Ulster v Scarlets

:00:38. > :00:42.It is a landmark day for long serving Ulster player, Roger Wilson,

:00:43. > :00:49.making his 200 appearance on the team. Paddy Jackson is named captain

:00:50. > :00:54.for the day as Ulster try to put themselves back on top of the Pro12

:00:55. > :00:57.table. They welcomed the Scarlets to Belfast this afternoon. They have

:00:58. > :01:02.the rice set on a place in the play-offs and they have already

:01:03. > :01:06.beaten Ulster in the corresponding fixture this season. It is Ulster

:01:07. > :01:14.Rugby live from the Kingspan Stadium. The rain has subsided for

:01:15. > :01:19.now, thankfully, but there have been some heavy downpours over the past

:01:20. > :01:26.few days. It'll be interesting to see how the pitch holds up this

:01:27. > :01:30.afternoon. You are very well come to around 15 of the Guinness Pro12.

:01:31. > :01:37.Joining us this Sunday afternoon, Stephen Ferris. First, we can bring

:01:38. > :01:40.up-to-date with all the rest of the resources we can. There were wins

:01:41. > :01:45.for Treviso against Dragons and Ospreys over Edinburgh. Munster lost

:01:46. > :01:51.to Glasgow. Leinster won narrowly away to Cardiff and Cardiff --

:01:52. > :01:55.Connacht secured a bonus point victory against Zebre. Connacht are

:01:56. > :02:00.top, Leinster second, which means it is third against fourth today.

:02:01. > :02:05.Munster has slipped out of the top six. Stephen, do you expect also to

:02:06. > :02:11.get the bonus point today to go back to the top of the table? It is going

:02:12. > :02:16.to be hard. They have been playing some good stuff, but I expect Ulster

:02:17. > :02:19.to win. You look at the team sheets, lots of quality spread throughout

:02:20. > :02:23.this Ulster team. I can just see a win for them. Thankfully the rain

:02:24. > :02:29.has stopped and we should get a little bit more running rugby.

:02:30. > :02:33.Ulster have been winning, they have not been shining recently. Can they

:02:34. > :02:38.afford to play so badly today against a talented Scarlets team? It

:02:39. > :02:43.is a good talent town, to play badly and to win. They have taken points

:02:44. > :02:48.from the last six games. The Scarlets are not won away from home

:02:49. > :02:54.since December. It is therefore Ulster to win. Having been speaking

:02:55. > :02:57.to Stevie Jones and Darren Heyworth, Scarlets are quite confident that

:02:58. > :03:05.they can come here and can Ulster over. Roger Wilson, big day for him,

:03:06. > :03:10.his 200th appearance. You played alongside him many times. A special

:03:11. > :03:13.landmark. What a great player. It will sorry for him because he did

:03:14. > :03:18.not fulfil his international career like he would have but to have 200

:03:19. > :03:25.caps for your province is unbelievable. He is an absolute

:03:26. > :03:28.veteran. He is still trucking on for Ulster, rolling with the punches,

:03:29. > :03:32.and I expect a mass of performance and for the crowd to get behind him.

:03:33. > :03:41.Paddy Jackson, skipper for the afternoon? He has all the potential

:03:42. > :03:46.to be a future skipper. It puts a lot of pressure on Paddy Jackson.

:03:47. > :03:51.Given the media hype about his inclusion within the Irish squad

:03:52. > :03:56.this week, he has had a bit more pressure put on him. I hope it does

:03:57. > :04:01.not affect his game too much. The win today, it starts to put Ulster

:04:02. > :04:09.in a comparable position. It really does. They just need to keep the

:04:10. > :04:14.momentum going. Happy days, that is what I will be wanting. They will be

:04:15. > :04:19.looking for a better performance today. Hopefully it will be another

:04:20. > :04:22.four, five pointer. We will be hearing from Roger Wilson at

:04:23. > :04:29.half-time, the doubles and during. First, sit back and enjoy the

:04:30. > :04:34.first-half in their company of Eddie O'Sullivan and Jim Nealon.

:04:35. > :04:42.No changes upfront from a week ago for the Scarlets. Experienced men in

:04:43. > :04:50.the front row, Phil John and Peter Edwards. And Alan Schindler in the

:04:51. > :04:56.second row forward. The only changes are the half-backs, Alan Davies and

:04:57. > :05:01.Alan Thomas, N. Plenty of pace out on the wings with van der Merwe and

:05:02. > :05:11.Owen. And the vastly experienced Regan King in the middle alongside

:05:12. > :05:17.the skipper, Hadley Park. In the 2008-9 season, the Scarlets did the

:05:18. > :05:22.double on this Ulster side. But all eyes on Roger Wilson, looking

:05:23. > :05:29.slightly embarrassed. A tough man on the field, a modest man orbit. 117

:05:30. > :05:35.appearances for Northampton Saints, but this is appearance number 200

:05:36. > :05:41.for his following in the four steps of his grandfather, his great uncle

:05:42. > :05:46.'s in playing for Ireland. One single Irish appearance back in

:05:47. > :05:54.2005. Skiers reward for what has been a remarkable career. -- scarce

:05:55. > :06:03.reward. Paddy Jackson has not captained the side since his last

:06:04. > :06:08.year at Methodist College. A number of changes. Four changes upfront,

:06:09. > :06:11.Andrew Warwick and John Andrew, in. Two changes in the back row with

:06:12. > :06:20.Roger Wilson returning and Chris Henry starting. It is an all

:06:21. > :06:26.international back row with Wilson, Henry and Diack. That is a pretty

:06:27. > :06:32.decent looking three quarters line with Marshall coming in to replace

:06:33. > :06:36.Stuart McCloskey. And the fast improving Jacob Stockdale on the

:06:37. > :06:42.left wing. The referee is the man who did the Ulster against Treviso

:06:43. > :06:50.game three weeks ago. He is from Wales, and he is Ian Davies. Ulster,

:06:51. > :06:56.attacking the war memorial end at this ground. Some hesitation whilst

:06:57. > :06:59.the officials get their communications right. The Ulster

:07:00. > :07:05.captain Paddy Jackson gets us underway on this Sunday afternoon.

:07:06. > :07:13.That was taken by big Morgan Allen who scored a corker of a try last

:07:14. > :07:18.weekend. Davies, the scrum-half released by the Welsh management

:07:19. > :07:25.from the Six Nations squad. Wilson getting away from van der Merwe.

:07:26. > :07:35.Andrew Warwick, back in the starting line-up. Not a lot of room.

:07:36. > :07:46.Marshall, showing that footwork of his. Taken on by Robbie Diack. Nice,

:07:47. > :07:53.flat pass. Good, hard drive forward by Ulster ringside that. Luke

:07:54. > :08:02.Marshall has not played for couple of weeks. Chris Henry, hoping to

:08:03. > :08:06.stake a claim for a place in the Six Nations squad before the end of this

:08:07. > :08:15.season. Good tackle by the Scarlets. That was good defence from the men

:08:16. > :08:18.from West Wales. And a warm bulk to the Kingspan Stadium to Eddie

:08:19. > :08:23.O'Sullivan. Just watching the flow of the game. The Welsh boys looked

:08:24. > :08:29.very solid in defence, very balanced. Also pressing, Abbot of

:08:30. > :08:39.shadow boxing, as there always is at the start of the game. Certainly,

:08:40. > :08:45.Scarlets look comfortable. Hopefully they are keen and they can make a

:08:46. > :08:55.game of this. The Scarlets' first two front row forwards all the way

:08:56. > :08:58.from Wales, but 1lb Power man is the weight advantage being enjoyed by

:08:59. > :09:03.this Scarlets forward pack. -- pair man.

:09:04. > :09:10.Two seriously big, beefy prop forwards that for the Scarlets, Phil

:09:11. > :09:14.John fast approaching 300 appearances for Scarlets and Peter

:09:15. > :09:28.Edwards, who is older, on the loosehead site. -- side.

:09:29. > :09:38.Scarlets have brought four all their backs out of this. That is not a bad

:09:39. > :09:50.Ulster squeeze. Robbie Diack there to help Paul Marshall. Alan has done

:09:51. > :10:00.well. Taken on by Schindler. -- Shingler. Will Boyd, new to this

:10:01. > :10:04.Scarlets side this year. That is going to hang in the breeze. That

:10:05. > :10:11.will favour Ulster. Terrific work by the Ulster left-wing. Marshall,

:10:12. > :10:29.Andrew Warwick. Checking to take the pass. Jackson. That was the Scarlets

:10:30. > :10:37.skipper, Hadley parks. In field now to Alan Thomas. The referee having a

:10:38. > :10:43.good look, but it is back cleanly on this Scarlets site. Boyd gets it

:10:44. > :10:53.away nicely. This is Gareth Owen, the Welsh sevens player. Serious

:10:54. > :11:02.amount of pace, as well. Peter red was taken down inside the Ulster

:11:03. > :11:08.half. -- Peter Edwards. That was a bad miss, and it is going to be a

:11:09. > :11:11.try for Michael Collins. What they start by the Scarlets. One missed

:11:12. > :11:17.tackle in the middle of the field and the Scarlets have punished

:11:18. > :11:20.Ulster. Scarlets showed a bit of patience. There was not much on, it

:11:21. > :11:25.came back to the left-hand side and Ulster were a little bit short on

:11:26. > :11:31.numbers. And the missed tackle on the inside. That was by Darren Cave.

:11:32. > :11:35.And there it was, the line break. The problem for Darren was that he

:11:36. > :11:39.was trying to push out, as he knew that numbers were short. And they

:11:40. > :11:46.are not going to miss chances like this, to run one. The Scarlets coach

:11:47. > :11:50.will be pleased with that. It was very well engineered. All of a

:11:51. > :11:56.sudden, there was a four, five man overlap. Once they are short like

:11:57. > :12:00.that, they are going to have to turn and push, and they turned and pushed

:12:01. > :12:09.too hard. And that caused the line break. Aled Thomas with the crucial

:12:10. > :12:18.kick to give Scarlets the win last week overhead bra. -- over

:12:19. > :12:23.Edinburgh. Precise as are, but he has just hooked on that one. It

:12:24. > :12:31.could have been worse, but Ulster find themselves five points adrift

:12:32. > :12:36.to a very well taken try. It was a numbers thing that led to the missed

:12:37. > :12:42.tackle. It is early in the game. If you want to make a mistake, this is

:12:43. > :12:46.the time to make it. Also have an advantage in terms of having the

:12:47. > :12:53.wind behind them. -- Ulster have. Marshall, making the tackle. And

:12:54. > :12:59.Shingler very quick to help his scrum-half. Here, Scarlets again,

:13:00. > :13:09.showing great adventure. Regan King plays the dummy. It seemed to have

:13:10. > :13:16.gone forward. The referee waiting for Advani, and Ulster will get the

:13:17. > :13:27.scrummage. -- for advantage. Those two long passes get onside of the

:13:28. > :13:32.defence. And luckily for Ulster they get the ball. In my school rugby

:13:33. > :13:43.playing days, we had a coach called W L Taylor who said, stick together,

:13:44. > :13:50.make the ball the work. Ulster need to be more aware of their space.

:13:51. > :13:58.They have spotted that space wide, and they are going to go after it.

:13:59. > :14:03.Once again, another strong looking Ulster scrummage. Marshall, to

:14:04. > :14:16.Gilroy. He has another go, himself. Well tackle by Thomas.

:14:17. > :14:27.This is better staff. Wilson, nicely done, inside. Marshall again.

:14:28. > :14:38.Jackson for a bit of territory. That is a good kick. Van der Merwe has to

:14:39. > :14:43.go all the way back. Pinned back in 22 now, also have got the wind

:14:44. > :14:54.advantage and they need to use it. The Scarlets Defence comfortable.

:14:55. > :15:02.Looking at the shape of the defence, Llanelli are the team that is most

:15:03. > :15:07.comfortable in this game. That was back quickly from Shingler. Morgan

:15:08. > :15:18.Allen runs into Franco van der Merwe. Impressive stuff at the

:15:19. > :15:28.breakdown by the Scarlets. That was well kept in by Gilroy.

:15:29. > :15:48.Not forward. Was that deliberate on the part of van der Merwe? The

:15:49. > :15:56.referee did not see it. REFEREE: Advantage, white. It was

:15:57. > :16:04.his touch judge on the near side who indicated that Davies missed it.

:16:05. > :16:09.This was a moment when you could have called for a knock-on or a

:16:10. > :16:16.penalty. Van der Merwe had his hand up, but the ball was going on. Get

:16:17. > :16:29.the intercept, and that gives also great deep position. Again, Llanelli

:16:30. > :16:32.can break from the defence. Averaging 15,000 per game, the crowd

:16:33. > :16:40.here this season. Which is quite fantastic. And the singing breaks

:16:41. > :16:57.out. Good throw and good take by Franco van der Merwe. It is tucked

:16:58. > :17:03.in. Marshall was unfortunate. It was good defence to get that second jump

:17:04. > :17:09.straight in under. Marshall spotted it, but unfortunately not the ball

:17:10. > :17:16.on. It was a crucial moment. That is probably a cheap one from Ulster's

:17:17. > :17:23.point of view. Just snatch by the Ulster scrum-half. That gives the

:17:24. > :17:28.Scarlets the scrummage. There is going to be a bit of a stoppage.

:17:29. > :17:38.Edwards is going to get himself a new pair of shorts.

:17:39. > :17:46.They have asked for a new pair of shorts. They will just have to get

:17:47. > :17:54.on with it until they are brought on. Maybe they don't have the

:17:55. > :18:01.prerequisite size. I don't know the last time I saw somebody having to

:18:02. > :18:04.have their shorts changed. The problem is that they don't want to

:18:05. > :18:17.scrummage with the shorts hanging off him. That is why it is, that is

:18:18. > :18:24.why he is so anxious to get on and changes shorts. I don't think that

:18:25. > :18:29.he has a serious career going on on the catwalk! I don't think he will

:18:30. > :18:35.be giving up the day job, but he enjoyed that. The crowd enjoyed it

:18:36. > :18:39.and his Scarlets team-mates on the bench are enjoying that as well.

:18:40. > :18:47.Back to the serious business, back to the scrummage. Ten and a half

:18:48. > :18:54.minutes gone. Ulster behind to that well taken Scarlets try. Also

:18:55. > :19:02.getting a bit of a squeeze on. -- Ulster. Regan King puts it wide.

:19:03. > :19:09.Look at the width that Scarlets output into that in the space of two

:19:10. > :19:14.passes. That could be interesting. And into touch it goes for a

:19:15. > :19:17.Scarlets line-up. Scarlets played well when they started this season.

:19:18. > :19:23.They played an exuberant game of rugby. The conditions are windy, but

:19:24. > :19:27.it is Ashley quite dry considering all the rain. They seem to be

:19:28. > :19:35.willing to put some air under the ball and get into the Ulster

:19:36. > :19:41.channels. That was taken by Shingler.

:19:42. > :19:55.It was so obvious, that was light years of site. I'm not sure what was

:19:56. > :20:01.going through his mind. -- offside. And a bit of pressure. That pressure

:20:02. > :20:08.that also had, it has almost vanished into thin air. There was a

:20:09. > :20:18.knock-on by Paul Marshall, and Ulster, having been good position,

:20:19. > :20:24.are almost back to halfway. Here comes Regan King. Lovely pass. Here

:20:25. > :20:35.they come again. This is van der Merwe, the flyer, gets past two men.

:20:36. > :20:38.Ulster working well at the breakdown but they have a hand on the floor,

:20:39. > :20:44.and they have given away another penalty. It was Chris Henry game

:20:45. > :20:48.that away. I thought he was right to have a go at the ball. The ball was

:20:49. > :20:52.sitting there, and van der Merwe released it am but the referee felt

:20:53. > :20:58.he had not released it. It is still quite a grey area for everybody. It

:20:59. > :21:04.is hard to referee. This is the repeat of the incident. Is there an

:21:05. > :21:10.Ulster hand in the? Referee probably thought that he had not released. In

:21:11. > :21:21.those contact areas, it is hard to tell. They have done the first bit

:21:22. > :21:28.right, they have taken it well. This is his second game since he joined

:21:29. > :21:32.the starlets. Scarlets, still in possession. 50 metres to go, and

:21:33. > :21:51.they are getting closer all the time. Good tackle by Robbie Diack.

:21:52. > :21:57.He has been quite an asset. Now Davies again. The try here would

:21:58. > :22:03.cause Ulster all sorts of problems. Nothing less than a bonus point at

:22:04. > :22:20.this game will get them back to the top of the table. A little dummy by

:22:21. > :22:25.the outside-half, Alan Thomas. And the Scarlets are playing a patient

:22:26. > :22:31.game. Keeping possession. The Ulster defence will have to be solid.

:22:32. > :22:40.Shingler just overrunning it a little bit. Shingler again. Hassey

:22:41. > :22:45.popped it back for his scrum-half? He has. And Ulster have given away

:22:46. > :22:59.another penalty. And Ian Davies is having a word with Paddy Jackson.

:23:00. > :23:04.REFEREE: Too many offence is happening in the breakdown. Any

:23:05. > :23:14.more, you will have to move. They will not be very happy at the

:23:15. > :23:21.moment. Fortunately, again, that was a soft penalty. They could give away

:23:22. > :23:26.a soft three points here. Scarlets will take another scorer on the

:23:27. > :23:31.board, they will try to keep the scoreboard ticking over if they can.

:23:32. > :23:36.And it is for Ulster now to come back and try and establish some sort

:23:37. > :23:46.of pressure. Thomas missed the earlier conversion, does not miss

:23:47. > :23:52.from that range. And it is not looking wonderful for Ulster. We

:23:53. > :23:57.have played almost 15 minutes. Ulster have to take stock. If it

:23:58. > :24:10.means putting the ball in behind Llanelli, so be it. If they get

:24:11. > :24:19.position, they have to hold onto it. Taken in by van der Merwe. The

:24:20. > :24:22.tackle by Alan O'Connor from Ulster. They cannot kick directly into

:24:23. > :24:31.touch, but that is not a bad strike by Davies. Well gathered. Where is

:24:32. > :24:38.he going? He has a go. Marshall. Jackson. Robbie Diack. He gets it

:24:39. > :24:48.wide to Luke Marshall. Tried another chip and chase, but straight into

:24:49. > :24:54.the arms... Also got some good with and put it through the hands, well.

:24:55. > :24:56.But Llanelli were not short on numbers. That is what patient

:24:57. > :25:04.springs, patience give you opportunities. -- patience brings.

:25:05. > :25:14.It is going to be another Ulster line-out. Well taken at the back by

:25:15. > :25:25.van der Merwe. Here comes Marshall. Jackson back inside and stop well

:25:26. > :25:35.looking for his first also try. Cash Mac Stockwell. Back to Paddy

:25:36. > :25:40.Jackson, and he has added the drop goal, so the Ulster skipper has

:25:41. > :25:44.hauled back three very important points for also. A little bit of

:25:45. > :25:49.pressure, how little bit of patience, and you get good things.

:25:50. > :25:53.Maybe a kick to the corner, see what happens. At this point, you take the

:25:54. > :25:59.three points and come back for more. That is exactly what also needed. It

:26:00. > :26:05.gets them back into the game again. One or two nicely worked passages of

:26:06. > :26:14.play before that sweetly struck drop goal by Paddy Jackson.

:26:15. > :26:27.Jackson. Taken back inside the 22. That is well covered by Michael

:26:28. > :26:36.Collins. Gives it to his outside-half, Aled Thomas. Well

:26:37. > :26:42.done. Back inside to Wilson. Andrew Warwick, good little sidestep Alsop

:26:43. > :26:56.Franco van der Merwe. Good interplay by the Ulster Fowlers. Marshall, to

:26:57. > :27:05.Jackson. He has been very lively, and that this taken on again by

:27:06. > :27:11.Warwick. Jackson. John Andrew, who is not slow. There was a cry for Ray

:27:12. > :27:20.high tackle from Aled Davies, but it was fine, peer. Knocked forward, and

:27:21. > :27:24.the referee has said there was an advantage to yellow, as he calls

:27:25. > :27:30.them, the Scarlets playing more in yellow than in red. Also have to

:27:31. > :27:35.look at those phases when they are not making those inroads, they have

:27:36. > :27:40.to look to the corners. If Llanelly did then, they are not covering the

:27:41. > :27:44.corners. They have to try and get behind them but if they cannot, they

:27:45. > :27:52.need to put the ball in the corner, because you see here, one to

:27:53. > :27:59.another, and Llanelli have that bit of pace and they are ready to go.

:28:00. > :28:02.Ulster have been putting with a bit of pressure on the Llanelli scrum,

:28:03. > :28:08.and they need to keep that on them at the moment. Getting attention is

:28:09. > :28:15.Phil John, who has been at Scarlets since 1999. He has made more Pro12

:28:16. > :28:21.appearances than anybody, 188 league appearances. Two more league

:28:22. > :28:29.appearances and he will reach the 300 milestone for Scarlets. Roger

:28:30. > :28:34.Wilson has 200 for the Saints, but Phil John is still in the lead. I

:28:35. > :28:47.hope that you were not giving that little girl is it of your beer! -- a

:28:48. > :28:55.sip of. The skipper, Paddy Jackson, having a word with the team in

:28:56. > :29:02.general. After a miserable night with constant grain, it is not a bad

:29:03. > :29:13.afternoon year. -- constant rain, it is not a bad afternoon here. So the

:29:14. > :29:21.playing surface is fine. The Scarlets scrummaged controlled at

:29:22. > :29:27.the back by Alan Davies. And away goes Regan King. Paul Marshall

:29:28. > :29:31.making the tackle. Scarlets punishing Ulster with their slick

:29:32. > :29:47.handling. Plenty of men out wide. Here is the flanker, Will Boyd. The

:29:48. > :29:51.captain, Hadley Parkes. Phil John seems to have recovered

:29:52. > :29:59.miraculously. Davies again, back inside to van der Merwe. Cannot

:30:00. > :30:03.afford to give him any room. Chris Henry, all over the place there.

:30:04. > :30:13.Morgan Allen makes up a decent bit of ground for his side. Shingler.

:30:14. > :30:19.Penalty against Scarlets. Ulster will be pretty grateful for that.

:30:20. > :30:24.They kept their shape. They worked very hard. And they did not give

:30:25. > :30:30.away a penalty like they did the last time. And they deservedly won

:30:31. > :30:37.the tone of. But that line break coming again to a dangerous

:30:38. > :30:45.situation. -- they won the turnover. There was a lovely underarm pass

:30:46. > :30:49.from Hadley Parkes that bamboozled the Ulster defence. Paddy Jackson

:30:50. > :30:55.has cleared the danger, and it is going to be an Ulster throw. Just 11

:30:56. > :31:03.Ulster appearances, all of them are off the bench and all of them in the

:31:04. > :31:07.league, so it is a big day for him. Andrew Warwick, making his sixth

:31:08. > :31:14.start of the season. Nothing much wrong with that. Away to Gilroy with

:31:15. > :31:22.a little bit of room. He is up against Collins. Chip and chase, and

:31:23. > :31:29.this could work out nicely. It will bounce, and that is another splendid

:31:30. > :31:33.try by Craig Gilroy out of virtually nothing. A couple of quick passes,

:31:34. > :31:40.and Gilroy did the rest. Fantastic finishing. It was a lovely pass to

:31:41. > :31:46.get around the defence. Once he got the ball, he just likes the place

:31:47. > :31:49.up. Fantastic. The outside, he timed his kick to perfection. World-class

:31:50. > :32:16.finish. The sleep. Gareth came across but he

:32:17. > :32:20.did not have a gas. He timed the kick to perfection. Yes, you need a

:32:21. > :32:25.bit of luck, but Gilroy had it. You make your own like if you practice

:32:26. > :32:36.enough. Once Gilroy got the ball, he is that type of player he can make

:32:37. > :32:37.it happen. He is third in the Ulster scoring list, behind Tommy Bowe and

:32:38. > :32:53.Andrew Trimble. Into the second quarter of this

:32:54. > :33:02.game, having been 8-0 down at one stage, Ulster leads 10-3. Game on

:33:03. > :33:09.again. Just 20 minutes in, and entertaining 20 minutes, albeit

:33:10. > :33:10.frustrating at times. Ulster have found the way back in and now the

:33:11. > :33:18.momentum is with them. A drop goal and a conversion. Aled

:33:19. > :33:39.Thomas, with the restart. The referee waiting for advantage.

:33:40. > :33:48.Not forward. Andrew Warwick driving into Kirby Myhill. A clever kick by

:33:49. > :33:58.Marshall. Well covered by Morgan Allan, who is a handful. Gilroy came

:33:59. > :34:07.in from the wrong side. Taking it forward into the Ulster half. Cave,

:34:08. > :34:19.missing tackles. That he normally would not. Thomas, back inside.

:34:20. > :34:36.Parks, the skipper. George Earle, a good tackle by Chris Henry. The

:34:37. > :34:43.referee says the advantages over. Good footwork once again. Back,

:34:44. > :34:52.Scarlets. Sidestepped by the loose-head prop. Men to spare if

:34:53. > :34:58.they can shift this. What a great dry by the Scarlets. Once again,

:34:59. > :35:05.Ulster are the architects of their own downfall. One simple missed pass

:35:06. > :35:12.and the Scarlets score. Again, it came from the advantage. They kept

:35:13. > :35:17.it going. Once they got to the post, they had number is wide and it would

:35:18. > :35:21.be hard to recover from that. If you give them opportunities, they are

:35:22. > :35:27.great finishers. The opportunities so far have been created by Ulster,

:35:28. > :35:31.which is frustrating. The passing has been fantastic but Ulster's

:35:32. > :35:37.defending has been hopeless. Darren Cave that seems to be struggling. He

:35:38. > :35:43.missed a big tackle on the halfway line, which gave them the momentum.

:35:44. > :35:50.If he had made it, that would have stopped the whole thing. These are

:35:51. > :35:57.small mistakes but they hurt. The handling has been excellent. They

:35:58. > :36:01.have taken full advantage. Peter Thomas, that looks as though he is

:36:02. > :36:08.going to come on for Alan O'Connor, who seems to be in trouble. Aled

:36:09. > :36:12.Thomas with the conversion, and that is not a bad strike. That is a very

:36:13. > :36:20.good strike, right between the Ulster post. It was a little wobbly.

:36:21. > :36:29.All of a sudden, the Scarlets bounce back and their leading 15-10.

:36:30. > :36:35.O'Connor has gone off, and one hopes it is not too bad. It may be just a

:36:36. > :36:39.head injury. Peter Browne is on. Once again, Paddy Jackson restarts.

:36:40. > :37:16.Van der Merwe gives room. A good tackle by Kirby Myhill. Ricky

:37:17. > :37:26.Lutton makes a bit of ground. Good work at the breakdown by John

:37:27. > :37:33.Andrew. Well presented. Jackson has given that a thump. And there is

:37:34. > :37:43.Thomas, the outside-half. Davis, running wide. A good tackle by

:37:44. > :37:48.Andrew Warwick. Scarlets, back to their ten metre line. Chris Henry

:37:49. > :38:02.with the tackle. Peter Browne in there as well. Well released by the

:38:03. > :38:15.Scarlets. Davis looking for a runner. -- Davies. They are still in

:38:16. > :38:28.possession. The kick by Davies. Gilroy, moving to the left wing.

:38:29. > :38:37.Jackson for the corner. Taken in by Collins. A nice strike. Marshall did

:38:38. > :38:41.not put enough on that and he was so lucky to get away with it. That

:38:42. > :38:49.could have been catastrophic for Ulster. Totally unnecessary.

:38:50. > :38:54.Probably the highest risk option you could take and he took it. I know he

:38:55. > :39:00.is only a little fellow, but he needed to put more on that. 20 of,

:39:01. > :39:02.straight down the tramliners would have been perfect. That was a high

:39:03. > :39:10.risk strategy and it nearly backfired. With the wind at his

:39:11. > :39:18.back, he should have prompted down there. If you take those risks, they

:39:19. > :39:38.have to be a certainty. Catastrophic when they do not come off.

:39:39. > :39:54.A bit of a stoppage there. A pause for an injury to the Scarlets tight

:39:55. > :40:09.end prop. It looks like his left knee is giving him trouble.

:40:10. > :40:16.28 minutes almost played and the lead has changed hands a few times.

:40:17. > :40:21.Ulster look to be in a decent position, and then they give away

:40:22. > :40:26.another try. Ulster, not only have to win this game but they have to

:40:27. > :40:32.get the bonus points to get back into the top of the league. ,

:40:33. > :40:41.locked, yesterday, they scored their highest ever points total away from

:40:42. > :40:47.home. -- Connacht. Connacht have won ten games so far, the most they have

:40:48. > :40:53.ever won in the lead. They need to do a little bit to make up for some

:40:54. > :41:02.poor tackles. Under pressure. Van der Merwe, a veteran of three World

:41:03. > :41:16.Cups and a top try scorer in the league at Glasgow. With 35. Regan

:41:17. > :41:22.King, get it away. Nice handling from the Scarlets. Shingler has

:41:23. > :41:29.taken of the headband that he started the game with. A bit of a

:41:30. > :41:41.risk there. A good tackle by Robbie Diack. The crowd says it has been

:41:42. > :41:55.held up. Coming back on the Ulster side. Better stop buying Ulster. As

:41:56. > :42:07.Marshall puts too much into this? He took the rest this time. A nice

:42:08. > :42:12.kick. Good defence by Ulster. They won a good turnover. You would like

:42:13. > :42:14.to think that Ulster would keep the pressure on. We don't want a soft

:42:15. > :42:25.penalty. Time was you would've said it was

:42:26. > :42:33.lovely weather for ducks but it's not really. Kirby Myhill, with

:42:34. > :42:39.pressure from Ulster. Stolen from Peter Browne. I great chance for the

:42:40. > :42:53.men in white. Joe Wilson manages to get away from Hadleigh Parks. Picked

:42:54. > :43:00.up by Craig Gilroy, the try scorer. Taken on by John Andrew. Great

:43:01. > :43:07.support play by Ulster's cougar. Van der Merwe, looking for his third

:43:08. > :43:16.league try. Jackson, into Cave. No way through that Scarlets defence.

:43:17. > :43:29.What a great tackle that was. They need to get more men back, quickly.

:43:30. > :43:37.Ulster, to the left of the post. Wilson dips the shoulder in

:43:38. > :43:45.characteristic fashion. Marshall again. And again, Wilson on

:43:46. > :43:59.bludgeoning forwards. Marshall with a quicker ball, well taken. Jackson,

:44:00. > :44:09.inside the Gilroy. A quicker ball. Jackson has a goal. Peter Browne. A

:44:10. > :44:14.huge amount of pressure coming from Ulster but the Scarlets defence is

:44:15. > :44:23.pretty good. A lot of pace. And again from Ulster. Just a metre

:44:24. > :44:31.away. Peter Browne, looking for his second try. What a roar from the

:44:32. > :44:38.crowd. Marshall, Robbie Diack could not quite stretch. Chris Henry is

:44:39. > :44:45.white. Theory goes. The post is within touching distance. Marshall

:44:46. > :44:55.takes it backwards. And Ulster still pressure. What a great passage of

:44:56. > :45:04.play. You go Ulster again. And again it is big Peter Browne. Van der

:45:05. > :45:08.Merwe, and in those Andrew. The referee says the Scarlets man is

:45:09. > :45:14.trapped so he is not illegal. There is the line. Scarlets needs to be

:45:15. > :45:18.behind a line and they are not as it turns out. The referee telling

:45:19. > :45:28.Scarlets to get their paws out of it. Gilroy has another go. Wonderful

:45:29. > :45:34.lats to ditch defence by the men in red and yellow. Robbie Diack goes to

:45:35. > :45:48.the ground. Sidestepped by Roger Wilson. And now it is Marshall.

:45:49. > :45:57.Still there, scrabbling forward. And it has been stolen by Hadleigh

:45:58. > :46:02.Parkes. All that Ulster pressure comes to nothing. The Scarlets will

:46:03. > :46:07.wallop that, but knowing them, they're going to run it. Regan King,

:46:08. > :46:13.there is an overlap year. Cave makes the tackle. Back inside the Thomas.

:46:14. > :46:23.Regan King, the veteran. Lovely passing. Manda reserve, well taken.

:46:24. > :46:30.-- van der Merwe, well taken. What a game this is. Scarlets, penalised

:46:31. > :46:37.for coming in from the inside. Great rugby. Ulster kept the pressure on.

:46:38. > :46:42.But eventually you have to give credit, they fought hard and kept

:46:43. > :46:47.the line held. Most teams would have been happy to take a breather.

:46:48. > :46:59.Almost sneaking away. A great tackle. Gilroy saved the day.

:47:00. > :47:02.Another great tackle. Ready to launch a counterattack but I think

:47:03. > :47:08.everybody was too tired by that stage. Exciting stuff, exciting

:47:09. > :47:15.stuff. Really, you have to give credit to both sides. Ulster showed

:47:16. > :47:21.a lot of patience but unfortunately they lost the ball. They have to

:47:22. > :47:32.keep the pressure on. And the wind has picked up. Hadleigh Parkes, the

:47:33. > :47:37.skipper is unhappy with his players. Hadleigh Parkes is a huge lump of a

:47:38. > :47:44.fellow. What a great strip tackle he made. And from then, the Scarlets

:47:45. > :47:49.managed to get it away. Anyone else would have kicked it, but not the

:47:50. > :47:55.Scarlets. They very nearly engineered a third try. John Andrew

:47:56. > :47:59.will not want to leave the field, having started a senior game for the

:48:00. > :48:07.very first time. Hadleigh Parkes played for the Bulls and the Harry

:48:08. > :48:17.Kane this. Jackson finds a decent touch.

:48:18. > :48:32.-- the Hurricanes. We are being informed that Peter Browne coming in

:48:33. > :48:35.was a tactical change. We expect them to keep the big boys out in the

:48:36. > :48:44.game for impact. John Andrews, his ankle seems to be

:48:45. > :48:52.fine but let's see what his throwing arm is like. It is not going well

:48:53. > :49:03.for Ulster in the middle of the park. Another good opportunity

:49:04. > :49:12.wasted. Once again, they are trying to run. A beautiful inside pass. A

:49:13. > :49:18.good tackle by Peter Browne. Davies gets it away. Morgan Allan, taken by

:49:19. > :49:28.Roger Wilson. Davies, shaping up to kick down the line and he does. Well

:49:29. > :49:49.taken by Stuart Olding. He set that up nicely. Jackson.

:49:50. > :50:09.Ricky Lutton, Paddy Jackson, Gilroy. The referee agrees the tackle was

:50:10. > :50:13.high. Ulster might have been better occupied taking the penalty and

:50:14. > :50:21.going down the line. No advantage so far from that penalty. Marshall has

:50:22. > :50:25.a goal and he has got away. He gets it to Luke Marshall. This could be a

:50:26. > :50:32.chance. Can he get any? I think he has got in. The referee will have a

:50:33. > :50:36.look. The corner flag no longer means that you are in touch, so it

:50:37. > :50:45.is a question of him getting the ball down. What a great flourish. A

:50:46. > :50:50.fabulous break. Luke Marshall, as he got Ulster's second? I think it is

:50:51. > :50:55.going to be tight because he may have tried to get too far in. He got

:50:56. > :51:03.turned as he went to ground. It is going to be tight. That was the

:51:04. > :51:10.pass, and he did really well. Now what is wrong with that. You would

:51:11. > :51:16.have to see the touchline. Did the ball get down. If his elbow down

:51:17. > :51:19.before the ball is down... I think the assistant on the side, he is

:51:20. > :51:29.undecided. He was closer than anybody. They are going to go

:51:30. > :51:37.upstairs. The TMO is Alex Rogan. I think this might be the one. Was he

:51:38. > :51:42.grounded. Yes, I think it is down. I am pretty sure. It is not up to me,

:51:43. > :51:52.it is up to Alan Rogan and Liam Davies. People with pink shirts and

:51:53. > :52:00.whistles. No doubt about the reaction from the crowd. You know

:52:01. > :52:07.what they think. And it is a try. It was very close on the end, but they

:52:08. > :52:13.are right back in the game. It was a great finish. Marshall probably went

:52:14. > :52:17.too far. If they had gone for the goal-line, he would have been fine.

:52:18. > :52:21.He certainly got it down. You would be disappointed if he had not got

:52:22. > :52:27.that right. A ninth leader tried for Luke Marshall, the 24th man for the

:52:28. > :52:36.last couple of weekends. -- league try. Another good kick by Paddy

:52:37. > :52:41.Jackson under difficult conditions. And what an extraordinary game we're

:52:42. > :52:51.having here. Judging hands yet again, having been 15-10 behind,

:52:52. > :52:55.Ulster are now 17-15 I hadn't. -- 17-15 ahead. A good game of rugby.

:52:56. > :53:00.The conditions are not perfect but both sides are having a go. Top

:53:01. > :53:13.quality finish by Luke Marshall. To be fair, it is all on. Scarlets have

:53:14. > :53:19.made a replacement. More about that in a moment. Kirby Myhill was the

:53:20. > :53:33.tackler there. Collins gets away from the first

:53:34. > :53:40.tackle and he is still going. Ulster missing a lot of first tackles.

:53:41. > :53:53.Shingler. No change out of Roger Wilson. The ball coming back slowly.

:53:54. > :54:05.Two minutes remaining. Wonderful handling by the visitors. Thomas,

:54:06. > :54:14.Davies. Look at this, they have engineered another overlap. That has

:54:15. > :54:21.gone out wide to Stephan Evans. Ulster driving through. Good play by

:54:22. > :54:26.Chris Henry. That might not be a bad kick. He is going to have to chase

:54:27. > :54:35.it himself, but Gareth Owen goes all the way back. A slight miscue. Well

:54:36. > :54:45.taken by Gilroy. Well well -- where will he go? Good tackle by the

:54:46. > :54:52.Scarlets. Wilson has been prominent on such an auspicious occasion for

:54:53. > :55:04.the great Ulster Rugby servant. Holding, clattered in the middle of

:55:05. > :55:08.the park. -- Olding. Marshall gets himself into trouble. He has two

:55:09. > :55:19.release it. Turnover, a clever kick into space. Taken by Olding. He has

:55:20. > :55:23.not found touch. This game is just about everything. Somebody down

:55:24. > :55:30.injured at the moment, a Scarlets player. The last movement of this

:55:31. > :55:41.pulsating first half. Shingle gets it away. -- Shingler. The first

:55:42. > :55:47.tackle was not made and the Scarlets get the penalty. This could give

:55:48. > :55:52.them the lead at half-time. Ulster, once again, just not on the money.

:55:53. > :56:06.They defended well again. The got the ball back. Frustrating, just a

:56:07. > :56:11.soft penalty. That gives them the edge going back and have time. Still

:56:12. > :56:20.a tough penalty to make. The ship in the defence was pretty good. Gareth

:56:21. > :56:24.Owen, incidentally, is down, injured inside the Scarlets half, getting

:56:25. > :56:32.some treatment. We hope he is OK. Thomas has been an pretty good form

:56:33. > :56:40.with goal-kicking. This to give Scarlets the lead.

:56:41. > :56:56.It is certainly well within his range. A stabbing kick. Of the post

:56:57. > :57:02.and Stuart Olding exiting. And Ulster, do they deserve to be aired?

:57:03. > :57:08.On balance, yes. They have not made it easy. -- do they deserve to be

:57:09. > :57:13.ahead. The game is not over by a long shot, as we. Plenty of breeze

:57:14. > :57:17.behind them in the second half and as the rain comes in... The Ulster

:57:18. > :57:26.defence coach will not be a happy bunny. Some poor tackling. Yes, and

:57:27. > :57:31.also bad balance. When they go wide, they seem to be very close to the

:57:32. > :57:36.ropes and turning in early. They have given it a lot of space. People

:57:37. > :57:42.will take advantage of that. They have to readjust their spacing. It

:57:43. > :57:46.is a pretty happy Sunday afternoon for a lot of the Ulster supporters,

:57:47. > :57:56.young and old. Two tries apiece in the first half. Paddy Jackson's

:57:57. > :58:04.goal-kicking is the difference between the sides.

:58:05. > :58:07.STUDIO: More than 15,000 people have been enjoying the game and we hope

:58:08. > :58:11.you are at home as well. The lead has gone back and forward and it has

:58:12. > :58:18.certainly been a pulsating first half. Did Ulster deserve this, going

:58:19. > :58:22.in front? I am not too sure. A great match, very entertaining, end to end

:58:23. > :58:29.stuff with plenty of turnovers. I just think Ulster are their own

:58:30. > :58:34.worst enemy at the moment. Turning the ball over, missing tackles,

:58:35. > :58:39.losing off-loads. A couple of easy scores once Scarlets broke the line

:58:40. > :58:44.but in saying that, we are still not playing brilliantly but we are in

:58:45. > :58:48.the lead. Toing and froing, it has been a great match. It is fair to

:58:49. > :58:54.say that Ulster have been looking impressive at times offensively but

:58:55. > :59:00.defensively they have been a disappointment. Defensively, they

:59:01. > :59:04.have been all over the place. It is great Sunday afternoon

:59:05. > :59:12.entertainment. The only thing missing at half-time... But Steve

:59:13. > :59:18.Jones in the dressing room there, working with the Scarlets team, they

:59:19. > :59:21.are trying to keep a fast tempo. Ulster let them do that because they

:59:22. > :59:29.are off the money defensively. They are all over the show. What they are

:59:30. > :59:37.good at, to give them credit, is the overlaps. And it was poor defence

:59:38. > :59:41.that led to the opening try. Roger Wilson, he sat back. Because the

:59:42. > :59:50.Scarlets were are numbered. It was a simple tackle. They were worried

:59:51. > :59:56.about the outside. It was an easy score. A silly individual error that

:59:57. > :00:04.cost them. You mention the breakdown, that was a simple

:00:05. > :00:09.manoeuvre. The guys were pushing forward, not pushing away. They will

:00:10. > :00:14.be disappointed that they messed that first tackle. A simple tackle.

:00:15. > :00:18.And there has been lots of line breaks from the Scarlets. Caroline

:00:19. > :00:23.has looked really shaky and they have numbers on us all the time. Why

:00:24. > :00:27.is that? Because the outside guys are heading in the tackle. Another

:00:28. > :00:32.flowed away, and then they have a quick ball and they are reloaded and

:00:33. > :00:37.we have to or three guys sitting there. It is about the tackle,

:00:38. > :00:40.getting on the ball, making sure that Henry gets a fantastic turnover

:00:41. > :00:46.on the line. That is what we need from everybody. It is more of a team

:00:47. > :00:53.effort. But it is just not good enough. And that excellent Chris

:00:54. > :01:01.Henry turnover here gave Ulster the opportunity to lead to the Gilroy

:01:02. > :01:06.try. Craig Gilroy, good skill, being able to chip, getting the bound to

:01:07. > :01:13.go for you, he just has that skill. He is a confident player am a huge

:01:14. > :01:17.amount of confidence. He is following his footballing skills

:01:18. > :01:21.here. The more you practice that, the better you do it. Let me ask you

:01:22. > :01:26.this, what all Ulster fans are asking, when he is lighting up the

:01:27. > :01:29.stadium the way he is today, why is he not getting more of an

:01:30. > :01:49.opportunity with Ireland? That is a good question.

:01:50. > :01:58.King the team better? Probably not. For me, great Gilroy definitely is.

:01:59. > :02:07.He has been in centre leading form. I think he does deserve a call up.

:02:08. > :02:15.-- scintillating form. He has trained with the Leinster boys. But

:02:16. > :02:22.Craig can do is go in week in, week out, put performances and score

:02:23. > :02:26.tries. And the Scarlets' second try, very well taken but Ulster Rugby

:02:27. > :02:32.disappointed with their defence. Continuing shortening of the line is

:02:33. > :02:38.what they are doing. Looking at the breakdown, this is a snapshot we

:02:39. > :02:41.talked about, Darren Cave is two three meters in front of the guys

:02:42. > :02:48.inside. Those guys, they need to be pushing up. The defence has not

:02:49. > :02:53.pushed up and out, which allows Scarlets to get on the front foot,

:02:54. > :03:01.going forward. Ulster again very passive in defence. Very passive. We

:03:02. > :03:06.are taking the tackle on the Scarlets' terms. They are

:03:07. > :03:09.off-loading, coming forward. The boys getting sucked in towards the

:03:10. > :03:19.breakdown, and it is a simple numbers game. Just, you have got

:03:20. > :03:22.guys stepping in, stepping in again, three men on the defensive line

:03:23. > :03:28.straightaway, quick ball, and they are a number corner. They play some

:03:29. > :03:33.lovely rugby with the ball in hand. Their skills have been lovely. But

:03:34. > :03:38.the Ulster defence has been poorer. And the Scarlets have taken

:03:39. > :03:43.advantage. And Ulster have hit back with another score before half-time.

:03:44. > :03:48.An excellent finish. It was individual brilliance. They had been

:03:49. > :03:53.predictable. Brilliant break and a fantastic finish by Luke Marshall in

:03:54. > :03:58.the corner. When we were battering their lying constantly over and over

:03:59. > :04:03.again. The guys on the park were standing with their hands on their

:04:04. > :04:08.hips, bending over, sucking for air, and that is not good enough or stop

:04:09. > :04:13.you have got to have the drive to get into a wide position. They are

:04:14. > :04:18.covering half the pitch, most of the time. You have to work as hard in

:04:19. > :04:25.defence as you do in attack. And in the first half, they all working

:04:26. > :04:31.hard. It is a special evening for Roger Wilson. He is making his 200th

:04:32. > :04:35.appearance for Ulster. The 33-year-old has admitted he is

:04:36. > :04:39.starting to slow down a little after so many years as a professional

:04:40. > :04:43.sportsman. His new wife, from Brazil, who is an athlete in her own

:04:44. > :04:49.right, is certainly keeping him on his toes. Gavin Andrews went to meet

:04:50. > :04:54.her. Roger Wilson has always pushed himself on the pitch. Now, he is

:04:55. > :05:02.having to raise his game off it. The new misses Wilson is a model and

:05:03. > :05:09.former world champion body-builder. The big man in the back row has met

:05:10. > :05:17.his match. We are both very competitive, very competitive. Oh,

:05:18. > :05:27.come on, is that all you got? All right, come on. Moved back to

:05:28. > :05:33.Belfast, and then she made a ridiculous decision of moving from

:05:34. > :05:37.Florida to East Belfast. People are more genuine, I suppose, more or

:05:38. > :05:46.less, and I love that. And everybody knows him. He is kind of a big deal,

:05:47. > :05:52.I think. Well, not quite. You can see some ball looking at him, kind

:05:53. > :05:58.of curious. And people say, you are Roger's wife, aren't you? And I say,

:05:59. > :06:03.yes. Most of the time she is flat out training for two and three hours

:06:04. > :06:08.at a time and I just sit and talk to the men about the game at the

:06:09. > :06:12.weekend and relax. When you retire, you will not be able to get fat. I

:06:13. > :06:23.can, but whether it is going to happen or not... Keep your back

:06:24. > :06:29.straight. It has been great. I am lucky to have lasted this long. I

:06:30. > :06:35.did not get as far as I would have liked to internationally, but I have

:06:36. > :06:40.played for two of the top times in Europe -- teams in Europe for 12, 13

:06:41. > :06:55.years, so far. So I am in a fairly lucky position. I have got it. I am

:06:56. > :07:07.struggling. How many have I done? Four proper ones. You're going to

:07:08. > :07:12.let the pregnant lady beat you? I will be taking on my full complement

:07:13. > :07:16.of paternal leave. I have been reading up on that. That is

:07:17. > :07:27.something to look forward to, anyway.

:07:28. > :07:31.It must be particularly annoying when your wife can lift heavier

:07:32. > :07:37.weights than you. She is a great girl. He has got his work cat out,

:07:38. > :07:49.because she put him through his paces. A reminder about our online

:07:50. > :07:55.rugby show, Ulster Rugby Extra, which you can still catch on the BBC

:07:56. > :08:00.Northern Ireland website. An exciting first half. How do you see

:08:01. > :08:04.the second half shaping up? Will it keep the same intensity or old

:08:05. > :08:08.things start to tighten up a little? I think it will start to tighten up

:08:09. > :08:12.towards the end. I would like to see Ruan Pienaar coming on, and getting

:08:13. > :08:22.the ball away quicker into the hands Paddy Jackson. I can see the bench

:08:23. > :08:27.being emptied on, soon enough. Let's get some pitch side reaction from

:08:28. > :08:32.Gavin Andrews. What was the message in the dressing room? Thankful to be

:08:33. > :08:38.ahead at half-time but is appointed with some aspects of our game in the

:08:39. > :08:44.first half, sleeping rough tackles, and precision around the breakdown.

:08:45. > :08:52.Building on the positives, we have been in and out of the game, and it

:08:53. > :08:55.has not been good enough for us. Like the last couple of weeks. We

:08:56. > :08:59.have found a way, but we will have to do better in the second half.

:09:00. > :09:02.Scarlets are dangerous and we are letting them get the edge at the

:09:03. > :09:11.moment. We have to make sure that we come away with the points. If Ulster

:09:12. > :09:15.can tighten up the defence in the second half, can you see them

:09:16. > :09:18.closing out the game? They have to sort out the defensive shape and a

:09:19. > :09:23.line speed and if they do, they have enough to get another couple of

:09:24. > :09:31.scores. I think so. They just need to work more as a unit. They need to

:09:32. > :09:36.work on the defensive line. A little bit more kicking into the corners

:09:37. > :09:39.from Paddy Jackson, playing into the breeze, throwing a couple of high

:09:40. > :09:43.balls up there, hopefully they can get a couple of scores themselves.

:09:44. > :09:49.Paddy Jackson has played well. I would agree, he has had a nice game

:09:50. > :09:53.so far, a nice little drop goal. He is controlling things reasonably

:09:54. > :09:58.well. I think with Ruan Pienaar inside him, it will give him a

:09:59. > :10:02.little bit more confidence. It was certainly an excellent first half,

:10:03. > :10:10.let's hope for more of the same in the second. We will have to wait for

:10:11. > :10:15.a bit longer to see if Ruan Pienaar makes his appearance because Paul

:10:16. > :10:19.Marshall has come back on the field. Ian Davies, the referee, the man in

:10:20. > :10:23.charge of the Ulster game in Treviso a few weeks ago. Also had a poor

:10:24. > :10:27.first half and then run away with the game in the second half, and we

:10:28. > :10:35.would settle for something similar here. And his opposite number, Alan

:10:36. > :10:44.Thomas, stars as a full stop -- starts at.

:10:45. > :10:56.That was a clever little kick by Stuart Olding. He has done well

:10:57. > :11:01.enough to meeting possession. The referee is happy to play on.

:11:02. > :11:05.Jackson, trying to keep the lid on, he saw a bit of a gap, and what a

:11:06. > :11:13.clever kick that is by the Ulster captain. He was tempted by the pass,

:11:14. > :11:17.but I think you did the right thing because he had two Scarlets players

:11:18. > :11:26.running into the channel. Good kick straight into the corner. It is

:11:27. > :11:33.going to be a Llanelli Road. -- throw. They have just done that,

:11:34. > :11:38.they need to tidy up black and they have done, it is Ricky Lutton, the

:11:39. > :11:44.tight head rock. Ulster in the driving seat. Franco van der Merwe

:11:45. > :11:52.making his 17th start of the season. Andy Wilson, still defying the

:11:53. > :11:57.years. That has gone backwards. The referee happy enough, and also

:11:58. > :12:02.spilled it forward. That is careless yet again by Ulster. Just when we

:12:03. > :12:08.thought they were in a decent enough position to achieve something. Paul

:12:09. > :12:22.Marshall. Straight to Hadleigh Parkes. Aled Davies, to his

:12:23. > :12:30.namesake, Aled Thomas. That is going to be a Scarlets line-out. One hates

:12:31. > :12:34.to be too critical, but from up here, another unnecessary mistake

:12:35. > :12:39.from Ulster. We have got to build something. They stole the line-out

:12:40. > :12:54.really well. But it was a sloppy breakdown. They have got to seize

:12:55. > :13:00.these moments in a tight game. The full seven mile and out. Away by

:13:01. > :13:11.Davies. Regan King, still one of the best passers in the business. Had a

:13:12. > :13:15.little spell with Clermont. Scarlets moving forward. This is looking

:13:16. > :13:29.ominous. They will be looking for a quick strike at the start of this

:13:30. > :13:42.second half. Kirby Myhill. BCH van der Merwe was in. Away by Phil John,

:13:43. > :13:50.Regan King slips it away. Hadleigh Parkes is so difficult to stop. Phil

:13:51. > :13:56.John, once again. The veteran has set it up nicely. Look at the

:13:57. > :14:02.numbers they have out wide. Beautiful pass by Regan King. Colin

:14:03. > :14:08.sells the dummy, van der Merwe is very close. And also guilty of

:14:09. > :14:13.missing the odd pass. Here comes George Earle. The Scarlets looking

:14:14. > :14:19.for try number three at the start of the second half. Regan King deserves

:14:20. > :14:30.it more than anyone, I suspect. Aled Thomas. Also, wrong-footed. Davies

:14:31. > :14:35.gets it away. Morgan Allen, he is so close, but he got the crucial try

:14:36. > :14:40.against Edinburgh last week. Ulster, right back on the run goal line.

:14:41. > :14:46.Thomas, again, look at the numbers. He is having a go himself, and he

:14:47. > :14:53.spills it forward. It seemed easier to score than not to. Jackson has

:14:54. > :14:59.got himself in the eye and Marshall, who has a go, himself. -- got

:15:00. > :15:12.himself in behind. Marshall, back in position. He has

:15:13. > :15:17.to do what he is told. And he does kick. Has he found touch? No, he

:15:18. > :15:26.hasn't. Another fundamental error. Taken on by Llanelli. Alan Thomas.

:15:27. > :15:33.Shingler gets it away wide. Good tackle by Luke Marshall on Hadleigh

:15:34. > :15:45.Parkes. Myhill comes round the near side. Davies. Wonderful pass. And

:15:46. > :15:54.not for the first time this afternoon, by Regan King. Shingler

:15:55. > :15:59.sidesteps Peter Browne. Scarlets are giving also a masterclass in

:16:00. > :16:05.distribution, in continuity. -- giving Ulster. A big thumb on

:16:06. > :16:11.Hadleigh Parkes. Myhill, tackle by Paddy Jackson. Still advantage that

:16:12. > :16:23.the Scarlets. The referee has not yet blown for the full penalty.

:16:24. > :16:35.Still advantage. Shingler. Davies, again, they are looking for the try.

:16:36. > :16:38.Wonderful pass. He deserved that. The Ulster defence in the initial

:16:39. > :16:43.stages caught very narrow and the line break comes out wide. After

:16:44. > :16:49.that, Ulster scrap very hard, then missed touch. Llanelli come back

:16:50. > :16:55.again and you'll got to admire their continuity. And their contact work

:16:56. > :17:01.is fantastic. They are holding onto the ball really well. The oldest man

:17:02. > :17:07.on the park, Regan King, is still probably the best footballer on the

:17:08. > :17:13.part. He has been causing all the problems for Ulster, messing up men,

:17:14. > :17:20.and passing with just the right amount of weight. He is collapsing

:17:21. > :17:29.the defence then letting the ball go at the crucial moment. They have

:17:30. > :17:33.such patience with the ball. Ulster, if they get the chance to get out of

:17:34. > :17:39.jail, they have got to take it. And that missed touch brought pressure

:17:40. > :17:45.back on to them again. Just looking across the pitch. Looks like Auster

:17:46. > :17:50.are placing the entire front row, which I don't think they have ever

:17:51. > :17:54.done, unless it is in the last stages of the game. The scrum has

:17:55. > :17:57.been pretty decent. I am not sure that they are going to get a huge

:17:58. > :18:04.advantage from changing the entire front row. In the meantime, Aled

:18:05. > :18:10.Thomas has popped it between the Ulster posts, and a polite round of

:18:11. > :18:19.applause signifying that Scarlets are back in the lead. Still no sign

:18:20. > :18:30.of Ruan Pienaar coming on. At this stage, also could be doing with Ruan

:18:31. > :18:33.Pienaar. -- Ulster could be. He may not make the breaks that Paul

:18:34. > :18:42.Marshall make, but they need someone who can hold onto the ball. Bronson

:18:43. > :18:55.Ross and Kyle McCall, the replacement tops. -- props. Here is

:18:56. > :19:07.Robbie Diack, who has played 167 times for Ulster. Straight up in the

:19:08. > :19:18.air. Gathered by Stockdale. Knocked forward by Ulster. The crowd not

:19:19. > :19:21.impressed by that decision. Not a particularly good kick from Paddy

:19:22. > :19:32.Jackson. It was straight up in the air. It is harder to kick long, with

:19:33. > :19:39.that wind, now. The referee is ensuring that the new front row

:19:40. > :19:45.players do not take any liberties. Did you as coach ever replace an

:19:46. > :19:50.entire front row with seven minutes of the second half gone? It is an

:19:51. > :19:55.interesting change. They must feel that they can bring something. It is

:19:56. > :20:06.a big change to make. Scarlets themselves have made a change with

:20:07. > :20:15.Phil John being replaced by Steffan Evans. -- Dylan Evans. That was

:20:16. > :20:20.magnificent, absolutely bamboozled Auster, here goes Hadleigh Parkes.

:20:21. > :20:25.This could be try number three. It is very close. Has it gone into

:20:26. > :20:30.touch? I don't think it has. Scarlets trying to keep it alive.

:20:31. > :20:35.Wonderful passage of play and wonderful bit of handling,

:20:36. > :20:39.completely overwhelming The Ulstermen field. There is going to

:20:40. > :20:45.be a yellow card against Chris Henley at the breakdown. He has been

:20:46. > :20:52.told, and now he's gone, and it is not looking good for Ulster. Again,

:20:53. > :21:03.Auster caught badly in defence and again, Regan King, magic hands, gets

:21:04. > :21:09.it into the corner. Again, Ulster give up the penalty and now the

:21:10. > :21:12.yellow card. He has taken three points, and they will back

:21:13. > :21:16.themselves to tag all and more in the next ten minutes. It was only

:21:17. > :21:20.the fourth yellow card of the season for Ulster. You would have seen that

:21:21. > :21:36.sublime pass that put him away. Aled Thomas. Trying to take Scarlets

:21:37. > :21:41.past the 20 mark and give them a 4-point cushion. A little chip, yet

:21:42. > :21:48.again, not a problem to the outside-half for Scarlets. It is

:21:49. > :21:54.looking like we're going to get some rain coming in. That could change

:21:55. > :21:59.the game as well, completely. They are playing into the wind and it is

:22:00. > :22:04.going to be a hard slog from here. It is only the second half, but they

:22:05. > :22:09.got a lot of work to do, Ulster, they have got to batten down the

:22:10. > :22:12.hatches. They will be concerned about how they are defending.

:22:13. > :22:23.Scarlets have exposed them badly out wide. Ulster will get the scrum. Ten

:22:24. > :22:25.minutes in the second half. Ruan Pienaar is going to come on the

:22:26. > :22:48.field, it would seem. Not just yet. No McWilliams on the bench. There is

:22:49. > :22:56.no Nick Williams to come on. And Jackson has started this one. The

:22:57. > :23:10.Scarlets are tougher proposition than the French side, were lax. --

:23:11. > :23:15.Oyonnax. Marshall again. He has another little jink, you get it away

:23:16. > :23:20.to Gilroy, looking for a second. Good sidestep, good Scarlets the

:23:21. > :23:24.fence. Good action taken by Kyle McCall, Rhoda tackle well. Good

:23:25. > :23:32.presentation by the replacement prop. Robbie Diack was a bit upright

:23:33. > :23:38.and he got clattered for his pains. Also have got the penalty. Marshall,

:23:39. > :23:43.Jackson, looking for Stockdale. Is he tall enough? Not quite. They will

:23:44. > :23:47.come back to the penalty. That was the right tactic by Paddy Jackson.

:23:48. > :23:54.Absolutely, they had nothing to lose. Nice break again by Paul

:23:55. > :23:59.Marshall. Floats to Gilroy and in behind Llanelli. Good tackle by

:24:00. > :24:12.Michael Collins, the Scarlets full-back. He just could not quite

:24:13. > :24:19.latch onto that one. Ulster have decided to go for the corner,

:24:20. > :24:23.because they need a try here. It is an interesting decision. They must

:24:24. > :24:29.feel that they can turn the screw. They have only got 14 men to do it.

:24:30. > :24:35.Chris Henley is in the sin-bin for another eight minutes or so. Quite a

:24:36. > :24:41.more -- four points between them and also neither try. This is the first

:24:42. > :24:48.throw at this level for John Murphy, you will remember this for a while.

:24:49. > :24:54.How will he do? Pretty good. Also, driving forward. Edwards has surely

:24:55. > :25:08.collapsed that one. Also, moving forward -- Ulster. Marshall again, a

:25:09. > :25:18.bit loopy. Luke Marshall at a stretch. Still therefore Ulster.

:25:19. > :25:27.John Murphy. The new cap. Onto Kyle McCall. Good drive by the youngster.

:25:28. > :25:29.Stockdale. Into touch. Good defending on the near side by

:25:30. > :25:39.Steffan Evans and by Michael Collins. Stockdale is a big man but

:25:40. > :25:44.three defenders on the short side. It would take a huge effort for

:25:45. > :25:47.Stockdale to get in and Llanelli just push him into touch.

:25:48. > :25:53.Unfortunate, because it gives Llanelli a chance to bring -- clear

:25:54. > :26:03.their lines. Scarlets will be bringing on replacement, Maselino

:26:04. > :26:06.Paulino, the Samoan international. He looks as if he is enjoying

:26:07. > :26:13.himself, and he has not even come onto the pitch yet. I think that

:26:14. > :26:20.Scarlets are trying to slow the game down here. At the line-out, they

:26:21. > :26:30.will want to steady the ship and get it away from the own goal line.

:26:31. > :26:34.Maybe he has taken a knock. The clock has stopped. We have played 13

:26:35. > :26:47.and a half minutes in this second half. And it looks as if David

:26:48. > :26:50.Bulbring, the South African under 20 international, seems to be fine. No

:26:51. > :26:55.sign of this Scarlets replacement coming on. They have managed to get

:26:56. > :27:02.it away. The tackling has to be good. Scarlets have done well. They

:27:03. > :27:12.have come in field to make it easier to clear. Stockdale. Well taken.

:27:13. > :27:27.Stewart holding on halfway. -- Stuart Olding. Tackle by Boyle.

:27:28. > :27:31.Marshall. The crowd, not happy about something. Marshall again, to

:27:32. > :27:45.Gilroy. Great stuff by Luke Marshall, with

:27:46. > :27:48.no angle in which to move. It is going to be a Scarlets line-out and

:27:49. > :28:01.still no sign of Ruan Pienaar coming on. Another Scarlets player down

:28:02. > :28:08.injured. Back to 14 a side for a while there. The Llanelli defence

:28:09. > :28:15.has been solid throughout. The game is in the balance. I think that if

:28:16. > :28:25.Ulster score next they can go on and win. The next score, really, for

:28:26. > :28:28.both sides, is absolutely crucial. I have been hugely impressed by the

:28:29. > :28:34.work in the middle of the park by Hadleigh Parkes and particularly

:28:35. > :28:39.Regan King at 35, pushing 36. He has been superb. He has always been a

:28:40. > :28:46.great footballer. He causes all sorts of problems for the Ulster

:28:47. > :28:50.midfield. Simple stuff, schoolboy stuff, timing and releasing the pass

:28:51. > :28:57.perfectly. He has caused problems for Ulster. He knows exactly what he

:28:58. > :29:04.is about. Again, Llanelli looking for another substitution. I think

:29:05. > :29:09.there's a man down injured and they are going to have to bring somebody

:29:10. > :29:12.on. The medical people are saying that there is a problem. Looks like

:29:13. > :29:20.Aaron Shingler, the blindside flanker, who has played for Wales

:29:21. > :29:26.three times, will be going off. The last of those caps in 2014. Which

:29:27. > :29:28.probably means that Rory Pitman will come on to play in the back row. Off

:29:29. > :29:46.goes Shingler. Maselino Paulino has come on in the

:29:47. > :29:50.second row for George rural, and Rory Peck and has come on in the

:29:51. > :29:58.back row for the unfortunate Aaron Shingler. -- Rory Pitman. Two big

:29:59. > :30:06.men, replacements, so they have not weakened the line-out.

:30:07. > :30:18.Stuart Aldington. -- Stuart Olding. The soon to be an obstruction. Play

:30:19. > :30:31.on, says the referee. Paulino gallops away. Remember there are

:30:32. > :30:42.leading Ulster by four points. That is the replacement scrum-half,

:30:43. > :30:50.incidentally, Rhodri Williams. This is Paulino, who is enormous. The

:30:51. > :31:03.Samoan international. That was well scooped up by Aled Thomas. Rhodri

:31:04. > :31:15.Williams, looking for a runner. Taken on by Bulbring. Good pressure

:31:16. > :31:26.now coming from the Scarlets. Almost 60 minutes played, Scarlets leading.

:31:27. > :31:43.In. Darren Cave get it away to Marshall. What a wall and he has

:31:44. > :31:57.given that. -- what a wallop. Well covered by Marshall. This time, it

:31:58. > :32:08.is Olding chasing. Morgan Allan, the Scarlets number eight. Well read by

:32:09. > :32:19.Jackson. He needed to keep that closer to the touchline, perhaps.

:32:20. > :32:32.You can see the crowd rising because they know Ulster have a shot here.

:32:33. > :32:40.Giving directly into touch. As I said before the injuries, the next

:32:41. > :32:48.score is crucial here. They need to do maybe turn the screw a bit here.

:32:49. > :32:57.The fifth Ulster player this season to have been yellow carded. Not a

:32:58. > :33:12.single red carpet card -- red card this season. He runs into Kirby

:33:13. > :33:16.Myhill. Nicely done by Murphy. The replacement tight head, a good

:33:17. > :33:21.thundering drive. Marshall, looking for a runner. He gets it in the

:33:22. > :33:33.shape of Kyle McCall. Better staffed by the men in white. Luke Marshall

:33:34. > :33:42.has been busy. Robbie Diack supported by Wilson and Browne. A

:33:43. > :33:46.nice dummy from Jackson. The referee says the pass was forward and he has

:33:47. > :33:59.played advantage. The advantage is now over. Where does Olding go? He

:34:00. > :34:21.gets it away. Ulster, back inside the Scarlets' half. Roger Wilson...

:34:22. > :34:32.Taken by van der Merwe, who runs into Robbie Diack. 21 minutes

:34:33. > :34:41.remaining. There is that pass. He gets it away nicely. Stephan Evans,

:34:42. > :34:52.well tackled. He has two release. Ulster will give him the turnover.

:34:53. > :35:00.Chris Henry about to come back on. A chance for Paddy Jackson deep inside

:35:01. > :35:10.Scarlets technique territory -- territory. Great offence by Ulster.

:35:11. > :35:16.A lot of players off their feet there. Just a moment, you wondered

:35:17. > :35:24.which way it was going to go. Beautiful kick by Paddy Jackson. A

:35:25. > :35:27.superb kick. No angle whatsoever. And Ulster are bringing on the

:35:28. > :35:38.cabaret. Chris Henry, back on the field. Samar Island is on for Darren

:35:39. > :35:50.Cave. And Pienaar is on for Marshall. Good substitutions. The

:35:51. > :36:02.subs have been making an impact. But with the experience on the field,

:36:03. > :36:06.Pienaar... Ulster have made the catch and now they are trying to

:36:07. > :36:11.execute the driver. Just ten metres to go and Pienaar are looking for

:36:12. > :36:16.the ball in his hands. Looking for a penalty against the Scarlets, who

:36:17. > :36:25.are starting to flag. I'm not sure who that is for, but they are going

:36:26. > :36:38.to come back for the penalty. A big moment in the game. Pienaar,

:36:39. > :36:42.bursting at the scenes to get into this. The decision to be made by

:36:43. > :36:49.Paddy Jackson and I think the decision is that they will go again.

:36:50. > :36:52.Jackson does his job. Ulster, another five metre line-out.

:36:53. > :37:06.Remember there is only a try between them. The wind is still very much in

:37:07. > :37:13.the favour of Scarlets. A good take by van der Merwe. That is going to

:37:14. > :37:18.stop the Ulster driver. Scarlets have managed that very cleverly. And

:37:19. > :37:25.not only that but they have turned it over. How did they do that?

:37:26. > :37:31.Slightly line-out by Ulster. They got stripped of the ball, I think.

:37:32. > :37:35.More to do with Ulster's sloppiness than anything else. Once they got

:37:36. > :37:46.the half chance, they took the ball. Sloppy lifting. In the balls on the

:37:47. > :37:53.side. -- and the ball was on the wrong side. Unfortunate for Ulster

:37:54. > :37:59.but they have got the possession although they are 15 metres further

:38:00. > :38:11.away from the line. Good tackling by Scarlets. Ulster have released the

:38:12. > :38:26.balls and go forward. Kyle McCall, crossing the opposition 22.

:38:27. > :38:32.The Scarlets defence, as resilient as ever. Kyle McCall needs a bit of

:38:33. > :38:36.help. Scarlets have turned it around the wrong way. Pienaar has to go in

:38:37. > :38:44.and act as a flanker which he does not like doing. Plenty of time, 17

:38:45. > :38:50.minutes remaining. Should they go for three? I think so. They have had

:38:51. > :38:56.some business already that they have not turned into anything. What they

:38:57. > :39:01.don't want to do is to get into the endgame and to have to score a try.

:39:02. > :39:06.That makes it much more difficult, because the defence can be very

:39:07. > :39:10.aggressive. If they can get one more penalty here, and they need to be a

:39:11. > :39:17.lot more careful. The smart thing to do is take the points. Ian Davies

:39:18. > :39:25.has had a word with Hadleigh Parkes about his men committing penalties.

:39:26. > :39:35.Paddy Jackson to close the gap to a single point. And he does just that.

:39:36. > :39:47.So we have about 16 and a half minutes remaining. Most importantly

:39:48. > :40:01.now, the momentum is with Ulster. A good restart, good clearance.

:40:02. > :40:08.Scarlets have made another replacement, and they have brought

:40:09. > :40:20.on Rhodri Jones. International tight head prop. Gilroy to Wilson. Making

:40:21. > :40:39.a bit of ground. Pienaar, Jackson, Olding. Stephan Evans and Dan Jones.

:40:40. > :40:48.Rory Pitman gets up to the halfway line. Williams again. Hadleigh

:40:49. > :41:00.Parkes, the Scarlets skipper, he has had a big game this afternoon. Ryan

:41:01. > :41:09.are liars, the hooker, has come on. In the meantime, Cave gets it away.

:41:10. > :41:19.Stockdale has not made the tackle count. Olding gives away the

:41:20. > :41:27.penalty. A great turnover. At a key moment. Pienaar gets on it

:41:28. > :41:38.straightaway. What a kick. Sparky, trying to lift the crowd a little

:41:39. > :41:46.bit. Again, a great tackle. Again, and Vantage Ulster here. I think

:41:47. > :41:52.they are beginning to creak a little bit here, Scarlets. Victory without

:41:53. > :41:57.the bonus point, remember, would not take them back to the top of the

:41:58. > :42:08.table. Peter Browne get it away. What a pass from Pienaar. Arnold,

:42:09. > :42:12.off to Munster next season. Luke Marshall, the pressure coming from

:42:13. > :42:17.the men in white. Pienaar, flats to Peter Browne. He is still making the

:42:18. > :42:34.tackles but on the back foot. John Murphy, replacement hooker.

:42:35. > :42:39.Pienaar, Jackson. Well marshalled by the Scarlets the birds -- Scarlets

:42:40. > :42:53.defence. Stockdale, out there on his own.

:42:54. > :43:00.Marshall has a goal himself. Very close. Pienaar, bundled into touch.

:43:01. > :43:07.Great offence from the men in red and yellow. You have to give credit

:43:08. > :43:19.to them for digging in. They were very patient. They will not get too

:43:20. > :43:28.far out year, Scarlets. Hopefully he will be able to continue. I think he

:43:29. > :43:34.was rolled over. Set up with a good clearance by Luke Marshall. Pienaar,

:43:35. > :43:39.got in there quickly. He had a real go and he was bundled into touch,

:43:40. > :43:47.but he was fine. The Scarlets line-out, well taken at the front.

:43:48. > :43:54.Ulster have to make the tackle. Well done by Murphy. Scarlets have

:43:55. > :44:03.executed that exit strategy producer. -- pretty well. The

:44:04. > :44:10.momentum at the moment, it is about being patient. If they have good

:44:11. > :44:24.continuity, they will get a chance year. Instruction from Kyle McCall

:44:25. > :44:34.to his hooker. Pienaar, nicely taken. Arnold, well set up by the

:44:35. > :44:39.young replacement. Stockdale now. Another teenager. Play on, says the

:44:40. > :44:46.referee. Chris Henry, back from ten minutes in the bin. Peter Browne,

:44:47. > :44:52.almost through the gap. Van der Merwe takes it on. Pienaar again. To

:44:53. > :44:58.nobody in particular. And back goes Gilroy. Collins goes right over.

:44:59. > :45:08.They will come back, for a little infringement, maybe. All the

:45:09. > :45:16.pressure coming from Ulster. A knock-on by the Scarlets there. An

:45:17. > :45:28.advantage Ulster. That was good pressure. Keep the composure, keep

:45:29. > :45:33.working and the dam will burst. They have to keep backing themselves.

:45:34. > :45:37.These silly mistakes, they are psychologically huge at this point

:45:38. > :45:49.in the game. Just about 11 minutes remaining. Les Kiss and Neil Doak

:45:50. > :46:04.will be getting anxious. Not ANSI but certainly anxious. But it is an

:46:05. > :46:14.Ulster scrummage. -- antsy. Luke Marshall has moved to the outside

:46:15. > :46:24.centre position. Did it go backwards? It did. Ulster, tackling

:46:25. > :46:31.has not been good this afternoon. A great chance from Rhodri Williams.

:46:32. > :46:43.Scarlets have the advantage even though they kicked it away. That was

:46:44. > :46:51.a huge Scarlets scrum, Eddie. The rather inexperienced front row

:46:52. > :46:54.crumbled. Maybe Ulster were thinking of the attack. It can happen at

:46:55. > :47:04.times. Certainly, they have Ulster on the back foot. But now, if

:47:05. > :47:09.Scarlets do not lock it down, they will try to build a penalty. It will

:47:10. > :47:13.be interesting to see if they run from here because they have been

:47:14. > :47:19.prepared to run before. Coming into the last ten minutes, you need to

:47:20. > :47:29.play back into the defence. Rhodri Williams will feed the scrum. Good

:47:30. > :47:34.control at the back. Collins kicks well. That is a good touch and

:47:35. > :47:38.Ulster have to do it all again in the final ten minutes. One point

:47:39. > :47:43.between them. Once you get into the final ten minutes, it starts getting

:47:44. > :47:47.tight. But I think you're right about Ulster taking that penalty.

:47:48. > :47:54.They did not score a try in the last ten minutes when they were here

:47:55. > :48:02.previously. Clive Ross has come on for Ulster and van der Merwe is

:48:03. > :48:07.leaving. You would've thought with a crucial line-out that you would want

:48:08. > :48:10.to keep best line-out forward on the park but it means that Robbie Diack

:48:11. > :48:19.will have to go up into the second row. The line-up perhaps a little

:48:20. > :48:23.reduced. A good take in the back. A penalty would do for Ulster. Try to

:48:24. > :48:35.squeeze forward. Good play by Ulster. Morgan Allan moving forward.

:48:36. > :48:46.Pienaar with ball in hand. Gilroy Jackson. -- Gilroy, Jackson. Ulster

:48:47. > :48:54.have conceded a few metres. Here goes Murphy, who has had an

:48:55. > :49:05.impressive debut. Peter Browne walloped. Ulster conceding distance.

:49:06. > :49:09.That is a nasty kick. Good defence by Ulster. And they have got

:49:10. > :49:17.themselves a line-out just outside of the 22. The pressure is building.

:49:18. > :49:24.Again, I am not sure about that kick. It was speculative. That kick

:49:25. > :49:29.could have gone back to 16 metres with the wind. Psychologically, if

:49:30. > :49:35.Scarlets feel that they can hang on, they can stick this game. Ulster, in

:49:36. > :49:43.good field position. I don't know if the referee made them play away.

:49:44. > :49:48.When we went wide, there were real dividends. I'm sure that Ulster will

:49:49. > :49:53.be looking more at this again. We have seen then use power play

:49:54. > :49:56.miniver is earlier in the year. Scarlets are under the pump but you

:49:57. > :50:04.have to give them credit, they are not giving up. -- power play

:50:05. > :50:11.manoeuvres. Seven and a half minutes remaining. Stolen by the Scarlets.

:50:12. > :50:22.Hadleigh Parkes does exactly the right thing and gives it the most

:50:23. > :50:36.almighty walloped. He has hurt himself doing that. Sometimes the

:50:37. > :50:41.options they give you our difficult. He had something in the middle. An

:50:42. > :50:50.ambitious turnover. Massive pressure. Scarlets with a try now.

:50:51. > :50:57.Ian Davies is telling them to hurry up. Having taken a man out of the

:50:58. > :51:03.line-out? I don't think they have. The replacement hooker throws. Then

:51:04. > :51:11.comes Clive Ross. The referee happy with that. Ulster, scrabbling at the

:51:12. > :51:23.breakdown. They have made about ten metres but the Scarlets are not in

:51:24. > :51:26.possession. Williams gets it away. Knox forward, there is a chance if

:51:27. > :51:44.they can shift this. Good work by Gilroy. Pienaar, Jackson. Bronson,

:51:45. > :51:52.Ross. Well released. Jackson again. Sam Arnold does well. Scarlets were

:51:53. > :52:05.up very quickly. Well taken by Clive Ross from a poor pass. That is

:52:06. > :52:17.forward. Well, you wonder, is it worth the risk. It was almost picked

:52:18. > :52:22.after four -- off for intercepting. But it was a forward pass, you

:52:23. > :52:27.called it from the moment and let his hand. They need to get guys like

:52:28. > :52:32.Gilroy into the game. He is making some good inroads but again, just a

:52:33. > :52:37.lack of patience. You just need one good field position and you could

:52:38. > :52:39.win the game. Into the final five minutes and it is looking pretty

:52:40. > :52:54.good for the Scarlets. They would climb up the table ahead

:52:55. > :53:00.of Ulster. Scarlets not in any great rush. They have split their forces

:53:01. > :53:05.in the scrummage. Two on the inside and two on the far side. It is a

:53:06. > :53:07.good scrum, controlled by Morgan Allan. Rhodri Williams, a little

:53:08. > :53:21.chip in behind Ulster. They are not certain what is going

:53:22. > :53:30.on. It has hit the corner flag. That should be a 22 drop out. Does he not

:53:31. > :53:38.know the laws? He must do. He has given the line-out to Ulster. That

:53:39. > :53:46.hit the flag. It is a 22 drop out. Unless they have changed a lot. --

:53:47. > :53:53.changed the law. Not the best position for Ulster to be in, that

:53:54. > :54:07.is to the goal-line. -- that's near to. Roger Wilson, battling away on

:54:08. > :54:18.this, the occasion of his 200th cap. Ulster still too close for comfort.

:54:19. > :54:24.And the kick goes as far as van der Merwe. Here comes the Scarlets

:54:25. > :54:40.again. All they have to do is keep the ball for another three minutes.

:54:41. > :54:47.Rhodri Williams pops up yet again. Hadleigh Parkes, the Scarlets

:54:48. > :54:58.skipper watching his troops spread thin this afternoon. Taken on again

:54:59. > :55:09.by Rory Pitman, the replacement back row forward. Well, Scarlets playing

:55:10. > :55:16.a sensible game. Eli us taking it to the Ulster 22. Rory Pitman making

:55:17. > :55:19.ground again. Ulster certainly cannot get their hands on the ball.

:55:20. > :55:25.They have made too many errors in this game and it has cost them. How

:55:26. > :55:29.costly it would be in the final analysis, once the regular league

:55:30. > :55:36.season is over, we will have to wait and see. Here, the Scarlets.

:55:37. > :55:50.Williams has a little girl. The interception. That is harsh. Well,

:55:51. > :55:53.he has judged Stockdale to have deliberately knocked the ball

:55:54. > :56:00.forward. Perhaps it was offside. Let's have another look. He was not

:56:01. > :56:08.offside but it is a harsh call. As we said earlier on, referees tends

:56:09. > :56:15.towards penalties now. We're not looking at the intent. I don't think

:56:16. > :56:25.it even hit Jason Stockdale's hands. Well, this is another look at it in

:56:26. > :56:31.very slow time. There is the pass. It hit his hand. And it went up in

:56:32. > :56:38.the air. How can you judge that as deliberate? I have an awful feeling

:56:39. > :56:49.it is going to be a home defeat for Ulster. They very nearly stole it.

:56:50. > :56:55.He is not playing any advantage for Ulster. There has to be a second

:56:56. > :57:04.knock-on there. There was definitely a knock-on. Ulster in possession.

:57:05. > :57:10.That was a knock-back and there was a knock forward. He said the first

:57:11. > :57:14.knock-on was by yellow and the second by white. This is the last

:57:15. > :57:19.set piece of this game. Ulster will have to go the length of the field

:57:20. > :57:25.and score to win this game and if they cannot do that, it is going to

:57:26. > :57:31.be a very disappointing afternoon here with a very decent crowd, some

:57:32. > :57:36.of whom have drifted away, realising that this might be a home defeat. If

:57:37. > :57:41.you have title aspirations, you should not be losing games at home.

:57:42. > :57:48.That is a big squeeze from the makeshift Scarlets scrum. What can

:57:49. > :57:59.Ulster do from here? They are going to have to run this. Pienaar gets it

:58:00. > :58:02.away. 100 metres to go. Luke Marshall has certainly done his best

:58:03. > :58:10.this afternoon. Back from international duty. Pienaar, way to

:58:11. > :58:21.Wilson. He has certainly not spared that attacking body of his. Ulster

:58:22. > :58:27.must keep possession. Stuart Olding spells backwards. Lyon, says the

:58:28. > :58:32.referee. All the Scarlets have to do is get it into touch and they have

:58:33. > :58:38.won this game. And Ulster's title hopes will receive a huge dent.

:58:39. > :58:47.Gilroy tries to keep it in but he has not made it. Craig Gilroy lands

:58:48. > :58:50.in the mud. Perhaps somewhat symbolic of the way this game has

:58:51. > :58:55.gone for Ulster. Hugely disappointing. You felt in the

:58:56. > :58:59.second half that the defence was better for the most part, and they

:59:00. > :59:07.did have those chances. They were in the Scarlets 22. But it conspired to

:59:08. > :59:11.turn the ball over. You have to give them credit, Scarlets, they played

:59:12. > :59:19.real rugby throughout the game. April release second half. Four

:59:20. > :59:26.tries, and it was all down to kicks, two by Alan Thomas. On balance, I

:59:27. > :59:32.have to admit that I think the Scarlets deserved to win. On

:59:33. > :59:35.balance. The frustrating thing for Ulster, they bounced back in the

:59:36. > :59:40.first half when they made those mistakes and every time they scored,

:59:41. > :59:43.Ulster bounced back. In the second half, they were set up to win the

:59:44. > :59:51.game but they could not close it. You have to give Llanelli credit for

:59:52. > :59:55.their defence. It is a disappointing result for Ulster when you consider

:59:56. > :00:03.the condition they were supposed to be in. Ulster have an away trip to

:00:04. > :00:06.Cardiff but they will reflect an opportunity is missed, particularly

:00:07. > :00:18.tackles missed in the first half. They have lost this game, the final

:00:19. > :00:21.score 20-21. Studio macro -- STUDIO: We have been watching what turns out

:00:22. > :00:26.to have been a disappointing afternoon for Ulster. Disappointing.

:00:27. > :00:30.With the position we had in the second-half, I thought we were going

:00:31. > :00:34.to close that game out. We spoke about the game tightening up and it

:00:35. > :00:38.really did tighten there. But you expect the lads to take a couple of

:00:39. > :00:42.attempt at goal and keep the scoreboard ticking. They went to the

:00:43. > :00:49.corner with 14 men, no joy whatsoever. They backed themselves

:00:50. > :00:54.into a corner the hallway. They have done that the last few weeks and got

:00:55. > :01:01.away with it. But they did not get away with this week. Is it a case

:01:02. > :01:05.that you can get away with playing a lot more disappointingly than you

:01:06. > :01:09.want to, that you can only do that for so long before it catches up

:01:10. > :01:13.with you? I think so. They have been getting away with disappointing

:01:14. > :01:17.performances since Christmas. They have been knackered in defence and

:01:18. > :01:21.attack. Les Kiss has said that they need to be more clinical and I think

:01:22. > :01:26.that Ulster has shown a certain lack of composure every time they got

:01:27. > :01:32.within five or ten metres of the Scarlets line. They failed to come

:01:33. > :01:36.away with the correct points. Ulster, two kickable penalties, but

:01:37. > :01:42.when you are down to 14 men, you build pressure. They had 23-point

:01:43. > :01:48.opportunities. You do not see the All Blacks doing that.

:01:49. > :01:57.Man of the match was Regan King. Years with Gavin Andrews. What was

:01:58. > :02:03.key to that win today? We were wary of the Ulster threat. They play an

:02:04. > :02:11.expansive game. It is not an easy place to come. You have been coming

:02:12. > :02:16.here for years. How tough is it to get a win here? With the new stadium

:02:17. > :02:22.and stuff, it is a brilliant place to come. You just enjoy the

:02:23. > :02:27.challenge. You be as aggressive as possible and anything can happen.

:02:28. > :02:33.What about the play-off ambitions? We can see ourselves up in a good

:02:34. > :02:40.spot. It is tight at the top of the table. It is an old cliche, but we

:02:41. > :02:46.are taking one game at a time. How costly will this defeat be for

:02:47. > :02:55.Ulster in the overall scheme of the Pro12? We are still in the top four.

:02:56. > :02:59.Fourth position now. When it comes to the end of the season it is about

:03:00. > :03:04.where we end up. What about that defeat to Scarlets at home, that

:03:05. > :03:09.could have got us up into second. Will we rule the opportunity of

:03:10. > :03:14.getting another home semifinal? Hopefully it will not come back to

:03:15. > :03:18.bite us, but if the performance is disappointing, and it has been over

:03:19. > :03:22.the past three, four weeks, we have not seen the best of Ulster. There

:03:23. > :03:26.is a much more to come from this team. The lads will be bitterly

:03:27. > :03:33.disappointed with that today. It can only get better. We lost by one

:03:34. > :03:36.point. Hopefully we can to get up. It is these small margins that make

:03:37. > :03:42.the difference. It is about the accuracy. Regan King said he loves

:03:43. > :03:45.to come to the Kingspan Stadium. We have made this place too nice for

:03:46. > :03:52.people to come to. We want it to be really hard thing, and organised

:03:53. > :03:56.team that people are scared to come here. We are too nice on the pitch.

:03:57. > :04:03.There was opportunities for boys to make their mark legally, and we just

:04:04. > :04:09.dipped out of it. How do you go about changing that? It is a

:04:10. > :04:15.mindset. You need to guys in there who will ruffle a few feathers. It

:04:16. > :04:18.was about the missed tackles. If some of the misses a tackle and the

:04:19. > :04:23.next man comes in, you absolutely destroy them. There was no tone set

:04:24. > :04:29.out their, whatsoever. The second half was much better. The first

:04:30. > :04:35.half, those missed tackles, those were easy scores for Scarlets. There

:04:36. > :04:40.were some positives. It was certainly worth the price of

:04:41. > :04:47.admission or your licence fee. The try from Craig Gilroy. It was a

:04:48. > :04:49.piece of individual brilliance. A good wraparound pass. And

:04:50. > :04:55.identifying the running space outside. 60 metres to go, running at

:04:56. > :05:01.full tilt, that is very difficult. And the more you practice that, the

:05:02. > :05:05.more it bounces into your hands. And he had the gas to finish in the

:05:06. > :05:08.corner. They had been predictable, and they can up with a move like

:05:09. > :05:14.that, totally unpredictable, and you get a one-on-one, a chip over the

:05:15. > :05:17.top, a fantastic score. Is he somebody that Ireland will look to

:05:18. > :05:20.in the coming weeks? I think they should have a look at him. You

:05:21. > :05:27.mentioned the Six Nations championship. This is a rest we can.

:05:28. > :05:30.Next weekend it is the big one. Ireland are on the road to

:05:31. > :05:39.Twickenham for that big game against England. Live commentary for that on

:05:40. > :05:47.BBC Radio Ulster. The table does not look great, Ireland and fourth

:05:48. > :05:56.place, with France unbidden, along with England. How do you see that

:05:57. > :06:00.next weekend? I think is the one after next we're looking at. It

:06:01. > :06:05.could be a watershed moment for Irish rugby. If they get defeated at

:06:06. > :06:13.Twickenham then Joe Smits isn't out a look at bringing in some of these

:06:14. > :06:17.good youngsters. Then you will have to look at blooding these guys in.

:06:18. > :06:24.He's going to have to use the Italy game and the Scottish game for

:06:25. > :06:28.potential. Joe Smits said that he would pick players on form, but he

:06:29. > :06:37.has not done that in this Six Nations. He has bided his time, he

:06:38. > :06:42.said that we can do is out and play well for Ulster. Probably the inform

:06:43. > :06:46.centre in European rugby. He has got a bit of pace, as well, some silky

:06:47. > :06:52.skills, and fingers crossed, he will get a start for Ireland. Joe Smit

:06:53. > :06:57.has not wanted to experiment yet. You think that this is the time to

:06:58. > :07:02.experiment with an Ireland team that has been ravaged by injuries? 100

:07:03. > :07:07.set. It is not the case of Will we throw-in Stuart McCloskey, it is

:07:08. > :07:14.more a case of get him in there. He is so hard to tackle. The full-back,

:07:15. > :07:20.Rob Carney, has not been playing as well as we know he can. Some doubt

:07:21. > :07:24.over his fitness, as well. Get the big man into the centre. He has to

:07:25. > :07:29.build a team towards the next World Cup. The Ireland squad has an

:07:30. > :07:40.average age, touching 30. That is a very old squad. He has to build a

:07:41. > :07:43.new core and take it forward. Rory Best was visiting us in the studio

:07:44. > :07:49.before the game. Was he confident about next week's he did not give

:07:50. > :07:54.too much away, he never does. He is enjoying his rugby. He is playing

:07:55. > :07:58.very well and has done over the past couple of years. There is much more

:07:59. > :08:03.pressure on his shoulders, but hopefully he can get another win, he

:08:04. > :08:09.has won at Twickenham before, hopefully can get another win. Next

:08:10. > :08:13.up, more Welsh opposition for Ulster. They are on the road to the

:08:14. > :08:21.Cardiff Blues. You can see that live on this channel at 2:25pm next week.

:08:22. > :08:23.But today was a disappointing afternoon. From the team here,

:08:24. > :08:38.bye-bye. I'm raising my game

:08:39. > :09:11.and I WILL come out on top. Bring it on. Bring it on.

:09:12. > :09:19.Bring it on. This time, we're aiming higher

:09:20. > :09:23.than ever before. The Sport Relief season

:09:24. > :09:26.continues with