encouraging

:33:14. > :33:26.Yes, they have had the ball in play still a long way to go --

:33:27. > :33:31.Yes, they have had the ball in play for long periods, going through the

:33:32. > :33:32.phases, both sides, and they will be really happy with their penalty

:33:33. > :33:57.count so far in the game. Nobody claims that comment has gone

:33:58. > :34:01.loose. Ulster have not been able to snap it up but they have made a lot

:34:02. > :34:09.of yardage. Good turnaround by Ulster. Now Darren Cave gets away.

:34:10. > :34:20.He gets back inside to Jared Payne. I better stop by Ulster. Pienaar to

:34:21. > :34:26.Tom Court. Wide to Michael Allen. It has been set up for Ulster. The

:34:27. > :34:33.referee has given the penalty. Hand in there. They will be weighing for

:34:34. > :34:39.a yellow card, and Nigel Owens may be complex -- contemplating that,

:34:40. > :34:44.but he has not shown it. You would probably feel that may have ended in

:34:45. > :34:47.a yellow card but interesting decision for Ospreys now.

:34:48. > :34:54.They look as if they will kick into touch. It was cleverly done by

:34:55. > :34:58.Ulster, what a kick by Pienaar, spot on and a very good chase indeed.

:34:59. > :35:05.Three men there, one of them should have called.

:35:06. > :35:11.Once Bearman was tackled running backwards, Ulster arrived, just

:35:12. > :35:14.blowing in the players away at the ball carrier free to promote it up

:35:15. > :35:28.to the pitch. Crucial line-out now. And Ospreys player hi am pretty sure

:35:29. > :35:37.has come in from an illegal angle. -- and

:35:38. > :35:45.Diack. Well tackled. Pienaar again. Wilson. Nudged forward. The referee

:35:46. > :35:51.playing advantage to the Ospreys. Huge gap down year if Ulster can

:35:52. > :35:57.spot it. Morgan has, but he has opted to go for touch and Ulster

:35:58. > :36:04.will get the line-out. Difficult conditions in that brain.

:36:05. > :36:09.The quicker flows may be unsuspecting in the ball receiver.

:36:10. > :36:14.That is a recipe for a turnover as Ulster, close to the line, excellent

:36:15. > :36:18.defence coming in from Ashley Beck, a big lump of a bloke, managed to

:36:19. > :36:27.get the ball tackled and relieve the pressure.

:36:28. > :36:32.Rob Herring was involved in the cup in Georgia last summer and started

:36:33. > :36:41.for the Will phones a couple of weeks ago against the England

:36:42. > :36:47.Saxons. -- Wolfhounds a couple of weeks ago. Not likely we will see

:36:48. > :36:55.Rory Best until the Six Nations is over. Lewis Stevenson. And the rain

:36:56. > :36:57.is getting worse. It really is coming down. There is a couple of

:36:58. > :37:04.familiar faces who have been following Ulster for a long time,

:37:05. > :37:05.the boys from the good old YMCA club, great followers of

:37:06. > :37:19.international rugby. Muller again, didn't let desperately

:37:20. > :37:22.straight and Nigel Owens did not list that. Ulster pretty happy with

:37:23. > :37:30.that, you cannot afford to give possession away. Only four points

:37:31. > :37:34.between them. Maybe knocked out of the hand, then that wind took over

:37:35. > :37:35.and exacerbated the angle of that throw.

:37:36. > :37:49.The Ospreys no ill days throw.

:37:50. > :37:50.first few minutes. Ulster have been doing a good job of addressing the

:37:51. > :38:04.territorial ad vantage. The referee wants it in. Great work

:38:05. > :38:12.by the all international front row. Here is Morgan. Davies.

:38:13. > :38:18.A very well taken kick. Ricky Andrew has to come all the way back.

:38:19. > :38:24.That is a good reply by Ricky Andrew. Taken quickly. Morgan has a

:38:25. > :38:33.glance, what is available on this site?

:38:34. > :38:45.And that is going to give Ulster the line-out with about 12 minutes

:38:46. > :38:49.remaining. The Ospreys using their clicking

:38:50. > :38:55.options out of hand very well. Morgan, Davies, they have options to

:38:56. > :39:00.either side, they can mix the players up, just mixing and maxing

:39:01. > :39:03.the options well to ensure Ulster do not spend too much time and that's

:39:04. > :39:21.22. From line three the Ospreys are aged

:39:22. > :39:35.23, 21, 22, 127 at 120. -- a 27 and a 20.

:39:36. > :39:41.Robbie Diack gets up across the halfway line.

:39:42. > :39:51.A bit of space, Darren Cave chases and that is a good kick by James

:39:52. > :39:54.McKinney. Yes, and that is a good kick by James

:39:55. > :39:56.pressure, a little and that is a good kick by James

:39:57. > :40:05.pocket now, they perfectly placed.

:40:06. > :40:11.McKinney on his third start of the season. He put in a man of the match

:40:12. > :40:15.performance against Edinburgh. As we get to the end of the opening

:40:16. > :40:16.half-hour here at Ravenhill, a scoreline that may not have been

:40:17. > :40:22.anticipated. Ospreys have cut the line-out to

:40:23. > :40:28.just five men. Cleverly done, Habberfield gets it

:40:29. > :40:35.away. Bearman. Slow ball, but they will not mind at

:40:36. > :40:55.all. Well taken by Ricky Andrew. He

:40:56. > :41:00.changes his mind, good pace by Andrew, still going. He got himself

:41:01. > :41:05.tripped there, but he has made up a lot of ground. Pienaar having a

:41:06. > :41:11.little glance, Robbie Diack. Good defending this time by the Ospreys.

:41:12. > :41:16.Pienaar. Well nudged forward by Ulster.

:41:17. > :41:21.The ball was knocked forward into touch, so the Ospreys will have the

:41:22. > :41:25.option of the knock-on and scrum or the line-out.

:41:26. > :41:32.Pienaar getting around the corner, he has an excellent defensive read.

:41:33. > :41:38.A little too shallow one the past there as the Pienaar run took some

:41:39. > :41:41.of the space out on the blindside. Ulster trying to inject some pace

:41:42. > :41:46.into the game, they are unable to get that kind of possession that

:41:47. > :41:52.they thrive on. It is the Ospreys who have manned up defensively and

:41:53. > :41:58.are slowing it down, denying Ulster the speed of delivery they require.

:41:59. > :42:00.No real scrum dominance so far, everyone going with the put-in and

:42:01. > :42:14.Tom Habberfield, the Welsh under 20 no one is able to force the issue.

:42:15. > :42:22.Tom Habberfield, the Welsh under 20 international, and a member of a

:42:23. > :42:24.very good junior World Cup squad. REFEREE: You are too open, OK?

:42:25. > :42:31.Head-to-head. There again, you see, Jarvis is

:42:32. > :42:56.binding on the arm. McKinney slows Bearman up.

:42:57. > :43:01.Habberfield. Morgan inside his 22. He has got away from three Ulster

:43:02. > :43:06.defenders. This fellow is like quicksilver. I weighed two Jeff

:43:07. > :43:10.Hassler and he can shift, but he is well tackled by Michael Allen. The

:43:11. > :43:17.referee is signalling a knock-on for Ulster. It has been put into touch

:43:18. > :43:21.and it will be a Ulster scrum. Matthew Morgan is giving a lot of

:43:22. > :43:24.problems. A bit of experience, he bails them at a trouble at scrum

:43:25. > :43:27.time. He has that footwork to get him out

:43:28. > :43:37.of those tight spaces, particularly up against tight 5-4s. Running at

:43:38. > :43:41.that pace, of the right, once he is away, here's assessing his options,

:43:42. > :43:48.he runs towards his support players but excellent cover by Ulster, three

:43:49. > :43:52.men coming across. Yes, he can sidestep at full speed.

:43:53. > :43:57.Years accelerating and still sidestepping, he does not seem to

:43:58. > :44:04.lose any momentum. -- he is accelerating. REFEREE: I just want

:44:05. > :44:11.to check on screen, please. Nigel Owens has gone upstairs to the

:44:12. > :44:13.TMO to see there was a tackle without arms.

:44:14. > :44:29.I wonder if it is going against Michael Allen.

:44:30. > :44:36.Maybe we will get a bit of a look at it. He did make an attempt to put

:44:37. > :44:44.the arms around, I think it was just a shoulder on the site, I don't see

:44:45. > :44:47.what all fuss was about. The shoulder charge around the

:44:48. > :44:54.Thiago Silva is particularly illegal. Nigel Owens is having a

:44:55. > :45:01.look on the big screen. You wants the other angle.

:45:02. > :45:06.There is Hassler. The shoulder went in first, but the arm came round in

:45:07. > :45:12.an attempt to catch the leg. It looks like a poor tackling technique

:45:13. > :45:16.but nothing much else about it. REFEREE: You cannot drop with no

:45:17. > :45:20.arms beneath you, OK? Well, I am surprised about that, but

:45:21. > :45:24.Nigel Owens has had a good look at it and has given the penalty against

:45:25. > :45:27.Ulster and against Michael Allen, which is rather unfortunate, I don't

:45:28. > :45:30.think there was anything malicious at all.

:45:31. > :45:36.It was not even tell us, just one of those things. -- not even careless.

:45:37. > :45:40.It wasn't the greatest tackle as he came across to take the player, but

:45:41. > :45:43.it looked like a genuine attempt to wrap the arms as he caught that

:45:44. > :45:46.trailing foot. Nothing malicious about it, I am

:45:47. > :45:51.surprised it has resulted in a penalty.

:45:52. > :45:55.Well, a lot of booing at Ravenhill, I know the crowd are not happy about

:45:56. > :46:01.that, but they need to stop the doing and let the man take his kick

:46:02. > :46:08.at goal. In respectful and traditional Ulster silence.

:46:09. > :46:16.Well, he landed a very good conversion. As he landed a penalty?

:46:17. > :46:22.No, he hasn't. The crowd will feel justice has been done. Seven and a

:46:23. > :46:24.half minutes remaining, still 7-3. It brought the crowd to live.

:46:25. > :46:35.Normally it is a big tackle or It brought the crowd to live.

:46:36. > :46:40.finish off the half with possession in opposition territory. Davies

:46:41. > :46:46.gathers and there is the tormentor, Morgan. He has put it straight into

:46:47. > :46:55.touch. His first mistake of the evening. The crowd will be hoping

:46:56. > :46:58.for more, needless to say. And amazingly talented little player. He

:46:59. > :47:06.got his first senior cap when he was only about 17. He hasn't grown any,

:47:07. > :47:10.mind you. He is using it to good effect, that diminutive stature, and

:47:11. > :47:15.it means he can ride tackles and slip over the shoulders. Darren Cave

:47:16. > :47:23.nearly got it away. The ball is loose. That has been knock forward

:47:24. > :47:27.by the Ospreys. Ulster lucky to get away with it. The intent was good,

:47:28. > :47:35.but the support play was just not there quickly enough. Ulster will be

:47:36. > :47:40.frustrated. Not really able to get into the groove. A little hand in

:47:41. > :47:45.there from Ashley Beck disrupting that. Ospreys not able to get the

:47:46. > :47:51.rhythm and flow to the game. A little bit staccato. They will look

:47:52. > :47:55.to impose some patterns. Interesting that they position Craig Gilroy

:47:56. > :48:01.behind the scrum. We know what speed and elusive ability he has got.

:48:02. > :48:11.Roger Wilson packing down at number eight for Ulster. One his only cap

:48:12. > :48:17.for Wales against Osaka in Japan. Guess who was refereeing that game,

:48:18. > :48:22.it was that man Nigel Owens. Nigel Owens has gone on to referee another

:48:23. > :48:28.40 tests, but Roger Wilson has not got past just the one for Ireland.

:48:29. > :48:34.Deserving of more. Good control by Wilson. Lack of concentration. It

:48:35. > :48:38.went back, and Ruan Pienaar got away with it. Now Jared Payne. Clever

:48:39. > :48:51.kick. Will with it. Now Jared Payne. Clever

:48:52. > :48:58.calculated perfectly. -- line-out. Ruan Pienaar does not panic, but he

:48:59. > :49:02.recovers from his handling mistake. Clever pass by Wilson. He still

:49:03. > :49:08.looks up and assesses the situation. The long passes on, and Jared Payne

:49:09. > :49:14.running out of space drops it on to the left foot and establishes field

:49:15. > :49:16.position. Good chasing by Darren Cave, who has shown a good bit of

:49:17. > :49:36.pace this evening. A good take out the back by Ulster.

:49:37. > :49:45.They go to ground. Well taken by Wilson. Ruan Pienaar. James

:49:46. > :49:50.McKinney. Jared Payne. Strong enough to make ground and present the ball.

:49:51. > :49:56.That's another mistake by the Ulster scrum-half. Ospreys have come away

:49:57. > :50:01.with it. Taken by Lewis. Baldwin, who is speedy, and this is a speedy

:50:02. > :50:07.man, Morgan. No room to move. Habberfield thought about the kick.

:50:08. > :50:13.Good tackle by Darren Cave. Knocked forward. Tom Court misses it. Away

:50:14. > :50:21.by Stevenson. The referee playing advantage. Craig Gilmour gets away.

:50:22. > :50:25.Covering tackle by Sam Lewis. Pienaar thought about the narrow

:50:26. > :50:33.side. Gives it to McKinney. Tackle by Morgan. Pienaar in quickly. Here

:50:34. > :50:37.is Jared Payne. Back inside to Michael Allen. He's come across to

:50:38. > :50:41.the right wing. Good approach work. Can Ulster finish it off before the

:50:42. > :50:49.interval? Johann Muller, the captain. Pienaar again. McKinney.

:50:50. > :51:01.Turnover ball. Great defensive captain. Pienaar again. McKinney.

:51:02. > :51:09.might have been blunted again. Again, the word composer --

:51:10. > :51:14.composure springs to mind. They are making the right decisions. If it's

:51:15. > :51:17.not on, they are happy to go to ground and back the defence. They

:51:18. > :51:22.are working well as a team, and that is what makes them a good team, the

:51:23. > :51:23.code he is of this, the unity and the willingness to play for each

:51:24. > :51:52.other -- tell. -- cohesiveness. Nicely done by Pienaar. A good

:51:53. > :51:59.clearance kick by the talented Sam Davies.

:52:00. > :52:05.Playing his 15th game for the Ospreys and all competition, the

:52:06. > :52:12.junior player for the league in 2013. Ospreys doing a good job of

:52:13. > :52:16.juggling the resources. Sam Davies plays very well in the number ten

:52:17. > :52:21.channel. Matthew Morgan showing what a threat he is. A wealth of talent,

:52:22. > :52:24.being used well, particularly kicking out of hand. One of the most

:52:25. > :52:32.impressive aspects of the performance tonight. Good ball by

:52:33. > :52:38.Ulster. Cave. Pienaar to take the kick. Drifted towards the far

:52:39. > :52:46.touchline. It goes into touch after the bounce. That will be an Ospreys

:52:47. > :52:54.line. Coming up to the final minute of the first half. -- line-out. Not

:52:55. > :53:01.quite going according to the script. From an Ulster perspective, anyway.

:53:02. > :53:22.Morgan. done it. Slippery ball making

:53:23. > :53:25.handling impossible. Diack had just nudged it forward. Conditions

:53:26. > :53:30.playing into the hands of the Ospreys at the moment. They have had

:53:31. > :53:33.the wind at their back, which is an advantage. Conditions are the same

:53:34. > :53:38.for both teams, but Ospreys have made less unforced errors.

:53:39. > :53:42.Decision-making and ball security has been excellent. They are

:53:43. > :53:46.committing the right numbers. They are a team that knows what they're

:53:47. > :53:50.trying to achieve, and unfortunately for Ulster they have not got the

:53:51. > :53:53.tempo in their game. A couple of individual errors have robbed them

:53:54. > :53:59.of the continuity and they've not been able to impose themselves on

:54:00. > :54:05.this game. A 7-3 scoreline, I still think Ulster are in this game. A

:54:06. > :54:09.free kick against Habberfield for not putting it down the middle. I

:54:10. > :54:10.think there might be time for the penalty because the 40 minutes are

:54:11. > :54:25.up. Will they go for the scrum? Last

:54:26. > :54:36.play. Johann Muller very politely enquired. Nigel Owens says, yes, you

:54:37. > :54:38.may have a scrum. The Ospreys will need to ensure they are

:54:39. > :54:43.concentrating in this overtime period. All the hard work could be

:54:44. > :54:50.undone by a slick Ulster training move that they might look to do with

:54:51. > :54:52.limited time. Vital that they maintain the computation --

:54:53. > :54:57.concentration and discipline in defence. Need to get possession

:54:58. > :55:04.first because the scrum is a bit wobbly. Wilson, good control at the

:55:05. > :55:09.back of the scrum. Good work by the home side. Nigel Owens has given a

:55:10. > :55:13.penalty. They could go for another scrum, and it's a wee bit closer and

:55:14. > :55:24.just about within Ruan scrum, and it's a wee bit closer and

:55:25. > :55:29.Roger Wilson. Ulster starting to get dominance in the scrums. Joe Bearman

:55:30. > :55:32.has bailed out Ospreys at number eight to pick up the ball and get

:55:33. > :55:39.them over the advantage lies -- line. Bevington might find his way

:55:40. > :55:44.onto the park early in the second half. Ulster will be happy if they

:55:45. > :55:47.can take three points. It's not got no way in the first but they have

:55:48. > :55:52.played into a stiff wind that will be at their back in the second with

:55:53. > :55:57.plenty to play for. He has only had one kick at goal in this half,

:55:58. > :56:05.testimony to some very good Ospreys defence and discipline.

:56:06. > :56:13.This is not a game changer but it would not fit -- nudge things and

:56:14. > :56:19.Ulster's direction. -- in Ulster's direction.

:56:20. > :56:28.Do the crowd like it? Well, they don't, and he doesn't, because it is

:56:29. > :56:33.missed. A bit of a flat end to a fairly high tempo first half, but

:56:34. > :56:36.the Ospreys have cope better with the conditions, with the wind behind

:56:37. > :56:41.them. They have been the dominant side and they will be pretty happy.

:56:42. > :56:45.A man wearing number seven, the man who has scored the only try, Sam

:56:46. > :56:50.Lewis. Ulster have a lot to do in the second half. They certainly do.

:56:51. > :56:54.They don't want a repeat of where they could not get rid in the game.

:56:55. > :56:57.Ospreys were dominating the pace of the game, where it was being

:56:58. > :57:03.played, and ultimately they deserve to be aired on the scoreboard.

:57:04. > :57:04.Ulster trailing at half-time -- they deserve to be ahead on the

:57:05. > :57:13.scoreboard. Both these teams trying to provide

:57:14. > :57:16.us with Friday night entertainment in miserable conditions at

:57:17. > :57:19.Ravenhill, and with conditions worsening by the minute. It was the

:57:20. > :57:23.visitors who got out of the blocks more quickly.

:57:24. > :57:27.Some great handling and a try by Sam Lewis. Ulster playing

:57:28. > :57:29.Some great handling and a try by Sam strong breeze. Ruan

:57:30. > :57:39.Some great handling and a try by Sam quite complete. The umbrellas are up

:57:40. > :57:45.at Ravenhill and Ulster are behind. They trail 3-7.

:57:46. > :57:53.Garin Jenkins and Maurice Field have been enjoying this with our window

:57:54. > :57:58.opening, so we have been sampling the atmosphere. Ospreys very much

:57:59. > :58:02.deserving the lead. Very much so. I said they would not have any baggage

:58:03. > :58:06.and they started with all the composure, attack all of the forward

:58:07. > :58:12.ball and it was the Talisman, Joe Bearman spearheading the tracks --

:58:13. > :58:19.attacks. Even though they were under pressure, it was from the scrum they

:58:20. > :58:21.caught Nash scored a good try. Ospreys are justifiably in front.

:58:22. > :58:27.The last kick Ruan Pienaar took mirrored the first half. Misfiring

:58:28. > :58:34.opportunities. Great scrum by Ospreys at the very start. A lot of

:58:35. > :58:38.pressure on Ulster. Nigel Owens calling the free kick, but it's just

:58:39. > :58:45.the creativity and the inventiveness that they are showing. It is that

:58:46. > :58:49.man Joe Bearman again. Great kick from Ryan Jarvis, then the boldness

:58:50. > :58:49.and intent. The ospreys deservedly lead.

:58:50. > :58:52.from Ryan Jarvis, then the boldness and intent. The ospreys Matthew

:58:53. > :58:58.Morgan playing in the face of the Ulster defence. Good shape in the

:58:59. > :59:03.defence, but it's that playing in the face and the boldness. Some

:59:04. > :59:08.great handling by the forwards in difficult conditions. We just saw

:59:09. > :59:12.the clip of Matthew Morgan. To me he's been the outstanding player

:59:13. > :59:16.apart from Joe Bearman. Everything that has been positive about the

:59:17. > :59:21.Ospreys has been through him. He's been creative, taking it flat and

:59:22. > :59:29.asking questions of the defence. Great handling there. Just

:59:30. > :59:35.fantastic. He has picked up some messy balls from the scrum. We saw a

:59:36. > :59:48.lovely backpass to Sam Lewis, and a very well-deserved try.

:59:49. > :59:52.lovely backpass to Sam Lewis, and a Yes, they were very strong. He's

:59:53. > :59:56.taking the ball flat to the opposition and asking questions of

:59:57. > :00:00.the defence. The Ulster has come up reasonably quiet. He sees this

:00:01. > :00:05.mismatch and that is where Ulster have been really good, accurate in

:00:06. > :00:09.the Big Ben and get the ball back. He shot up the line-out for someone

:00:10. > :00:15.of Matthew's skill, really fast feet, she goes round to the outside.

:00:16. > :00:20.-- he goes round the outside. They were under a bit of pressure there.

:00:21. > :00:27.But the likes of Joe Bearman are enabling the attacks of Matthew

:00:28. > :00:30.Morgan. They are bringing Spratt land in four into the game, running

:00:31. > :00:42.some lovely lines and enabling them to get the ball wide. -- Beck into

:00:43. > :00:47.the game. He has controlled the ball and bought his team time.

:00:48. > :00:51.It is easy to go down on the ball and not give a penalty. James

:00:52. > :00:59.McKinney tonight has been having a more difficult evening.

:01:00. > :01:02.Yes, he is misfiring, not getting the platform to control the game in

:01:03. > :01:09.the same way. This was really a kick to nothing and that allows Sam

:01:10. > :01:14.Davies to counterattack. It puts Ulster under pressure defensively. A

:01:15. > :01:19.great tackle coming up here. Ulster have not been able to

:01:20. > :01:23.engineer any attacks, but Lloyd Peers in the engine, great tackle

:01:24. > :01:28.and again, the boldness of the Ospreys to move the ball wide.

:01:29. > :01:32.Unfortunately this time the ball did not go to hand. But the creativity

:01:33. > :01:40.from the Ospreys has been far in advance of Ulster.

:01:41. > :01:42.But McKinney settled down? Yes, a better kick that time.

:01:43. > :01:49.He has been able to put the ball where he wanted and is executed that

:01:50. > :01:50.kick well. Just a lack of accuracy from Ulster causes them to be hind

:01:51. > :02:02.at the moment. -- to be behind.

:02:03. > :02:06.I think I'll salute a little rusty, there has been a bit of distraction

:02:07. > :02:13.this week but the Ospreys really look like a team. Even when Ulster

:02:14. > :02:16.have had the upper hand the Ospreys's defence have held out.

:02:17. > :02:22.They have scuppered a few chances, Ulster. I would be disappointed with

:02:23. > :02:28.their accuracy, especially when they come close to the Ospreys line, they

:02:29. > :02:32.have held out. To date, when they have got within

:02:33. > :02:34.scoring chances they have taken them.

:02:35. > :02:38.Unfortunately, earlier, Michael Allen dropped the ball going into

:02:39. > :02:43.the corner dear. As a winger that is your bread and butter.

:02:44. > :02:47.Excellent defence, but if you watch here, I think it is Beck who comes

:02:48. > :02:50.across, manages to get his hands on the ball and nudge it down. As an

:02:51. > :02:54.attacking winger you have to be thinking, that is a scoring

:02:55. > :02:58.opportunity you have missed. You mentioned Joe Bearman, and every

:02:59. > :03:02.time he gets his hands on the ball tonight something magical seems to

:03:03. > :03:05.happen for the Ospreys. He has made everything count.

:03:06. > :03:11.He has had at least 12 carries. This is a retreating Ospreys scrum,

:03:12. > :03:16.he comes 12 yards, four word ball and allows the Ospreys a great exit.

:03:17. > :03:21.He has been key tonight for the Ospreys. Matthew Morgan, again, 20

:03:22. > :03:28.or 30 yards from a poor scrum just finishing off. That was a scrum

:03:29. > :03:32.going backwards. Sean Doyle should have put Bearman

:03:33. > :03:39.on his backside and put the pressure on. From their 22 they find

:03:40. > :03:44.themselves 50 metres further up the pitch.

:03:45. > :03:50.Ulster had a penalty from that of and they may revert to type in the

:03:51. > :03:55.second half, Ulster may stick it up the jumper little bit. They have big

:03:56. > :03:58.guys like John Afoa. But Ospreys have the guys like Ryan Bevington

:03:59. > :04:04.coming on, they have something in their armoury. Ulster have to be

:04:05. > :04:08.tighter. Thank you very much for the moment.

:04:09. > :04:12.As we said at the start of the show, Mark Anscombe this week signed an

:04:13. > :04:18.extension to his contract which will keep them at the province until the

:04:19. > :04:23.summer of 2015. Earlier this week he sat down and talked to -- he sat

:04:24. > :04:30.down and talked to Gavin Andrews. I'm looking forward to it. I first

:04:31. > :04:33.spoke to David about this and said I always looked at this job as a

:04:34. > :04:42.project of three years. That is the case.

:04:43. > :04:48.It is a time that allows you to implant your style and ways and

:04:49. > :04:53.means into an organisation and from a personal point of view it gives us

:04:54. > :04:57.time to assess, from my family's point of view, if it is the right

:04:58. > :05:03.place to be. We come from the other side of the world, it is a big move.

:05:04. > :05:05.Was the home quarterfinal in Europe the clincher in the deal? Not at

:05:06. > :05:10.all. We had been talking well before

:05:11. > :05:15.then. It is nice to be able to give our supporters a home game in a new

:05:16. > :05:20.stadium. That is going to be a special day and we want to make it a

:05:21. > :05:25.special day. I have been around the world in this

:05:26. > :05:30.game and I still don't think... I think this is the most special place

:05:31. > :05:34.I have been to. The only thing to match the atmosphere of this is an

:05:35. > :05:41.international. It is special. Now that you are going to be coach for

:05:42. > :05:47.next season, you are going to lose John Afoa, Tom Court, Johann Muller

:05:48. > :05:53.- who do you bring in? I would be lying if we had things

:05:54. > :05:55.sorted out. They have been outstanding. They are all

:05:56. > :06:00.international quality players. They have proven that. You do not just

:06:01. > :06:04.replace people of that calibre overnight. But that is life, that is

:06:05. > :06:11.this game of rugby. One door closes and another opens. David is doing a

:06:12. > :06:12.good job and has done well because he has that calibre of player here

:06:13. > :06:25.in the first place. If you he has that calibre of player here

:06:26. > :06:35.laughed at us, but we have done that. One thing you want to achieve

:06:36. > :06:39.is that we are recognised in the top six teams in Europe. Every team, I

:06:40. > :06:46.don't care who you are or what you have, we all need a little luck. To

:06:47. > :06:50.keep everyone injury free and on the deck, if we perform, we are the

:06:51. > :06:56.measure of any team in this competition.

:06:57. > :07:02.There had been some speculation that Mark Anscombe may be leaving Ulster

:07:03. > :07:08.at the end of season. Decision from both parties? I believe so.

:07:09. > :07:13.Initially when he came he said this was a three-year tender.

:07:14. > :07:17.-- tenure. He said he wanted to make this one of the top six teams in

:07:18. > :07:24.European rugby. Ulster have now attained that Agnew later. Heineken

:07:25. > :07:33.cup final, Pro12 final last year, a final this year. It is a good

:07:34. > :07:37.decision. Second-half coming up, both benches very strong tonight.

:07:38. > :07:41.Iain Henderson coming on for Ulster in the second half. Could that be

:07:42. > :07:46.where this game is won or lost tonight? I think there will be big

:07:47. > :07:49.changes, I think this will impact Ulster.

:07:50. > :07:54.They will tighten things up, they play a lot of Round 9 and yet into

:07:55. > :07:59.field position. They have gotten into good positions in the

:08:00. > :08:06.first-half but had not got that killer instinct. I think there will

:08:07. > :08:13.be a stern talking at half-time. But the Ospreys will be confident. My

:08:14. > :08:18.only nagging doubt is the set piece. Have the Ospreys pretty enough

:08:19. > :08:27.points on the board? -- pretty enough.

:08:28. > :08:27.It is Jose Ospreys attacked -- it is how the

:08:28. > :08:43.It is Jose Ospreys attacked -- it is When you are watching in your nice

:08:44. > :08:46.warm living room at home it looks a lot better, but it is a miserable

:08:47. > :08:50.night at Ravenhill. We are hoping you are enjoying some Ulster Rugby

:08:51. > :08:54.Live this Friday night. Back to our commentary team, Ryan Constable and

:08:55. > :08:59.Jim Neilly. Iain Henderson is on for Ulster.

:09:00. > :09:02.The Ulster team have come out for the second half at something of a

:09:03. > :09:14.gallop. One or two fellows have clean jerseys on.

:09:15. > :09:20.Lewis Stevenson has less the field -- left the field, so Iain Henderson

:09:21. > :09:23.is on. Well taken in by Joe Bierman, who

:09:24. > :09:29.has been such a dominant force in this game.

:09:30. > :09:39.Iain Henderson from the bench in the Six Nations to the bench against the

:09:40. > :09:43.Ospreys, now he is on the pitch against the Ospreys. That will be a

:09:44. > :09:49.pass back inside the 22, it will be a line-out to Ulster. Ulster need to

:09:50. > :09:54.be thinking about scoring pretty darn quickly. Yes, they have the

:09:55. > :09:58.wind at their back now so they will have better exit side of those

:09:59. > :10:03.pressure situations. But it is the lack of time they have

:10:04. > :10:05.spent in the opposition 22 that has not allowed them to contribute to

:10:06. > :10:10.the scoreboard. They will be looking to address that at the start of the

:10:11. > :10:16.second half. That is not the start they wanted, the link between Rob

:10:17. > :10:20.Herring and Iain Henderson did not work.

:10:21. > :10:27.Knocked backward by the Ospreys. The referee thinking that any

:10:28. > :10:32.advantage the Ospreys had is gone. They have made decent ground and

:10:33. > :10:39.have the ball... No they haven't! Ulster come away, there is Pienaar.

:10:40. > :10:41.A little bit of city getting in play, this is the danger man.

:10:42. > :10:52.A little bit of city getting in they have a very difficult time to

:10:53. > :10:56.make the play-offs of this competition.

:10:57. > :11:02.Taken by Craig Gilroy. Uses the wind well. Sam Davies

:11:03. > :11:12.gathers again. You have to kick it immediately

:11:13. > :11:15.after the catch and it went back inside the 22 again. Ulster have

:11:16. > :11:19.another chance and they have to start taking some of these. The

:11:20. > :11:22.reason the referee has denied that is that he has taken it back in so

:11:23. > :11:26.he cannot call the mark. It looks as though he had a foot

:11:27. > :11:34.inside and having been denied the mark, rush kick. A lot of mistakes

:11:35. > :11:40.from the Ospreys which were not evident in the first-half.

:11:41. > :11:45.That is the sensible option, Muller in the middle.

:11:46. > :11:55.Here comes Doyle on his own, Diack does a bit of clearing out.

:11:56. > :12:01.Afoa keeps the ball low to the ground.

:12:02. > :12:05.Again, Ulster's first driving men make a bit of distance. Back inside

:12:06. > :12:08.to Craig Gilroy, who has come in from the right wing.

:12:09. > :12:15.All of the pressure coming from the men in dirty white.

:12:16. > :12:25.Darren Cave, wonderful! That is one of the great tries of

:12:26. > :12:31.the season by an individual, because he saw the space, but it required

:12:32. > :12:37.strength and pace and he showed both of them. What a boost that is for

:12:38. > :12:42.Ulster at what a boost for Darren Cave, who does not play too often at

:12:43. > :12:47.well but has done tonight. Yes, they create a little bit of front foot

:12:48. > :12:49.ball which Ulster have not how. Second play around the corner, Miss

:12:50. > :13:07.match, then too big, too Duncan Jones was there and Morgan

:13:08. > :13:13.was outside him. He missed that handoff and he was over as if he was

:13:14. > :13:15.a chocolate wafer. Yes, just for a minute he got held in by that dummy

:13:16. > :13:21.run. That allowed Cave to get slightly on

:13:22. > :13:25.the outside and from then on to much quality was always going to win

:13:26. > :13:32.over. 15th league try for Darren Cave.

:13:33. > :13:38.This fellow here is up to 425 points in terms of the league.

:13:39. > :13:45.That has come in very nicely from Ruan Pienaar.

:13:46. > :13:51.Having gone 7-3 adrift at the start of this half with not quite five

:13:52. > :13:59.minutes gone, Ulster are now leading by 10-7. The Ospreys I think have

:14:00. > :14:01.made a replacement. And what a replacement it is Italian

:14:02. > :14:09.international Tito Tebaldi has come on the field.

:14:10. > :14:13.Ruan Pienaar can kick directly into touch and he has done. We saw the

:14:14. > :14:15.strength of the wind is there that Ulster are joining.

:14:16. > :14:24.-- in joining. They did not have that option to get

:14:25. > :14:30.up the pitch in the first-half, they have to make sure they use in the

:14:31. > :14:42.second. A handyman to have a replacement, as Tom Habberfield goes

:14:43. > :14:44.off, Tito Tebaldi, formerly of the as Uri.

:14:45. > :14:55.-- Azzurri. Roger Wilson came through the middle

:14:56. > :15:01.and the referee is happy with that. Tebaldi saying he needs someone as a

:15:02. > :15:13.runner. He has Lewis but he decides to kick.

:15:14. > :15:16.runner. that. Gathered by Tebaldi. Sam

:15:17. > :15:33.Davies has a glance to see what is available. Not too far-away, and

:15:34. > :15:37.Mark Anscombe reacted to that, because he wanted him to kick it

:15:38. > :15:47.away, not slow the thing up. As he hit that forward? James McKinney it

:15:48. > :15:52.seems. Juggling the ball on the ground. The option was maybe to trap

:15:53. > :15:56.it with the foot. Curling ball, difficult, had to go for it. Looks

:15:57. > :16:01.as though he might have gone back on the first one and then the second

:16:02. > :16:08.one, the referee had a chat into his microphone, and an opportunity for

:16:09. > :16:10.Ospreys. Important they respond to the early school. They've been

:16:11. > :16:19.through a tremendous amount of hard work in the first half defensively

:16:20. > :16:25.and through the possession. Ulster needing to play into the wind, and

:16:26. > :16:31.they haven't really done it well apart from scoring a try. Joe

:16:32. > :16:40.Bearman. Well picked up by Natoga. Joe Bearman in there, but they leave

:16:41. > :16:47.it to the Italian, to Balde. -- Tebaldi. Recycling the ball well and

:16:48. > :16:51.the frightful conditions. Left for Perry Parker -- in the frightful

:16:52. > :17:00.conditions. Lewis, the try scorer, tackled by Johann Muller. Tebaldi.

:17:01. > :17:13.Jared Payne, what will he do? Afoa needs to give it. Got himself caught

:17:14. > :17:14.by Jonathan Spratt. Tom Court ran in front of Ruan Pienaar and made it

:17:15. > :17:28.difficult for him. front of Ruan Pienaar and made it

:17:29. > :17:39.you, the man from Alberta. Tebaldi. Duncan Jones. Still churning it out

:17:40. > :17:45.at 35, the oldest man on the park. That was touched and that will be a

:17:46. > :17:54.line-out on the far side. Ulster leading. You can hear the Ulster

:17:55. > :17:59.coaching staff, keen to play this in opposition territory. You don't want

:18:00. > :18:02.to play a lot of rugby in your own defensive third. It needs to go a

:18:03. > :18:09.couple of phases to bring the wingers up, and if it's like that,

:18:10. > :18:10.so be it, but don't play the risk of playing rugby from deep especially

:18:11. > :18:26.when Ulster lead 10-7. Duncan Jones's work here is done.

:18:27. > :18:36.Nice chap too. Big kick by Tebaldi. Michael Allen hundred. Referee says

:18:37. > :18:40.play on -- under it. To Balde. -- Tebaldi. Almost a big gap. Good

:18:41. > :18:49.tackle by Darren Cave, the Ulster try scorer. Morgan. Scott Baldwin is

:18:50. > :18:59.injured. Michael Allen let it run into touch. It could well be an

:19:00. > :19:15.all-star line-up. Nick Williams coming out of the dugout. Will this

:19:16. > :19:22.bill -- will this be a change? There is the formidable figure of Nick

:19:23. > :19:28.Williams. Looks as if he is about to get ready to come on. Baldwin, I'm

:19:29. > :19:39.delighted to getting worse as the evening goes

:19:40. > :19:45.on. The rain is really coming down. He kept his eye on the ball and he

:19:46. > :19:51.was knocked over by his own man, Jeff Hassler. I think he nearly got

:19:52. > :19:56.an elbow in the stomach, but he seems to be fine. A lot happier than

:19:57. > :20:03.they were at the interval, the Ulster fans, but still a long way to

:20:04. > :20:08.go. Diack's work at the back of a line-out has been outstanding. That

:20:09. > :20:11.is a good drive. Rob Herring tucked in there somewhere. Tom Court doing

:20:12. > :20:15.a bit of huffing and puffing and shoving. Slowed down, so Ruan

:20:16. > :20:21.Pienaar will have to kick, and he does. Keeps it short. Not the

:20:22. > :20:25.greatest and gathered by the Ospreys. Here is Jeff Hassler. Quick

:20:26. > :20:35.and strong. Sean Doyle slowed him down. Tebaldi. Muller put the

:20:36. > :20:44.tackling. Good switch to Morgan who has Davies outside. -- tackle in. He

:20:45. > :20:51.needs to give it one of these massive clearance kicks, Pienaar.

:20:52. > :20:55.That doesn't look too bad at all. That is a very good kick by Pienaar.

:20:56. > :21:02.Ulster still inside their own half with ten minutes played. The wind is

:21:03. > :21:08.still blowing pretty strongly. Hard to tell what direction it is in, but

:21:09. > :21:13.if it comes down a wee bit, we will have a look. It is over in the far

:21:14. > :21:24.corner from us. Those are the Ulster posts. That is a nasty evening.

:21:25. > :21:28.Baldwin. It was tapped back out of the line-out, so that is officially

:21:29. > :21:39.over. Had he caught it and held it, the line-out would have been on.

:21:40. > :21:40.Ospreys making a bit of ground. Good protection of the

:21:41. > :21:53.Ospreys making a bit of ground. Good game, and that is a good drive.

:21:54. > :21:58.Taken on by Ardron, but stolen by Ulster. Here is Henderson. Couldn't

:21:59. > :22:07.quite get away, but very nearly. Pienaar. Darren Cave. That is not a

:22:08. > :22:12.bad kick by Darren Cave at all. That is exactly what Mark Anscombe would

:22:13. > :22:17.have wanted. The trouble is, when you play into the wind you have to

:22:18. > :22:21.work hard and go through multiple phases to establish field position.

:22:22. > :22:27.U-turn over and that makes it quick for the team with the wind at their

:22:28. > :22:30.back to establish field position. A couple of drives, and Ulster do have

:22:31. > :22:37.the armoury. Darren Cave with an excellent kick, and the Ospreys find

:22:38. > :22:44.they have all the hard work to do again. Ospreys line-out.

:22:45. > :22:54.Once again, Perry Parker, the man on loan from Edinburgh, getting it

:22:55. > :23:00.away. Tackled by Rob Herring. Tebaldi saying he wants protection.

:23:01. > :23:07.Charged down by guess who, Pienaar. Henderson drives. He might get over.

:23:08. > :23:11.And Henderson has got over. I think the referee has given a try for Iain

:23:12. > :23:19.Henderson. What a response by Ulster. Again, Ruan Pienaar. How

:23:20. > :23:23.often does he do this? The ability to charge it down. Using the height

:23:24. > :23:33.he has to get the chance, and an excellent finish by Henderson. A

:23:34. > :23:40.number of his mistakes by Tito Tebaldi. This one looks like it will

:23:41. > :23:43.cost. -- a number of mistakes. He has gone upstairs to Marshall

:23:44. > :23:48.Kilgore and I thought Nigel Owens had given the try but maybe he wants

:23:49. > :23:57.to be doubly sure. Tom Court is pretty convinced it has been

:23:58. > :24:02.to be doubly sure. Tom Court is And when he becomes mature, he will

:24:03. > :24:10.be some player. He's only still a baby. Good drive, getting in the low

:24:11. > :24:14.position, cavalry arrive. No stopping him. He does award the

:24:15. > :24:21.try. Has second thoughts for some reason, anti-checks but we expect

:24:22. > :24:28.the try to be awarded. -- and he checks. We have not heard from

:24:29. > :24:32.Marshall Kilgore. He was in the perfect position, but he goes to the

:24:33. > :24:43.former Derry outside half, Marshall Kilgore who is the TMO. Nigel, the

:24:44. > :24:49.ball was stolen by black. Stolen before it was grounded? So the ball

:24:50. > :24:59.was over the line and then put down? So it will be a drop 22? Yes. No

:25:00. > :25:05.try. The second time Ulster have been denied a try. The ball was

:25:06. > :25:09.stolen as Henderson went over the line, so it will be a 22 metre

:25:10. > :25:17.dropout, and Ulster will be very, very upset another chance is gone

:25:18. > :25:22.begging. But rules is rules. Desperate work in defence from the

:25:23. > :25:26.Ospreys. Nigel Owens in a fantastic position and initially awarded it

:25:27. > :25:30.but there was some doubt on his mind and he went upstairs to get

:25:31. > :25:35.clarification. It came down as no try, and an opportunity for the

:25:36. > :25:47.ospreys to clear their lines. -- the Ospreys. The TM oak called -- TMO

:25:48. > :25:56.called it was stolen afterwards. There is nothing showing on the

:25:57. > :26:02.screen. Nick Williams with a bit of a cut. Probably the result of the

:26:03. > :26:12.stud. Sean Doyle hasn't had a bad game.

:26:13. > :26:18.stud. Sean Doyle hasn't had a bad Allen. Tebaldi goes back and lets it

:26:19. > :26:23.go. And he's not sure what to do. He hurls it inside. Davies gets it

:26:24. > :26:31.away, and that will be an all-star line-up. I think Ulster have their

:26:32. > :26:38.dander up. -- Ulster line-out. They have a huge win -- wind behind their

:26:39. > :26:42.backs and it's difficult to see how the Ospreys will last another 27

:26:43. > :26:45.minutes of the match without conceding further points. Very

:26:46. > :26:49.difficult conditions for them. Ulster have the luxury of kicking

:26:50. > :26:58.for territory and squeezing the Ospreys out of the match. Perry

:26:59. > :27:05.Parker coming off. And on comes Dan Baker.

:27:06. > :27:13.That might have been knocked back, but the referee is playing on. He

:27:14. > :27:19.does have the hand-out to indicate it was knocked forward by Ulster.

:27:20. > :27:24.Advantage has gone to the Ospreys. Conditions are awful and Ulster have

:27:25. > :27:27.not really been able to manage them. Obviously the game plan in the

:27:28. > :27:32.second half is kicking the territory. The issue on that

:27:33. > :27:34.occasion was the line-out. Difficult conditions to secure possession but

:27:35. > :27:38.they're in the right part of the pitch. They are up on the scoreboard

:27:39. > :27:42.which is where you want to be, the wind at your back. A couple of

:27:43. > :27:46.substitutions to give some fresh impetus to the cause as we see

:27:47. > :27:54.Marshall coming on to replace Jared Payne. Marshall will go into inside

:27:55. > :28:03.centre and Darren Cave will move out of the more familiar position of

:28:04. > :28:09.outside centre. So, six Nations one week, and we saw Jared Payne running

:28:10. > :28:13.off, his chin tucked into his chest wanting to get away from the awful

:28:14. > :28:14.weather. He has come back from two weeks home

:28:15. > :28:27.weather. He has come back from two Nick Williams packing down at number

:28:28. > :28:33.eight. Roger Wilson on the open side for Ulster. The referee asks them to

:28:34. > :28:43.square up a bit. Inconclusive says the referee, Nigel Owens. Time

:28:44. > :28:48.ticking away. 24 minutes remaining. Ulster are 10-7 ahead. This is a

:28:49. > :28:54.period where Ulster will look to profit. Given their relative lack of

:28:55. > :28:59.recognition at international level, the quality of the foreign players

:29:00. > :29:03.throughout this period, and the depth and quality of the squad, they

:29:04. > :29:10.will look to proceed up the table and get into contention for first or

:29:11. > :29:14.second place. That will be the target over this stretch of three or

:29:15. > :29:20.four games. Ospreys giving away the free kick. Ulster have four games in

:29:21. > :29:25.the month of February. All against Welsh opposition. Next week it is

:29:26. > :29:31.the Scarlet, then the Dragons, then after the game at Twickenham, they

:29:32. > :29:35.travel to Italy to play Treviso. They would be hoping, and maybe

:29:36. > :29:42.expecting, to win all four of those games. Certainly a loss at home

:29:43. > :29:54.tonight would not be nudged -- much good to them.

:29:55. > :30:06.It has taken the best part of our to burst into song.

:30:07. > :30:16.Look at the strength of this young man. Pienaar. Better stuff from the

:30:17. > :30:17.earth are Ospreys. That is better from Ulster, Johann Muller is in

:30:18. > :30:19.there. Now it is Tom Court.

:30:20. > :30:35.across. There goes Now it is Tom Court.

:30:36. > :30:45.Pienaar. Knocked forward and the referee is

:30:46. > :30:48.playing advantage to Ospreys, and they have taken full advantage, as

:30:49. > :30:53.Ashley Beck has given it a real wallop.

:30:54. > :30:59.Taken off at the ankles, the referee tells him to release it, he does.

:31:00. > :31:09.Roger Wilson standing in the outside half position. Pienaar again. This

:31:10. > :31:13.is Cave. He has curled that back infield. Well positioned by Sam

:31:14. > :31:20.Davies, who is awarded fair catch. Little tap to himself. Ricky Andrew

:31:21. > :31:26.nearly got fat and that is a very good clearance kick by young Sam

:31:27. > :31:32.Davies. A very elegant player, as his dad was for Wales. He took his

:31:33. > :31:36.time and looked for a bit of a gap, but the first thing he had to do was

:31:37. > :31:40.make sure he found his touch, and he did.

:31:41. > :31:51.There is probably the warmest person at Ravenhill.

:31:52. > :31:54.Conditions have been very difficult for hookers throwing the ball into

:31:55. > :32:10.night. Muller, with ease. Pienaar for

:32:11. > :32:18.possession. Sam Davies outside his 22 this time. That is a good kick,

:32:19. > :32:22.well gathered by Pienaar. That is right up into the

:32:23. > :32:29.stratosphere! Knocked back words, the ball is loose. Ulster have

:32:30. > :32:31.snapped it up. Well away by Marshall. Well taken by Ricky

:32:32. > :32:34.Andrew. The referee will bring them back for

:32:35. > :32:47.the knock-on. becoming a lottery, it is slippery

:32:48. > :32:55.and screwing around. Not a lot of authority from the

:32:56. > :32:59.teams when it goes on TV air. It robs the game of any real

:33:00. > :33:04.continuity. Well, Paul Marshall has come on for Ulster, which would

:33:05. > :33:08.indicate Ruan Pienaar would go to the outside half position.

:33:09. > :33:19.We have not seen too much of Paul Marshall recently.

:33:20. > :33:31.This is his 96th league game, Paul Marshall.

:33:32. > :33:35.His first Irish cap as a replacement at the tail end of last season

:33:36. > :33:47.against Italy in Rome. Clever little kick, it is going to

:33:48. > :33:50.go dead and that will be a 22. Just needed to angle that a wee bit

:33:51. > :33:55.towards the touchline for the Ospreys to take the line-out. Sam

:33:56. > :34:05.Davies does the clever thing. Here is Pienaar. A bit goes again and

:34:06. > :34:11.Cave is leading it. Tebaldi get it away to Davies.

:34:12. > :34:15.We know this fellow, Hassler. Well positioned by Pienaar.

:34:16. > :34:25.Scruffy I think is the word that comes to mind. It has not gone dead

:34:26. > :34:28.and it will be a 22. Aisea Natoga, capped five times by

:34:29. > :34:46.Fiji. Well, Italy -- into the last quarter

:34:47. > :34:58.of this game. Ulster making another change, Aaron Jarvis is going off,

:34:59. > :35:05.Dan sit is coming on. Only a youngster, 20 years old. This is his

:35:06. > :35:07.fourth league game, his fourth as a put out -- and his fourth as a

:35:08. > :35:17.replacement. Up it goes again. He has given that

:35:18. > :35:25.a decent wallop. That was a horrible kick. Well taken by Hassler. Davies

:35:26. > :35:30.pops it into touch and it will be a Ulster line-out. Tactics are evident

:35:31. > :35:34.from Ulster, anything from their own have they are putting straight up

:35:35. > :35:40.into the orchard and micro, getting chased down and forcing the Ospreys

:35:41. > :35:44.to try and retain possession. -- straight up into the air. They

:35:45. > :35:47.are trying to drive through the driving maul and see what they can

:35:48. > :35:52.develop through that then release it to the backs. They have not had a

:35:53. > :36:01.lot of quality possession to try and create some space.

:36:02. > :36:09.Williams drives the tackle pretty well. Scrambles forward. He is like

:36:10. > :36:16.a turtle on speed! And he has given away the penalty.

:36:17. > :36:22.Well, I am not sure you can be penalised if you are not held. He is

:36:23. > :36:26.released from the tackle, there is nobody holding him down, he is still

:36:27. > :36:30.making progress going forward, then presents the ball. Ready on

:36:31. > :36:35.orthodox, but I would not have said illegal.

:36:36. > :36:43.-- unorthodox. An interesting call from the referee there.

:36:44. > :36:49.And the Ospreys back inside the Ulster have for the first time in

:36:50. > :36:55.about ten minutes or so. A 3-point lead I don't think will suffice.

:36:56. > :36:59.Baldwin, he has been on from the start. Well taken again by Lloyd

:37:00. > :37:12.Peers. act.

:37:13. > :37:22.Once again, -- a little bit slow Lote Tuqiri act. -- slope to

:37:23. > :37:40.this is Morgan. Good work again by his skipper. He is a replacement

:37:41. > :37:45.number, number 19. Ulster doing a bit of grappling in the middle of

:37:46. > :37:49.the park, Tito Tebaldi digs it out and gets it to Bearman.

:37:50. > :37:53.We have not seen too much of them in the second half, it has been mainly

:37:54. > :37:59.Ulster. The referee calling for the ball to

:38:00. > :38:04.be released. Tebaldi, Baldwin. Tebaldi again, they knock it

:38:05. > :38:08.forward. Henderson gives it an almighty hack.

:38:09. > :38:14.Henderson, rate in the thick of things. That is going nowhere in

:38:15. > :38:19.particular. In two does not seem to be going anywhere but the touch.

:38:20. > :38:22.That will be a Ulster line-out. 15 minutes remaining, only three points

:38:23. > :38:28.between them. Dudley Philips puts his flag up and points in the

:38:29. > :38:31.direction of Ulster. The Ospreys finding a lot more

:38:32. > :38:33.difficult without the wind at their back.

:38:34. > :38:37.They have not been able to get into the opposition 22, where they spent

:38:38. > :38:41.a lot of time in the first half. The Ulster rushing defence is catching

:38:42. > :38:44.them behind the advantage line and the kicking options are not there

:38:45. > :38:47.for them to kick their way out of trouble. They are just having to

:38:48. > :38:53.roll their sleeves up and put the hard in. Difficult to get any result

:38:54. > :38:59.from it. Ulster, that opportunistic try by Darren Cave, excellent

:39:00. > :39:02.identification of the mismatch. Then the power and pace has put him in

:39:03. > :39:07.the tendency and they are the ones who can afford to play

:39:08. > :39:12.territorially. -- in the ascendancy. Tom Court looks as if he has hurt

:39:13. > :39:14.his left hand -- arm. Callum Black would probably have

:39:15. > :39:19.been coming out at this stage Callum Black would probably have

:39:20. > :39:25.loose-head against the Leicester Tigers in the arm August -- in their

:39:26. > :39:37.most recent Heineken cup win. The referee telling Ulster to keep

:39:38. > :39:44.Ireland. Ospreys have sent them back word, . -- to keep down.

:39:45. > :39:51.Well taken by Jeff Hassler, who has a lot of pace. Williams misses the

:39:52. > :39:57.tackle and Hassler has gotten away! This could be catastrophic. He has

:39:58. > :40:02.not quite got the legs, Cave gets in, albeit on the high side. Hassler

:40:03. > :40:10.has put the Ospreys into a great position. Here is the other

:40:11. > :40:16.Canadian, Ardron. He has knocked it forward and Ulster have got out of

:40:17. > :40:20.jail. Hassler has been running with real

:40:21. > :40:24.conviction all night. He went into that tackle situation, burst out the

:40:25. > :40:30.other side and, fortunately, the West -- wet conditions, he did not

:40:31. > :40:34.have the pace to go all the way. The Ospreys looked to be delivering a

:40:35. > :40:40.try scoring below, just dislodged the ball in the tackle and trying to

:40:41. > :40:44.hold on, but relinquishing possession. Ulster now find

:40:45. > :40:51.themselves close to their online after that magnificent run.

:40:52. > :40:55.Ospreys about to make another change, I think Jeff Hassler, who

:40:56. > :41:02.has scored three tries this season for the Ospreys, is about to go off.

:41:03. > :41:12.They are about to bring on... Eli Walker, for his first game. Well,

:41:13. > :41:15.this is the man who was picked to play for Wales in the autumn against

:41:16. > :41:21.the South Africans for his very first cap and did a hamstring couple

:41:22. > :41:23.of days before the game and has not played since. Welcome back, Eli

:41:24. > :41:38.Walker. I am not sure played since. Welcome back, Eli

:41:39. > :41:47.Pienaar has brought that infield. Here is another fellow who cannot be

:41:48. > :41:55.allowed to run. They will be glad they made the tackle.

:41:56. > :42:00.Bearman has his second wind. I think Johann Muller has probably

:42:01. > :42:04.been the top tackle Manford Ulster. There was no touching there, so it

:42:05. > :42:11.was not ice it was not an accidental offside. Dan Suter, the replacement

:42:12. > :42:15.prop, makes a bit of ground. Ryan Bevington, who had that amazing

:42:16. > :42:23.breakaway score last year in this fixture.

:42:24. > :42:33.Scott Baldwin picks it up to Ulster's 22. Ospreys are being very

:42:34. > :42:37.patient. A penalty would give them a draw and I think they would be very

:42:38. > :42:40.contented to come away from Ravenhill -- Ravenhill with a couple

:42:41. > :42:45.of points. Ulster certainly would not. Good defence again by Ulster.

:42:46. > :43:18.Lazio that order -- Aisea Natoga. Knocked foreword by Ulster. 12

:43:19. > :43:25.minutes remaining, this is going to the wire. The Ospreys are doing very

:43:26. > :43:30.well to stay in this game. It is just that tenacity, the

:43:31. > :43:34.willingness to put their hand to the ball, recycle, go through phases.

:43:35. > :43:37.Ulster trying to keep up their line speed defensively, difficult for the

:43:38. > :43:38.Ospreys to That offer Aske still with the

:43:39. > :43:49.Ospreys who still need to That offer Aske still with the

:43:50. > :44:08.Ospreys. -- the tougher ask. REFEREE: Just a slip, lads, just a

:44:09. > :44:12.slip. Nigel Owens saying there was nothing

:44:13. > :44:16.sinister about that and they will have to come back and scrum again,

:44:17. > :44:19.only a slip. Time ticks away but the Ospreys have

:44:20. > :44:24.the ball and they are in the right part of the field. This is when you

:44:25. > :44:28.are thinking is the fact that the Ospreys have been playing for the

:44:29. > :44:33.last two weeks a benefit because they are much fit, or is it Ulster

:44:34. > :44:36.because they have had a break and have more running in their legs? We

:44:37. > :44:43.will find out in an extra ten minutes. It will be attrition stuff,

:44:44. > :44:48.conditions are deteriorating and showing no signs of abating. Nigel

:44:49. > :44:51.Owens will be pleased to get himself into a hot shower.

:44:52. > :44:59.Tebaldi put in. Marshall does well to disrupt but

:45:00. > :45:03.the Ospreys do well to disrupt but the Ospreys

:45:04. > :45:14.taken on by Sam Lewis. Again, Ospreys keep it here. Baldwin, and

:45:15. > :45:21.again Muller makes the important tackle. That has come off and Ulster

:45:22. > :45:29.player. Backward by the Ospreys. Everything falling at their way.

:45:30. > :45:32.Tackle by Rob Herring. Tebaldi. Matthew Morgan. Ulster up quickly

:45:33. > :45:41.and Nick Williams this is the tackle. Diack couldn't quite manage

:45:42. > :45:46.it. Natoga. Ulster ten metres away. Have they got something special and

:45:47. > :45:51.then? A couple of bad misses by Ulster. Natoga again.

:45:52. > :46:05.strength by the Ulster man. And that is taken in, and that was Iain

:46:06. > :46:08.Henderson. Heart stopping stuff for the Ulster

:46:09. > :46:13.fans as they see the line break again by the Ospreys, who are

:46:14. > :46:17.defying these conditions, managing to establish field position in

:46:18. > :46:20.Ulster's territory. They are the ones looking most dangerous at this

:46:21. > :46:26.stage. Well, only 21 years old, Iain

:46:27. > :46:30.Henderson, he has made a big difference since he came on. Not his

:46:31. > :46:34.kind of night at all, but he really worked hard there. There is another

:46:35. > :46:38.Ulster player in there, I think Roger Wilson, who helped his young

:46:39. > :46:40.colleague hold the Ospreys player off the ground to get the put-in in

:46:41. > :47:02.the scrum. The clock is ticking away. Ospreys

:47:03. > :47:08.about to make another replacement, and I think it will be younger

:47:09. > :47:12.Richard Fussell. Matthew Morgan might be going off, but we have to

:47:13. > :47:20.wait and see. They haven't come on the field yet. The change will be

:47:21. > :47:27.because of the scrum. Ulster cannot give away a free here. Downey goes.

:47:28. > :47:33.That was just a slip. -- down it goes.

:47:34. > :47:44.One or two empty seats there I am sorry to report. Seven minutes

:47:45. > :47:47.remaining approximately, and the scrum has to be completed before the

:47:48. > :47:52.replacement comes on. The next time it is dead, they can bring him on. I

:47:53. > :47:57.think they might replace both the full can the outside half. -- the

:47:58. > :48:02.hooker and the outside half. full can the outside half. -- the

:48:03. > :48:12.game next Friday, which you can see full can the outside half. -- the

:48:13. > :48:19.playing the Scarlet 's. Good scrum. Williams. Marshall. He has tweaked

:48:20. > :48:25.that infield. Well taken by Sam Davies.

:48:26. > :48:36.Davies has done well. Tebaldi. Taken forward by Lloyd Peers. The referee

:48:37. > :48:40.has given the penalty but playing advantage to Ulster. They would

:48:41. > :48:43.probably prefer the penalty, for holding after the tackle. How

:48:44. > :48:49.significant will that be with six minutes remaining? You felt the

:48:50. > :48:54.Ospreys had to score with that incursion. Ruan Pienaar will put it

:48:55. > :48:58.close to the 22, and they will find themselves defending, and three

:48:59. > :49:03.points down on the scoreboard. He had to find touch and he hasn't.

:49:04. > :49:09.That's not so good. Pienaar a little bit out of kilter tonight. Paul

:49:10. > :49:13.Marshall gathering at outside the 22. That might not work out too

:49:14. > :49:23.badly. Well kept in, I think, by Sam Davies. The referee says to play on.

:49:24. > :49:29.Darren Cave. Ulster's kicking his bitter rivals to their knees those

:49:30. > :49:36.balls to go into touch. Here comes the little quicker fellow, Matthew

:49:37. > :49:42.Morgan. Just over five minutes remaining. Good tackle on Bevington.

:49:43. > :49:46.Rob Herring, did a great bit of work, but the ball has gone loose.

:49:47. > :49:51.The referee says they knocked it forward, and Tebaldi kicks. Went

:49:52. > :50:03.straight into an all-star hand. -- Ulster hand. Ospreys have brought

:50:04. > :50:09.on a couple of replacement. Richard Fussell has come on. And Matthew

:50:10. > :50:13.Dwyer has come on, another youngster. Not that much of a

:50:14. > :50:26.youngster, actually, he's 29. when you potentially need the game

:50:27. > :50:33.changing moment and you are down by three point -- lupines. He put in a

:50:34. > :50:41.good shift in the first half when they had possession -- three points.

:50:42. > :50:49.Rory Scholes brought on for his first senior cap. He had such a good

:50:50. > :50:51.junior World Cup last summer. Sam Davies has gone to outside half.

:50:52. > :51:01.Tebaldi takes his time. What will the referee decide? Did

:51:02. > :51:09.Ulster swing it around? He said, no, they have to do it again.

:51:10. > :51:17.Just about four minutes remaining. Ulster leading 10-7.

:51:18. > :51:30.It is told, it is wet, it is miserable. -- it is cold.

:51:31. > :51:48.Another good Ulster scrum. Here is Davies. There is the gap for worker.

:51:49. > :51:53.He gets away from Darren Cave. Berger. He properly should've given

:51:54. > :51:57.that two Natoga, but Ospreys still capable of stealing the win. Might

:51:58. > :52:01.have been knocked forward again by the Ospreys. They will be furious,

:52:02. > :52:06.because the last 15 minutes they've been by far the better side, and

:52:07. > :52:11.just as Ulster blew a chance or two, Ospreys have been just as guilty.

:52:12. > :52:17.They probably left two tries out there, but the Ospreys have made

:52:18. > :52:23.more clean breaks. Through all four of them but they haven't been able

:52:24. > :52:24.to finish. But for a draw and pass, it could have been a dramatic

:52:25. > :52:38.last-minute victory. it could have been a dramatic

:52:39. > :52:44.gained against South Africa, had he not tweaked his hamstring quite

:52:45. > :52:51.badly. Awful conditions here at Ravenhill. The crowd, I would say,

:52:52. > :52:54.nervous crowd trying to encourage the Ulster side who have not

:52:55. > :52:59.performed the way they did at Welford Road three weeks ago.

:53:00. > :53:05.Williams needs a bit of help, and he's going across the field. Brought

:53:06. > :53:09.to ground, Williams. This needs to go straight into touch. And that is

:53:10. > :53:18.a very significant kick from Paul Marshall. Eli Walker is limping.

:53:19. > :53:27.Hasn't taken his position on the pitch since that run. Has he done

:53:28. > :53:28.his hamstring again? They have brought on another replacement, the

:53:29. > :53:46.last one they have, Morgan Allen. The man of the match this even, more

:53:47. > :53:52.than justify the com is the ospreys number eight, Joe Bearman -- this

:53:53. > :54:00.evening. He might be on the losing side, but he's played outstandingly

:54:01. > :54:03.well all the way through. Paul Marshall, to Pienaar, and he's

:54:04. > :54:13.trying to keep the lid on the whole thing. Straight into touch. Pienaar

:54:14. > :54:18.furious with himself. Not the best performance week saw from the

:54:19. > :54:20.Springbok specialist at Welford Road three weeks ago. Coming up to one

:54:21. > :54:27.minutes ago. -- one minute to go. Mulder gets his hands to it. --

:54:28. > :54:55.mother -- Muller. Mulder gets his hands to it. --

:54:56. > :55:00.Fussell. 30 seconds to go, Ulster are three will he do it again? You

:55:01. > :55:09.will certainly have a go. -- Ulster are three points up. Ulster have the

:55:10. > :55:23.tackle. Ospreys still in possession. Up to halfway. Tebaldi gets it away.

:55:24. > :55:27.A good, thumping tackle. We have now played 80 minutes. Once the ball

:55:28. > :55:31.goes dead, it will be all over. Ospreys looking to conjure something

:55:32. > :55:37.up. Ulster have do defend and defend. Scholes is in there. -- have

:55:38. > :55:41.do. Ospreys trying to get to the halfway line. Here they go again.

:55:42. > :55:51.Good work by the replacement, Dan Baker. Afoa is in there with Rob

:55:52. > :56:00.Herring. This could be interesting. All the way out to Ashley Beck. Good

:56:01. > :56:05.covering tackle by Diack. Ospreys are still not going to give this up.

:56:06. > :56:11.The replacement hooker Matthew Dwyer sets it up. Tebaldi. Davies. The

:56:12. > :56:17.overlap nearly created. Lewis gets it away. Natoga. That line is the

:56:18. > :56:31.Ulster ten metre line. Tebaldi looking for a runner. Might

:56:32. > :56:35.go to the narrow side. Decides to kick, I'm not sure why. Somebody

:56:36. > :56:40.needs to win that. Ricky Andrew wins it for Ulster. All they have to do

:56:41. > :56:45.is get it into catch. Marshall gets it into touch, and Ulster have held

:56:46. > :56:48.on -- into touch. One of their poorer performances of the season

:56:49. > :56:51.but I don't think the crowd won't mind. They will certainly settle

:56:52. > :56:59.but I don't think the crowd won't 10-7 at Lansdowne Road tomorrow,

:57:00. > :57:01.up to second in the table. Just making it over the line to

:57:02. > :57:10.full-time. 10-7. Well, we have been watching the

:57:11. > :57:16.game. It was not pretty, but certainly a gritty win for Ulster. A

:57:17. > :57:23.gritty win, and they edged it over a spirited ospreys side. They

:57:24. > :57:30.certainly threw the kitchen sink at them. We have a great amount of

:57:31. > :57:39.respect for the way the ospreys played. It says something about how

:57:40. > :57:49.close the game was is that the man of the match was on the losing side.

:57:50. > :57:53.I thought it was integral. Matthew Morgan had a good first half. As we

:57:54. > :58:04.said before the game, the experience. Ball in hand, asking

:58:05. > :58:10.questions, but in the second half performance, he kept the team

:58:11. > :58:12.together. Absolutely appalling conditions and he showed his

:58:13. > :58:20.leadership qualities which were exceptional. There were 13

:58:21. > :58:23.home-grown players for the Ospreys, and they did show confidence. Ulster

:58:24. > :58:30.did not quite get the game going. The conditions were wonderful, you

:58:31. > :58:35.know what I mean? It was just the experience that brought them home.

:58:36. > :58:48.The Darren Cave try was the key school. -- squirrel. -- score. Maybe

:58:49. > :58:53.Matthew Morgan was bought watching. At that stage, we thought Ulster

:58:54. > :59:00.would go on and get another couple of schools. OK, thank you very much

:59:01. > :59:05.for your company this evening. Next up for Ulster, another Welsh team,

:59:06. > :59:15.back in action next Friday at Ravenhill at the usual time of 7pm.

:59:16. > :59:19.And before that, the big Six Nations game tomorrow, Ireland against

:59:20. > :59:23.Wales. It starts at 2pm on BBC One and it is live on radio Ulster as

:59:24. > :59:27.well. Let's hope the weather improves. A hard-fought win for

:59:28. > :59:31.Ulster tonight. For all other sphere -- from overseer, goodbye. -- from

:59:32. > :00:28.all of us here. He likes hunting

:00:29. > :00:30.and he likes racing. He's just completely mad

:00:31. > :00:33.about horses, and that's just it. True North is back with another tale

:00:34. > :00:38.from a unique perspective. My job in life now is to teach

:00:39. > :00:42.the boys as much as I can. Aye, she's not going

:00:43. > :00:45.to give any chemo until she finds out

:00:46. > :00:47.what's causing the pain. We don't talk about it that much,

:00:48. > :00:51.to be honest. Aye, he made it to the end of

:00:52. > :00:54.the season, and that'll be it.