Ulster vs Edinburgh

:00:35. > :00:41.It has been a difficult start to his reign as the director of rugby at

:00:42. > :00:51.Ulster. Beaten in Europe and then the Pro12 last week, losing on the

:00:52. > :00:56.road. Ulster arrived tonight having slipped into the bottom half of the

:00:57. > :01:05.Pro12 table. They are level on points with Enron. And in charge of

:01:06. > :01:12.the Scots is Alan Solomons. He is back in Belfast. He signed an

:01:13. > :01:20.extension to his Edinburgh contract today. It is Ulster Rugby live from

:01:21. > :01:25.the Kingsbarns Stadium. It is a pretty wild and windy night. Gale

:01:26. > :01:33.forced winds forecast for later with the weather warning as well, it is a

:01:34. > :01:40.case of battening down the hatches. Joining me for Round 9, Stephen

:01:41. > :01:45.Ferris and Andy Ward. Ulster are seventh in the table. How important

:01:46. > :01:49.is a victory? It is vitally important. There are a lot of

:01:50. > :01:54.expectations. We have been one of the best teams in Europe. We have

:01:55. > :02:06.taken a bit of a debt and we cannot lose another home game. Against

:02:07. > :02:09.Saracens it was embarrassing. We need a big victory, Edinburgh are

:02:10. > :02:13.not going to lie down. It will be tough. Ulster have brought in the

:02:14. > :02:18.changes, a last-minute change, Roger Wilson is out, Nick Williams is in,

:02:19. > :02:24.how big a test of their resolve is it tonight? We need to make sure

:02:25. > :02:29.that these guys know what they are at. They know what is at stake and

:02:30. > :02:35.it is a big opportunity for some players. It is a shame for Roger

:02:36. > :02:39.Wilson. There are a lot of players on the sheet who are not on form and

:02:40. > :02:45.they need to get their form back. It is a test of their resolve to see if

:02:46. > :02:49.they can pick themselves up and get themselves back on the rostrum where

:02:50. > :02:54.they need to be because winning breeds success. How am rest have you

:02:55. > :03:02.been with Alan Solomons? They will really fancy their chances. I met up

:03:03. > :03:06.with an old colleague of mine and I bumped into Alan Solomons. He is all

:03:07. > :03:15.about rugby. He has taken this team to sixth in the table. They have got

:03:16. > :03:18.probably one of the best players in the world. They have a great front

:03:19. > :03:23.row coming here against an inexperienced front row. It will be

:03:24. > :03:28.a tough night. You know Alan Solomons well, you played under

:03:29. > :03:35.him. He is a wily old fox and he will come here with a good game

:03:36. > :03:39.plan. His expectation of his team and his players are that they

:03:40. > :03:44.understand what is expected. Not only as a team but as an individual.

:03:45. > :03:49.You need to know what you're trying to achieve and go about that, so the

:03:50. > :03:56.team comes together. He knows the ins and outs of Ulster Rugby. How

:03:57. > :04:02.will the weather affect the game? The rain has abated but it is windy.

:04:03. > :04:06.It is really windy. There will be a lot of kicking, but it will be a bit

:04:07. > :04:11.of an arm wrestle. Like last week against Leinster, it is about who

:04:12. > :04:16.wants it more. That is what I want to see from Ulster, get stuck into

:04:17. > :04:22.this Edinburgh side and lay down a marker. It will be a really hard

:04:23. > :04:26.night. Thank you very much. Edinburgh have beaten Ulster twice

:04:27. > :04:28.this season, once in a friendly and once in the Pro12, let us see how

:04:29. > :04:40.things unfold tonight. I was -- I wish I had brought my

:04:41. > :04:45.thermals along, it is very windy. The rain has managed to stay off but

:04:46. > :04:49.Edinburgh will fancy their chances having won four in a row. They have

:04:50. > :04:59.picked it up by game. This Edinburgh side is feeling -- Michael Fielding

:05:00. > :05:06.the first choice front row. One change, and in browser comes in to

:05:07. > :05:13.the second row. Three changes. -- Bresler.

:05:14. > :05:19.It is a pretty formidable looking site, eight internationals in the

:05:20. > :05:23.starting line-up and one reserve. Interesting to notice that nine of

:05:24. > :05:32.the starting 15 are not Scottish born. That never bothered Alan

:05:33. > :05:44.Solomons much. It is not bothered the RFU. He will stay with the club

:05:45. > :05:47.until the end of the 20 17th season. Ulster having shown some signs of

:05:48. > :05:52.improvement in the second half against Leinster last week and will

:05:53. > :06:00.want to pick up from that. It will be difficult given that Les Kiss has

:06:01. > :06:10.once again rung the changes. Rob Herring will lead the side. Van der

:06:11. > :06:14.Merwe is back. Nick Williams has come in to start his ninth game of

:06:15. > :06:23.the season for the injured Roger Wilson. Jackson continues at

:06:24. > :06:27.half-backs. Marshall starts at inside centre wearing number 12.

:06:28. > :06:36.Rory Scholes is at number 11 and Andrew Trimble is back in his

:06:37. > :06:41.preferred position. The referee of the financial services adviser and

:06:42. > :06:51.his 38th through 12 game, Ian Davies. Edinburgh have decided to

:06:52. > :06:57.defend the war memorial parents, Edinburgh have won the toss. A good

:06:58. > :07:06.aggressive start from Hadi Jackson with the kick-off. -- Paddy Jackson.

:07:07. > :07:11.A great start to his season, for in a row and then they lost three

:07:12. > :07:15.league games but two victories in Europe followed by a bonus point win

:07:16. > :07:25.over the Dragons last week. Kennedy text, Jackson, have faced other

:07:26. > :07:31.touch, -- obviously not. Ruan Pienaar, Jackson, into Darren Cave.

:07:32. > :07:35.Ran into a couple of strong defenders. Well released by Darren

:07:36. > :07:45.Cave, Jackson, Marshall. Look Marshall. His fourth start of the

:07:46. > :07:56.season -- van der Merwe. Jackson moves it wide, Nelson. Away to Rory

:07:57. > :08:03.Scholes on the wing. Jackson again. Taken on by Kyle McCall. He is the

:08:04. > :08:12.preferred number one in the loosehead position. Andrew Trimble

:08:13. > :08:25.tries to get inside 80 macro. Away by Ulster, a little bit scrappy --

:08:26. > :08:30.Du Preez. A lively start, but look where Ulster found themselves.

:08:31. > :08:34.Ulster having a very tough baptism in the first couple of minutes.

:08:35. > :08:40.Welcome to the world of Alcan Solomons non-negotiable --

:08:41. > :08:47.non-negotiable defence. -- Alan Solomons. If you run straight down,

:08:48. > :08:54.these guys channels you will get tackled and tackled hard all night.

:08:55. > :09:04.Ulster winning the ball well, Jackson 's pass was a bit flat and

:09:05. > :09:15.down to each ride to move it on. Darren Cave is getting some

:09:16. > :09:23.attention. There he is. Gareth Robinson and the doctor they are

:09:24. > :09:27.looking at him. They're asking him to try and raise his arms above his

:09:28. > :09:33.head which could indicate he has had a buying to the shoulder, but he

:09:34. > :09:38.seems to be fine. Darren Cave is pivotal in defence and attack.

:09:39. > :09:46.Perhaps it was a buying on the sternum. He will not go off easily.

:09:47. > :09:48.Darren Cave featured in two of Ireland's five games in the World

:09:49. > :10:02.Cup. Sean Kennedy, the 24-year-old, just

:10:03. > :10:06.a pound a man heavier. All about technique in the Enron front row.

:10:07. > :10:12.That is a good scrum by Ulster. They have done well, here comes Chris

:10:13. > :10:21.Henry, tackled by Jack Cuthbert. Great set piece, lazy running their

:10:22. > :10:28.by Nel. Jackson has a goal. Luke Marshall has occupied that, well

:10:29. > :10:34.used to that. Good wide pass. Ulster up to the 10m line, Ian Henderson,

:10:35. > :10:42.back at number six tonight. Ruan Pienaar, Chris Henry. Nick Williams

:10:43. > :10:48.doing a bit of clearing out. Jackson. Nicely done. Marshall tries

:10:49. > :10:55.to step inside Birley. The Scottish International is there to help as

:10:56. > :10:58.well. -- scored the bonus point try last week in. Ruan Pienaar thought

:10:59. > :11:12.about the cake and thought about it a game and does kick. What a kick

:11:13. > :11:16.that is, the wind Will carry it. He hits it then, bouncing end over end,

:11:17. > :11:23.you do not think it will get there but the wind assisted that.

:11:24. > :11:29.Magnificent. He would have liked to run out to celebrate his 100 and

:11:30. > :11:34.appearance for Ulster but he had to do it down in Dublin. This wind is

:11:35. > :11:45.going to make line-out throwing and catching difficult. Well taken by Du

:11:46. > :11:46.Preez who has been doing for Edinburgh what Josh Strauss has been

:11:47. > :12:01.doing for Glasgow. Charged I'm by Ulster and Nick

:12:02. > :12:11.Williams had a chance. That is good pressure, both the set piece... Good

:12:12. > :12:16.intent. You see Rob Herring and Nick Williams coming over the top. Phil

:12:17. > :12:26.Burley does well to pick that up and get back on his feet. Henderson is

:12:27. > :12:35.very quick to close down Burley. He has gone down and seems to have a

:12:36. > :12:41.bit of a bump. Henderson is backing his best position. He has much more

:12:42. > :12:47.influence on the game. In terms of ball carrying and offensively. The

:12:48. > :12:51.second row is hard to play in. He was almost caught between two

:12:52. > :12:56.stools. As we saw at the RDS, he did not have any influence on the game,

:12:57. > :13:01.not in the way he would like. This does not look good because Ulster

:13:02. > :13:08.are warming up Clive Ross. He thought he was having a week off.

:13:09. > :13:12.When Roger Wilson cried off, he was parachuted back in. Henderson is

:13:13. > :13:24.down, that does not look good. Anxious faces there on the medical

:13:25. > :13:30.staff. It looks like his right knee. Straightaway, Clive Ross is on and

:13:31. > :13:35.Henderson will take no further part in this game and what a blow for

:13:36. > :13:40.Ulster, four and a half minutes into the game. If Joe Schmidt is watching

:13:41. > :13:47.this, he will not be happy. It looked innocuous. He was going for

:13:48. > :13:51.the ball. Perhaps he landed badly, his right knee is heavily strapped.

:13:52. > :13:57.He has come down on the kneecap and as soon as it hit the turf, it is

:13:58. > :14:10.Burley soft... No, he is not getting up. It is going to be an Ulster

:14:11. > :14:15.line-out. When a man goes off, another man comes on. Play will not

:14:16. > :14:21.continue just yet. They are waiting until Henderson is off the field

:14:22. > :14:24.completely. I am sure he will get a sympathetic round of applause. If

:14:25. > :14:30.there is something to come out of this, it is they like-for-like

:14:31. > :14:34.replacement. Ulster now have to turn their attention to putting it into

:14:35. > :14:39.the line-out and get the call right and the throne right and see if they

:14:40. > :14:48.can get the driving wall back in operation. He had a very good World

:14:49. > :14:53.Cup for Ireland. A lot of people expecting him to assume the mantle

:14:54. > :15:05.of the recently retired Stephen Ferris. Needless to say, one hopes

:15:06. > :15:12.that is precautionary. As soon as his knee hit the ground, he winced.

:15:13. > :15:19.Whether it is a tendon or cartilage or ligaments... The scanner will

:15:20. > :15:23.certainly reveal out. Not the way Iain Henderson would have wanted to

:15:24. > :15:36.go. He is responding to the crowd applauding. One of their present is

:15:37. > :15:40.leaving the arena. -- starters. Ian Davis saying let us wait until he

:15:41. > :15:45.leaves the field. He is off the field of play but he is moving down

:15:46. > :15:50.the touchline. Where is Rob Herring going to throw this. Anything too

:15:51. > :15:59.long will be affected by the wind. Nicely taken. Taken by Tuohy. Chris

:16:00. > :16:10.Henry Hazlitt. He has been well held up. Ruan Pienaar has not quite got

:16:11. > :16:15.it down. Still there for the men in white. The referee has blown the

:16:16. > :16:23.whistle. He is clearly preventing a try being scored. Consultation about

:16:24. > :16:29.whether or not there was obstruction which might have prevented the tries

:16:30. > :16:34.from being scored. Can you check whether he has prevented a try being

:16:35. > :16:44.scored? I will the Leicester try opportunity. The player offside, if

:16:45. > :16:55.you can check. We will replay that the game. He was clearly offside. We

:16:56. > :16:58.can clearly see the ember player entering and tackling Ruan Pienaar.

:16:59. > :17:05.We see Chris Henry taking the ball and spinning end stop now we see

:17:06. > :17:13.Ruan Pienaar and we watched the Edinburgh guys returning. The

:17:14. > :17:22.question is will it be a penalty or a penalty try. Could not agree more.

:17:23. > :17:28.It is a penalty try. I do not think it is a yellow card offence. It is a

:17:29. > :17:35.penalty try. A penalty try is sufficient for me. You are offside,

:17:36. > :17:40.preventing a try being scored. It is only a penalty try. They would have

:17:41. > :17:46.preferred to have had the yellow card. It is a penalty try and

:17:47. > :17:53.despite the loss of Iain Henderson, he has given away the penalty try.

:17:54. > :17:59.You can see the two line men working as a team and that is what it is all

:18:00. > :18:04.about. Quite clear instruction to the referee telling him there has

:18:05. > :18:11.been an offence and the referee is happy to look at it and the linesman

:18:12. > :18:21.has been proved correct. Allan Grogan from Ireland, another

:18:22. > :18:27.Irishman. Paddy Jackson has added the extra point. Ulster find

:18:28. > :18:37.themselves 7-0 up. On the Ulster side, it looks as though Ludik has

:18:38. > :18:41.come on for Darren Cave. A great start from the Ulster side and

:18:42. > :18:46.Edinburgh have it all to do, plane into the strong elements as well. A

:18:47. > :18:52.mixed bike for Ulster, they are winning that they have had to

:18:53. > :18:56.replace two international players. Andrew Trimble can do little other

:18:57. > :18:58.than gather that I'm go into touch. He could not take the chance of

:18:59. > :19:17.letting it go. There is Ludik. That was a shoulder injury that

:19:18. > :19:27.Darren Cave got. He was brave enough to continue. Scotland's most capped

:19:28. > :19:40.forward of all time. Well taken at the back by Alex. -- Alex Toolis.

:19:41. > :19:48.The referee says that was not backwards. Rob Herring does the

:19:49. > :20:08.tackling, 9/11. -- Burleigh. Kyle McCall could not quite make

:20:09. > :20:15.back, Ulster trying to witness. Aggressive stuff in the breakdown by

:20:16. > :20:26.Ulster. Illegal aggression. You went in a second time with your hands.

:20:27. > :20:30.Edinburgh get the penalty. Nick Williams was slightly unlucky, you

:20:31. > :20:34.see him going in and what the referee has done him for is going

:20:35. > :20:38.back a second time. The first time he was entitled to play-the-ball but

:20:39. > :20:43.instead of stepping back and realign in his defence, he had that second

:20:44. > :20:49.bite of the cherry and the referee picked him up for that. There is

:20:50. > :20:55.Nick Williams, he celebrated his 32nd birthday yesterday. He thought

:20:56. > :21:04.he would have them might of, but Roger Wilson injured his back. This

:21:05. > :21:12.is Jack Cuthbert, long-range goalkicker. That is not going to

:21:13. > :21:19.carry, it has not. Into the arms of Ruan Pienaar, he scuffed it but it

:21:20. > :21:24.was not a bad effort. This is Du Preez trying to get outside

:21:25. > :21:30.Marshall, taken in by Cuthbert who got back into position quickly.

:21:31. > :21:43.Enron still inside the Ulster half. -- enrol. Burleigh, little flat pass

:21:44. > :21:48.-- Edinburgh. He was at full stretch, Chris Henry tried to hack

:21:49. > :22:03.it through, wise enough to stay onside, taken on by Ford. Good work

:22:04. > :22:12.by Kyle McCall. Kennedy. Lovely pass and he had to stretch. Kennedy gets

:22:13. > :22:18.it away, Burleigh, I'd venture is staffed by enrol, this is Scott who

:22:19. > :22:22.scored a great try to get the point against Dragons a week ago -- great

:22:23. > :22:31.stuff by Edinburgh. There were not too many children

:22:32. > :22:41.tackles on display. He lets play to develop Rabobank in

:22:42. > :23:08.a web penalty. He has lost a bit of weight, none of

:23:09. > :23:28.the explosiveness. Not a bad Ulster scrummage, Ruan

:23:29. > :23:41.Pienaar, Paddy Jackson. Rory Scholes. A belter by Rory Scholes!

:23:42. > :23:50.Glided in for a second lead try and that puts Ulster 12-0 up with the

:23:51. > :24:01.That is the sidestep that Craig piece -- conversion still

:24:02. > :24:08.That is the sidestep that Craig Gilroy would be proud of. Ball in

:24:09. > :24:13.two hands. Look at Rory Scholes, look at that footwork, beautiful.

:24:14. > :24:20.Leaves his opposite number on the ground. He was a great schoolboy

:24:21. > :24:24.international. Because of men like Tommy Bowe and Craig Gilroy, his

:24:25. > :24:26.opportunities have been limited but he has taken that one with great

:24:27. > :24:38.aplomb. 12-0 up, what a start by and Ulster

:24:39. > :24:43.side who really need to beat the team immediately above them in the

:24:44. > :24:50.Pro12 table. Jackson, a bit of a smack and it is a good smack between

:24:51. > :24:58.the posts and Ulster, two converted tries lead by 14-0. This is

:24:59. > :25:05.Ulster's best opening this season. Berwick -- very efficient. Keeping

:25:06. > :25:17.the ball in hand, good to see someone using their feet and looking

:25:18. > :25:28.for space. Tuohy. We saw signs of the old Tuohy in Dublin. Ruan

:25:29. > :25:38.Pienaar, away by temp one will stop -- Du Preez. Taken on by Kyle

:25:39. > :25:44.McCall. Ruan Pienaar, Ludik who set up the try for Rory Scholes.

:25:45. > :25:52.Jackson. Marshall is the kicking inside centre. This is Helu who is

:25:53. > :26:00.very dangerous if he gets room. Marshall made the tackle. Kennedy.

:26:01. > :26:07.Burleigh has to kick. Where is that going? Into the hands of Rory

:26:08. > :26:10.Scholes. Tackled by John Hardy, the first time we have mentioned him.

:26:11. > :26:32.Trimble. Taken on by Ulster. Jackson again.

:26:33. > :26:41.Peter Nelson. Marshall. Fails to take on Chris Dean. Jackson. Well

:26:42. > :26:51.away. Almost by McCall. Pooled in by Clive Ross. He wins the battle. Ruan

:26:52. > :26:58.Pienaar. Where is that going to come in? Just inside and no more. Good

:26:59. > :27:07.covering on Burleigh by Ulster. Still inside the opening 15 minutes.

:27:08. > :27:16.Kennedy trying to get it away on the narrow side. Ulster's first does --

:27:17. > :27:19.first-half defence has been great. Everybody making those tackles,

:27:20. > :27:28.committing and putting the man on the ground. Kennedy. He finds

:27:29. > :27:36.Jackson. A little dinky one into Burleigh. That has gone not just

:27:37. > :27:40.vertical but backwards as well and the wind has swirled round and I

:27:41. > :27:45.think it is neighbouring Ulster. They have to make this count in the

:27:46. > :27:52.first half. Edinburgh are finding it difficult to do anything else such

:27:53. > :27:56.is the pace of the Ulster defence. We see Burleigh having a sharp and

:27:57. > :28:09.he has kicked it from the 22 and it has boomeranged back -- shot-macro.

:28:10. > :28:13.-- shot. A big level of intensity from previous games. Treatment for

:28:14. > :28:32.the Edinburgh skipper. He has done well with his adopted

:28:33. > :28:39.tape. -- team. This is Hardy who takes out Paddy Jackson. Look how

:28:40. > :28:48.quickly Rob Herring was up. Edinburgh being squeezed inside the

:28:49. > :28:56.22. Well done by enrol, the referee is playing advantage to Ulster, can

:28:57. > :29:00.they take advantage -- Edinburgh. He presented that nicely, Ruan Pienaar

:29:01. > :29:12.and Jackson did well to stretch Marshall. A little band playing.

:29:13. > :29:16.Jackson, Ludik... He had that lovely glide, Ulster did well but they gave

:29:17. > :29:24.away the penalty. Hanging onto the tackle and little bit too long.

:29:25. > :29:29.Ludik is a versatile player. What is different for Ulster this week, last

:29:30. > :29:33.week there were too many forwards and that slowed the pace down.

:29:34. > :29:39.Tonight, every time the ball has come for the rock it has hit Paddy

:29:40. > :29:44.Jackson at allowing Ulster to play with pace. It is not easy to pass

:29:45. > :29:50.the ball when the wind is gusting and the accuracy has been very high.

:29:51. > :30:19.Burleigh from Christchurch in New Zealand.

:30:20. > :30:33.Edinburgh, still inside their own half.

:30:34. > :30:43.I'm sure Ross Ford is missing his old foe, Rory Best. Rob Herring

:30:44. > :30:49.coming through, legally. Again, good work in the middle of

:30:50. > :31:05.all that by Franco van der Merwe. Alasdair Dickinson, Ross Ford and

:31:06. > :31:13.Willem Nel played in three of Scotland's five World Cup games.

:31:14. > :31:27.They have not managed to bring Dougie Fife into it too much.

:31:28. > :31:41.That has gone forward. Referee playing advantage.

:31:42. > :31:51.Good kick by Peter Nelson. He has had a very good season. It is his

:31:52. > :31:58.seventh start of his season. This is his third start at number 15. He is

:31:59. > :32:02.becoming more and more accomplished. Having with a left foot just opens

:32:03. > :32:08.up the field for you. A perfectly weighted kick, almost a kick that

:32:09. > :32:12.you would see into the wind as opposed to having the wind behind

:32:13. > :32:20.you. Jack Cuthbert decided to go nowhere near it. Edinburgh have

:32:21. > :32:31.shortened their line-out. Ross Ford with the throw.

:32:32. > :32:59.There is a bit of room if they can move this. 56 getting nothing out of

:33:00. > :33:11.Luke Marshall. Good drive forward by Alex Toolis.

:33:12. > :33:23.Good support play. This is better stuff by Edinburgh.

:33:24. > :33:44.This is better stuff from the visitors.

:33:45. > :34:03.Ian Davies is enjoying himself. He said, you even passed that into the

:34:04. > :34:08.wind and it still went forward! Both teams look happy with the ball in

:34:09. > :34:12.hand, looking for soft shoulders to run out. What has been nice for

:34:13. > :34:18.Ulster is the low penalty count, only one after 20 minutes. So far

:34:19. > :34:23.this season it has been won after a couple of minutes. The defence has

:34:24. > :34:31.been watertight. They have been listening to the referee. They have

:34:32. > :34:36.been good around the ruck and maul. It has been a problem for them this

:34:37. > :34:40.season, and last. Franco van der Merwe getting a little bit of

:34:41. > :34:50.treatment. Nick Williams was slowed down, too. Just one single for the

:34:51. > :34:54.Springboks back in 2010 on as a replacement against New Zealand. His

:34:55. > :35:01.35th appearance for his adopted province, his fifth start this

:35:02. > :35:10.season alongside Dan Tuohy. A couple of internationals in the second row.

:35:11. > :35:14.A good season so far for Ulster this season, they are top of the fair

:35:15. > :35:20.play league. Last year they were right at the bottom. It was a

:35:21. > :35:21.miserable season. And a couple of red cards. Let's not talk about

:35:22. > :35:34.them! Iain Henderson's problem seems to be

:35:35. > :35:41.a hamstring. Darren Cave seems to have a shoulder injury.

:35:42. > :35:46.Ulster demolished the Dragons a couple of weeks ago in the scrum,

:35:47. > :35:58.they are not doing that tonight. If Ulster could get a third try it

:35:59. > :36:33.would just hit the spot. Ruan Pienaar doesn't even have to

:36:34. > :36:39.look at where the ball is, he is looking at the man he is passing

:36:40. > :36:49.too. Good work by Dan Tuohy. Now Jackson. Andrew Trimble is lurking

:36:50. > :36:57.out wide. Here goes Andrew Trimble. Steps inside. All the pressure is

:36:58. > :37:06.from the home side. That just went forward. Maybe not the time to try

:37:07. > :37:10.the clever off-load. Edinburgh around an awful lot of pressure.

:37:11. > :37:12.Ulster have maybe lost their chance for the third try, but Edinburgh

:37:13. > :37:27.have not cleared their lines. The referee has gone all the way

:37:28. > :37:35.back for the first knock forward. What good play by Ulster.

:37:36. > :37:40.Magnificent width on it. Great level of awareness of where the spaces. We

:37:41. > :37:43.have seen Nick Williams do this before and when it comes off it

:37:44. > :37:48.comes offered is magnificent and when it through your hands in the

:37:49. > :37:52.air and say, why did you do that? Given the manner the years, the

:37:53. > :37:58.presence and his ability, you cannot say too much. In the ideal coaching

:37:59. > :38:05.analysis you would say hold onto it, but if the pass comes and off it

:38:06. > :38:12.is great play. Ulster are very pragmatic in their approach, a real

:38:13. > :38:13.intensity about their game. Luke Marshall is giving a nice balance in

:38:14. > :38:28.there. Edinburgh are losing their skipper,

:38:29. > :38:33.Mike Coman is going off. He has taken a bit of a battering. It will

:38:34. > :38:40.be the head injury assessment for him. They will take him off while

:38:41. > :38:51.they have a look at him. And 19-year-old is coming on for him,

:38:52. > :38:56.Jamie Ritchie. No, they have changed their mind. It is Hamish Watson, who

:38:57. > :39:04.scored the try which won the game for Edinburgh when they met earlier

:39:05. > :39:17.in the season, back in October. On some Hamish Watson, 24 years of age.

:39:18. > :39:23.-- on comes. I don't think Mike Coman is too bad, I hope not,

:39:24. > :39:29.anyway. 23 minutes gone in the first-half. Ulster leading 14-0. If

:39:30. > :39:36.it all ended now there would be very happy. The first put into the scrum

:39:37. > :39:40.for Edinburgh. Let's see with this new Ulster front group, who have

:39:41. > :39:49.never started a game together, we'll do. Edinburgh have dug in well. It

:39:50. > :39:58.is a very good Edinburgh front row, remember. That is good work by

:39:59. > :40:05.Ulster. It has gone Lewis. Cornell Du Preez does well to get the ground

:40:06. > :40:11.and resented. Alan Clark, the Ulster forward kuchen scrummage specialist,

:40:12. > :40:21.will be delighted with that. The referee is having a good look. It

:40:22. > :40:25.will be an Ulster line-out. There was a chance therefore an Ulster try

:40:26. > :40:32.but they didn't quite make it. Cornell Du Preez almost got himself

:40:33. > :40:37.in trouble, he went against the rotation of the scrum, but they got

:40:38. > :40:45.away with it. Isn't Rob Herring just that has to play against?! So quick

:40:46. > :40:53.off the mark. For a foreword, very quick. I think everybody here at

:40:54. > :41:01.Kingspan Stadium is delighted that Rob Herring has signed on for

:41:02. > :41:03.another couple of years. What a man to have, not just as a hooker, but

:41:04. > :41:22.as a captain. Louis Ludik does well. An inside

:41:23. > :42:10.step. Edinburgh are trying to play some

:42:11. > :42:12.decent, constructive rugby. Alasdair Dickinson dumped onto the seat of

:42:13. > :42:28.his pants. Ruan Pienaar, sniffing out any

:42:29. > :43:27.weakness. This time the one-handed off-load

:43:28. > :43:36.works for Nick Williams. Good work again by John Hardie. They are going

:43:37. > :43:43.to come all the way back for the scrum.

:43:44. > :43:55.Peter Nelson is down injured. It is not a great night for Ulster in

:43:56. > :44:01.terms of injuries. Stuart McCloskey is on the bench. Peter Nelson looks

:44:02. > :44:05.to be in a lot of pain. Ulster looked like they could be losing a

:44:06. > :44:12.third man within 30 minutes. Worrying for Ulster, jettisoning

:44:13. > :44:24.three off your bench in the first 30 minutes. The referee wants to get on

:44:25. > :44:33.with the game. This is where he got tackled. I didn't see any twist at

:44:34. > :44:42.that point. Maybe it was later on when he was involved again. Hard to

:44:43. > :44:49.say what it was. It looks like the stretcher is on its way again. Les

:44:50. > :44:56.Kiss has decided to divest himself of the baseball cap which he seems

:44:57. > :45:06.to wear most of the time. That does not look that wonderful. So, Stuart

:45:07. > :45:14.McCloskey is coming on. That is a nice gesture, he has gone over the

:45:15. > :45:23.Peter Nelson straightaway. Louis Ludik will go to full-back. Ulster

:45:24. > :45:28.do have resources, meaning that they can fill in the gaps. Having those

:45:29. > :45:35.kind of people on the bench makes a lot of difference. Peter Nelson

:45:36. > :45:42.takes the ball, he has just caught that left ankle underneath him.

:45:43. > :45:54.Dougie Fife put in the tackle. Nothing malicious. That looks very

:45:55. > :46:08.sore. We have had the best part of ten minutes of stoppages because of

:46:09. > :46:12.injuries, mostly the Ulster players. Alan Solomons had some very

:46:13. > :46:24.successful season is here. He took no prisoners. Her few people find

:46:25. > :46:30.the top edge of his tongue. He was a very good and knowledgeable coach,

:46:31. > :46:35.appreciated around the world. His knowledge of the game is second to

:46:36. > :46:39.none. A barrister by trade and has a very acerbic mind and a very acerbic

:46:40. > :46:44.tongue at times, as well, if you are on the wrong end of it. How

:46:45. > :46:50.thoroughly nice and caring gentleman, as well. And still living

:46:51. > :46:57.in Northern Ireland. Still lives in Helen Spey. Him and Mary just love

:46:58. > :47:02.this place, she adores it. He brings a great psychological element to

:47:03. > :47:06.things. He is very good at working with people individually, getting

:47:07. > :47:09.you wind up in the way right. Player management nowadays is all about the

:47:10. > :47:14.individual rather than the team and he has a good way of getting under

:47:15. > :47:19.your skin and in-your-face to get you right on the money. Ian Davies,

:47:20. > :47:30.not for the first time tonight, seems to be enjoying himself.

:47:31. > :47:34.Alasdair Dickinson with 62 Scottish caps, Ross Ford with 94, Willem Nel

:47:35. > :47:37.with the eight. He became naturalised after the three years of

:47:38. > :47:44.living in Edinburgh, the South African. Ricky Lutton on the Ulster

:47:45. > :47:52.tight head side, his first start of the season. Mike Coman is back on

:47:53. > :48:12.the field for Edinburgh, playing on the far side of the scrum.

:48:13. > :48:18.Edinburgh inside the Ulster have for the first time in what seems like an

:48:19. > :48:30.age. That has gone forward, referee playing advantage to Ulster. Lovely

:48:31. > :48:34.pass by Stuart McCloskey. Ulster are looking much more promising with

:48:35. > :48:40.ball in hand than they have done at all stages of this season to date.

:48:41. > :48:50.They made a real mess of that. Too many men in the middle. Dougie Fife

:48:51. > :49:41.is going to run. Dougie Fife has a lot of case. This

:49:42. > :49:49.is good stuff by the visitors. -- pace.

:49:50. > :50:02.Was that a high tackle? No, I think he was just worried about the ship

:50:03. > :50:09.that Phil Burleigh was in in that tackle. I think it looks worse than

:50:10. > :50:16.it was. I think the referee blows just a mixture he can get his body

:50:17. > :50:20.straightened out. I said high tackle because Dan Tuohy's harm was on the

:50:21. > :50:30.high side, but it was more to do with the way that Phil Burleigh

:50:31. > :50:34.fell. So, Ulster leading 14-0. Ulster have had to replace no fewer

:50:35. > :50:42.than three players. Iain Henderson has gone, Darren Cave has gone and

:50:43. > :50:51.Peter Nelson has gone, none of them looking very well.

:50:52. > :51:04.Ulster need to resist any Edinburgh drive here. Down it goes. Ian Davies

:51:05. > :51:10.decides it was a loss of the position. He will ask them to do it

:51:11. > :51:15.again. Ricky Lutton needs to be careful here, he needs to get his

:51:16. > :51:29.feet up under his knees. He was in a very long position there. We saw

:51:30. > :51:36.that the Wiehahn Herbst last week. The energy from Ulster around the

:51:37. > :51:44.pitch has been outstanding. Ricky Lutton had a couple of summer tours

:51:45. > :51:50.with emerging Ireland last season. With injury and fallen out of favour

:51:51. > :52:14.he has seen very little rug. This is a better scrum by Attenborough.

:52:15. > :52:26.Edinburgh are keeping a pretty tight for the time being.

:52:27. > :52:37.The crowd asked trying to sing a bit, but it is not coming through

:52:38. > :52:51.with any great volume. Stuart McCloskey needs to get out of

:52:52. > :53:05.it. Still therefore Attenborough. They

:53:06. > :53:07.have men eyed wide if they can shift it, but they are still trying to go

:53:08. > :53:24.Route one, which is interesting. Ulster have pinched it! Initially

:53:25. > :53:50.great work by Kyle McCall and the support players have got it away.

:53:51. > :53:57.The referee has blown the whistle because the touch judge on the far

:53:58. > :54:05.side has the flag up. There is another player down injured, another

:54:06. > :54:12.Ulster player! I think it is Rory Scholes. Just as the tackle comes

:54:13. > :54:23.in,. I don't think there is anything malicious. As Sean Kennedy comes in

:54:24. > :54:30.from the front he is almost tackling him as he goes to the ground. Sean

:54:31. > :54:34.Kennedy has been very influential for Edinburgh, working the ball well

:54:35. > :54:37.from the base of the ruck and maul. Edinburgh are playing a very

:54:38. > :54:42.pragmatic game, battering hard into the wind and trying to set short

:54:43. > :54:49.targets and eat up some of the clock. There is Stuart Olding, who

:54:50. > :54:55.we think should be back playing at the start of next year, after having

:54:56. > :55:00.a second major operation. Rory Scholes looks more winded. I think

:55:01. > :55:09.you Scholes looks more winded. I think

:55:10. > :55:19.Scholes, scored a fantastic second try for Ulster tonight, he seems

:55:20. > :55:25.fine. His head ran into the upper thigh of Phil Burleigh. He seems to

:55:26. > :55:30.be fine. A week ago the Dragons at Murrayfield had no further than for

:55:31. > :55:33.men in the bin. He will go off for a head injury assessment but I am sure

:55:34. > :55:41.we will see him back again at the start of the second half. In the

:55:42. > :55:44.meantime, Paul Marshall has come on. He comes on for his 157th Ulster

:55:45. > :56:13.appearance. Ulster are conceding ground at a

:56:14. > :56:16.rate of knots. That is alarming. They don't want to concede anything

:56:17. > :56:29.by the interval. Good work again by Chris Henry, he

:56:30. > :56:51.is a pest at the breakdown. He needs a bit of help. Wonderful

:56:52. > :57:02.support by Kyle McCall. Chants for Ulster.

:57:03. > :57:07.Just and we were thinking that Ulster would do well not to concede

:57:08. > :57:18.anything, they may well pick up something themselves. Neither Crider

:57:19. > :57:27.getting animated. -- now the crowd are getting animated. Ruan Pienaar

:57:28. > :57:35.has a goal himself! That is how close Ulster are. A little nudge

:57:36. > :57:41.forward. Edinburgh get the scrum. Try number three was there for the

:57:42. > :57:52.taking. Very much so. Fantastic defence stopping Stuart McCloskey

:57:53. > :58:01.getting the food away. Kyle McCall bursting on to it like an openside.

:58:02. > :58:11.Great content from Ulster, great inventiveness from Ulster, as well.

:58:12. > :58:16.They would like to see a few more points on the board. Ford team is

:58:17. > :58:25.probably right on the verge of not quite seeing enough due to the wind.

:58:26. > :58:30.Ross Ford is in the waters. He started off his playing career with

:58:31. > :58:36.the border readers and then moved to Glasgow, then Attenborough. Speaking

:58:37. > :58:40.of the Borders, BBC Scotland colleague, Bill Johnson, the nephew

:58:41. > :58:47.of the great Bill McLaren, was telling me that Bill's widow, the

:58:48. > :58:50.wonderful that it am on the 22nd of November will be celebrating her

:58:51. > :58:54.90th birthday and there is going to be a family party. Happy 90th

:58:55. > :59:14.birthday, misses McLaren. Three minutes remaining. This is

:59:15. > :59:35.going to be a big scrum. Very good work on the loosehead side

:59:36. > :59:41.by Kyle McCall against Willem Nel. Willem Nel was so destructive

:59:42. > :59:51.against the Dragons last week that two of the props were sin-binned

:59:52. > :59:57.against him. Willem Nel's shorter getting lifted up into the air. Kyle

:59:58. > :00:02.McCall must be very hard to scrummage against, his centre of

:00:03. > :00:12.gravity is so low, it almost looks out of proportion because his laying

:00:13. > :00:13.-- his backers so long. He is a scruffy looking guy, but who cares

:00:14. > :00:29.if you can scrummage like that! Ulster trying to dig can they get

:00:30. > :00:35.the squeeze? Ford managed to get it away, that scrum went down, Ulster

:00:36. > :00:42.should have had a penalty. Picked up by Du Preez and he has done well. A

:00:43. > :00:51.minute and a half to go. Edinburgh are under pressure. Ulster might

:00:52. > :00:57.turn it over. Emma Burton -- Edinburgh finding it impossible to

:00:58. > :01:07.get away cleanly. Now Kennedy does. He has not found his touch, taken by

:01:08. > :01:13.Ludik, still going, runs into Nel. Ruan Pienaar, Ulster keeping it

:01:14. > :01:17.tight. Again it has been stripped away and this time it is the

:01:18. > :01:25.Edinburgh skipper. Now Kennedy, one minute to go. Burleigh, a monstrous

:01:26. > :01:38.left boot and that will bounce and Trimble can do nothing about it.

:01:39. > :01:44.That is good play by Edinburgh, a slack kick by Kennedy and Ulster

:01:45. > :01:50.turning over and you cannot underestimate that clearance kick.

:01:51. > :01:55.40 metres into the wind band and across it from Burleigh. Andrew

:01:56. > :02:01.Trimble was unable to put it back in. A pacey little cameo from Paul

:02:02. > :02:08.Marshall and he gives weight to Rory Scholes who is back on just before

:02:09. > :02:14.the interval. Ruan Pienaar gets it away, Jackson has to stretch and

:02:15. > :02:25.McCloskey will have a go. Well set up by McCloskey. Not as quick as

:02:26. > :02:27.Ruan Pienaar would have liked, down two E helped by his second row

:02:28. > :02:40.partner, van der Merwe. -- 68. -- two E helped by his second row

:02:41. > :02:47.Tuohy. Covered by Jack Cuthbert. He has got away. That is a good tackle

:02:48. > :02:55.by Paddy Jackson, good defending by the Number 10 for Ulster. Edinburgh

:02:56. > :03:00.are pressing for something. This is Dean, back inside, good covering

:03:01. > :03:10.defence from Ulster. Kennedy. Hardy on the far side. Edinburgh up to the

:03:11. > :03:18.Ulster 22. Ford, taken by Nick Williams. Kennedy. Ulster came

:03:19. > :03:24.through their legally, Dean, that is nicely floated, he has got comfort

:03:25. > :03:30.outside him. The referee says the referee says play on. No one at

:03:31. > :03:35.scrum-half for Edinburgh. That has gone into touch. Chris Dean decided

:03:36. > :03:38.he was not going to try and do anything too clever because they

:03:39. > :03:42.were on the back foot and although we have not had anything in terms of

:03:43. > :03:47.the scoreboard being bothered for half an hour it was a great start by

:03:48. > :03:53.Ulster and given the injuries they have done remarkably well. A great

:03:54. > :03:57.start, they have half and puffed a little bit and Enright have held

:03:58. > :04:04.them out but do not underestimate the wind and Ulster will have a lot

:04:05. > :04:10.to do -- Edinburgh. The coach will be happy, the changes he has made,

:04:11. > :04:14.they have made a difference. The conditions have had a big bearing on

:04:15. > :04:24.how the game has been played and Ulster is certainly mastered those

:04:25. > :04:29.conditions. The bad news is that Darren Cave and Ian Henderson and

:04:30. > :04:37.Peter Nelson have all gone off the field. Ulster are happy with that

:04:38. > :04:41.scoreline. That is more like it from Ulster, Stephen Ferris and Andy Ward

:04:42. > :04:44.both said they wanted to see Ulster stand up and be counted. Are you

:04:45. > :04:56.happy? Yes. Nick Williams was aggressive

:04:57. > :04:58.and physical. They will be disappointed though because they

:04:59. > :05:04.butchered a lot of opportunities in that first half. I hope will not

:05:05. > :05:11.come back to haunt us. A 15 point when, I was hoping for that, but

:05:12. > :05:16.great physicality, passion, as I alluded to before, brilliant to

:05:17. > :05:22.see. There seemed to be more urgency and energy from Ulster. Very much

:05:23. > :05:26.so. They perhaps had a bit of a rocket and looked at video nasties

:05:27. > :05:32.and it is pleasing to see they have taken it to see they have taken it

:05:33. > :05:36.too hard and. Credit to enrol, scrambling in defence saved their

:05:37. > :05:44.bacon on some occasions. -- Edinburgh. It is pleasing to see.

:05:45. > :05:50.The highlights made much better viewing, let us look at the opening

:05:51. > :05:56.try. Should this have been a yellow card? Definitely. He came from an

:05:57. > :06:01.offside position and stopped the try from being scored. His name should

:06:02. > :06:06.be awarded but that try. It should have been a yellow card, the referee

:06:07. > :06:10.made the right card -- call to discuss it with the line man. It is

:06:11. > :06:16.interesting to see the interpretation from the referee. Did

:06:17. > :06:22.he stop the penalty try? He stopped it. If that is cynical, award the

:06:23. > :06:28.penetrable Which? Penalty try. It is strange. I think they got the right

:06:29. > :06:34.decision. A really good setup, Chris Henry knew it was not going anywhere

:06:35. > :06:41.and the boys weighed in behind. It a good try. Ulster got off to the best

:06:42. > :06:47.possible start and then the second score, absolute cracker from Rory

:06:48. > :06:55.Scholes. Tremendous. It came from a solid platform, the scrum held up

:06:56. > :07:00.and the boys started to play. Tremendous. You cannot ask for more

:07:01. > :07:06.than that. Lovely little step. It is there if they want it. These guys

:07:07. > :07:15.have enough talent and skill to crack it open but Edinburgh are at

:07:16. > :07:20.sixes and sevens. Ludik made one as well. If Rory Scholes stays like

:07:21. > :07:26.that, I am sure Rory Best will pick him up and say it is not good

:07:27. > :07:29.enough. It is a great try, a great platform, we talked about the

:07:30. > :07:38.Edinburgh front row being very good, Nel is one of their best men,

:07:39. > :07:43.but what about Kyle McCall? He is awesome. One thing about Ludik is he

:07:44. > :07:48.always looks for an off-load. He always thinks of the outcome. He is

:07:49. > :07:54.always looking for the past. Later on we see him as the creator yet

:07:55. > :08:01.again. He thinks of the outcome before it happens. On the downside,

:08:02. > :08:06.on the injury front, two of Ireland's World Cup performers have

:08:07. > :08:16.left the field. This is an for Ian Henderson. See his left knee or the

:08:17. > :08:20.back of the hamstring. It might be his hamstring. That has been

:08:21. > :08:47.confirmed at the moment. Hopefully he is not out for too long. Darren

:08:48. > :08:52.Cave is a shoulder problem. There is a good medical staff on site and

:08:53. > :08:56.good players. It does not look great for Peter Nelson. You talked about

:08:57. > :09:00.the intensity before the game and we have seen that a lot more from

:09:01. > :09:05.Ulster in the first half. Looking at the highlights, from the scrummage

:09:06. > :09:11.this week, the platform has been really good. Great pick-up for Ian

:09:12. > :09:17.Henderson. Look at the boys clearing the guys out. We have not seen that

:09:18. > :09:22.urgency. Smoke anything that is moving and that is what we want to

:09:23. > :09:29.see. Urgency. Nick Williams is back to his best. He has created things,

:09:30. > :09:36.you do not see big men like this. Getting off the line, the boys have

:09:37. > :09:42.been turning defence into attack, making Edinburgh make silly

:09:43. > :09:47.mistakes. Nice little bit of skill from Tuohy. They are putting the

:09:48. > :09:52.pressure back on Edinburgh and doing well. This is from the set piece.

:09:53. > :10:00.This is a pretty bad defence from Edinburgh. Ludik gets on the

:10:01. > :10:06.outside. Off-load, pick it up. Chris Henry... In fairness he retains

:10:07. > :10:13.possession and that is what they needed to do. Probably will be

:10:14. > :10:17.disappointed they did not score. 100%. They create opportunities but

:10:18. > :10:21.they are not quite finishing them off. Constant hassle, making it

:10:22. > :10:27.awkward for Edinburgh to do anything and they need to maintain that in

:10:28. > :10:32.the second half. Any time we have beaten Edinburgh, we have been

:10:33. > :10:39.causing havoc. The coach will be the happier of the coaches -- the Ulster

:10:40. > :10:44.coach. Ulster rugby is big business, what happens on the pitch is of

:10:45. > :10:48.vital importance and what happens off it is pretty key as well. We

:10:49. > :11:20.caught up with some of the Ulster squad who were in the spotlight.

:11:21. > :11:27.I see it as part of the job, it is out of our comfort zone, we felt

:11:28. > :11:32.pretty stupid getting our photographs taken. They are bound to

:11:33. > :11:39.get one that looks half decent if they taken off. It can be tough, at

:11:40. > :11:46.that different to chasing and a on the grass. Darren Cave. Wonderful by

:11:47. > :11:48.Darren Cave! That is one of the great tries of the season by an

:11:49. > :12:00.individual. In some ways it is nice to do

:12:01. > :12:06.something a bit outside of your comfort zone, I do not think any of

:12:07. > :12:11.us would do this in the morning, it is strange. For me, it is a bit

:12:12. > :12:16.awkward. You're not used to it, it feels strange. If you wear something

:12:17. > :12:25.that is not appropriate, someone will give you a bit of stick. All in

:12:26. > :12:35.all, it is not too bad. It is all in good fun. Ruan Pienaar is going all

:12:36. > :12:41.the way. We get to spend our day off here getting make-up and hair done.

:12:42. > :12:46.Definitely out of the comfort zone. We get broken noses and bumps and

:12:47. > :12:50.bruises and we are not asked to do too much modelling. Every year,

:12:51. > :12:56.there are some requirements of dressing up in a suit and putting on

:12:57. > :13:04.our best model faces. It is all part of it. Henry for the corner, Chris

:13:05. > :13:09.Henry for the first try. Great piece of play by this Ulster side. If all

:13:10. > :13:15.else fails, I have a career on the catwalk. Definitely not, it is

:13:16. > :13:23.rugby, I will stick to the rugby pitch. Better rugby players than

:13:24. > :13:27.models. Just before half-time, Ulster had another great opportunity

:13:28. > :13:33.to score. They did, good build-up play. They seem to keep putting the

:13:34. > :13:38.ball where it needed to be. They run it back when they needed to and

:13:39. > :13:43.kicking it when they needed to. Look at this pace from Paul Marshall.

:13:44. > :13:48.Ruan Pienaar has been amazing, Kyle McCall in support. They keep holding

:13:49. > :13:54.onto the ball and that is what you have to do. Everyone is getting

:13:55. > :14:01.their hands on the ball. Unfortunately, just a game, just

:14:02. > :14:06.coming up short. Edinburgh are only coming out for the second half 14-0

:14:07. > :14:10.down, they are very much in this game. Make no mistake, they will be

:14:11. > :14:17.in the changing room with that same mentality. This is 14 points, we are

:14:18. > :14:22.right in this game, the wind is at our backs, sometimes, people come

:14:23. > :14:29.out and think the wind will do the job. You still have to turn up and

:14:30. > :14:34.play and take it to the opposition. Ulster need to retaliate and fight

:14:35. > :14:40.fire with fire. Hopefully that will get the job done for Ulster. Ulster

:14:41. > :14:44.cannot afford to relax. They have used up a few of their

:14:45. > :14:52.substitutions. There are a few replacements here. Edinburgh will be

:14:53. > :14:56.looking to prove a point. Michael Allen coming on, perhaps a tight

:14:57. > :15:02.head, they will come on and make an impact, hopefully they will not make

:15:03. > :15:08.too much of an impact. Ruan Pienaar has been in cruise control. He

:15:09. > :15:14.glides across the pitch. If you had play are watched -- player watch on

:15:15. > :15:28.him, he must go from side to side in the course of the match 20 or 30

:15:29. > :15:32.times. The forwards and fronted a good job. Ulster have looked a lot

:15:33. > :15:38.more comfortable with the ball in hand. A few mistakes towards the end

:15:39. > :15:44.of the first half stop I think what Ulster needed was another set of

:15:45. > :15:48.points on the board. They looked like they were not getting it and

:15:49. > :15:52.they started to come back into themselves and I hope that is not

:15:53. > :16:00.the trend for the next half. They need to play. Thank you very much.

:16:01. > :16:13.The teams are on their way. Sit back and enjoy some more Ulster rugby

:16:14. > :16:19.life, Ulster leading by 14 points to zero. We will rejoin our

:16:20. > :16:25.commentators. The number 20 there is Hamish Watson who was on briefly in

:16:26. > :16:30.the first half when the skipper was off getting a head injury

:16:31. > :16:41.assessment. Ulster coming back on leading by 14-0. Both conversions

:16:42. > :16:53.were by Paddy Jackson. Hamish Watson has come on instead of the skipper

:16:54. > :16:59.stop the wind here, it is difficult. I walked around by the war memorial

:17:00. > :17:03.before kick-off and it was blowing very strongly there. As to who it is

:17:04. > :17:10.they bring, it will probably favour Edinburgh at the moment. The flag in

:17:11. > :17:21.the centre is blowing very firmly in the faces of Ulster. Burleigh, from

:17:22. > :17:26.Christchurch in New Zealand, he will get the second half under way.

:17:27. > :17:51.Ulster two converted tries to the good. Ruan Pienaar into a stiff

:17:52. > :17:56.breeze has not found his touch. Here is a Du Preez. Nick Williams is

:17:57. > :18:01.having a good season. This is Alistair Dixon. He has played in

:18:02. > :18:12.three successive World Cups for Scotland. McCloskey. Edinburgh have

:18:13. > :18:25.got it away. It is Nel to Burleigh. Dean made a bit of ground. Took the

:18:26. > :18:29.pass from Kennedy. Ulster's speed is impressive. Hardy got it away. This

:18:30. > :18:35.is Hamish Watson and he has got away from a couple of tackles. He did

:18:36. > :18:42.this against Ulster last time and scored the only try in the victory

:18:43. > :18:48.at Murrayfield. Bit of crossing. Edinburgh looking for an early score

:18:49. > :18:54.to settle them down. Watson, a little chip by Hardy, Paddy Jackson

:18:55. > :18:59.had to go back and covered well. Stolen by Edinburgh, not so great

:19:00. > :19:06.work by Ulster. Burleigh again. Dancing his way through. Tackles by

:19:07. > :19:15.Rob Herring. Still therefore Edinburgh. Nel, Dickenson helping.

:19:16. > :19:24.Bit loose. Still therefore Edinburgh. Kennedy looking for a

:19:25. > :19:31.runner. Chris Petri trying to do the choke tackle. That is good work by

:19:32. > :19:38.Henry -- Chris Henry. A scrum for Ulster. Good work by the home side.

:19:39. > :19:47.Edinburgh seem to have found an extra gear. Chris Henry again, is

:19:48. > :20:03.there anyone better out there at a choke tackle. Two hands on the ball,

:20:04. > :20:10.he is helped by 68. -- Tuohy. A change for Ulster. I thought Ricky

:20:11. > :20:13.Lutton would have lasted longer. His first start of the season and you

:20:14. > :20:24.could not complain about what he has done. Alan Clark will be delighted.

:20:25. > :20:28.Ricky Lutton has got the head down and trained hard and when he has had

:20:29. > :20:33.an opportunity for gametime, he has made it count. He will be happy with

:20:34. > :20:38.his opening 40 minutes. They will not be happy about this but Rob

:20:39. > :20:47.Herring seems to be nursing a leg injury. The 25 euros got his only

:20:48. > :20:53.Ireland cap as a replacement against Argentina -- 25-year-old.

:20:54. > :21:00.He has established himself as a vital member of this Ulster setup

:21:01. > :21:04.and during the week, it was announced that he would stay for

:21:05. > :21:16.another couple of seasons. They have got his boot off at the moment, I

:21:17. > :21:22.wonder if that is coffee or soup. I suspect they would have something in

:21:23. > :21:26.it. It is cold up here. It is important that Ulster do not relax.

:21:27. > :21:32.Think the wind and the 14 points is enough to win, there are things

:21:33. > :21:34.coming, Edinburgh play a very pragmatic game and you will see a

:21:35. > :21:39.lot of kicking from them if they have the ball in their own half.

:21:40. > :21:44.When they get down to the opposition red zone, they generally come away

:21:45. > :21:55.with points. Rob Herring is limping a little bit. Back into it and he

:21:56. > :22:13.has got his body, Coman with him. He is on his right hand side -- Micro

:22:14. > :22:20.Herbst. Ulster scrum, first of the second half. In it goes. Nel is

:22:21. > :22:35.getting no change. Jackson, Marshall. -- Luke Marshall.

:22:36. > :22:43.Van der Merwe. Jackson, a bit of width, Trimble, here is Rory

:22:44. > :22:49.Scholes. Although Ulster did not make ground, they have possession.

:22:50. > :22:57.That is high risk for two yards. Two times across the pitch, wide passes.

:22:58. > :23:06.Running the risk of some crossing mid field. To only get two yards, if

:23:07. > :23:13.they continue to play like that, it will be a long 40 minutes. Davies.

:23:14. > :23:21.He broke his back in a couple of places a few years ago in a club

:23:22. > :23:25.game. Great take by van der Merwe. Nick Williams managed to do a bit of

:23:26. > :23:34.juggling. He has got it away nicely to Henry. Ruan Pienaar, Jackson,

:23:35. > :23:42.Stuart McCloskey. That is a good strong one by McCloskey and he is

:23:43. > :23:50.still going. Ruan Pienaar, better stuff by Ulster. Tyler McCall. --

:23:51. > :23:57.Tyler McCall. He has done well. Jackson to Ludik -- McCall. That is

:23:58. > :24:09.the halfway line. This is Ruan Pienaar. Herbst. McCall who has

:24:10. > :24:16.played for Ireland at Junior World Cup level. Ruan Pienaar, Jackson. A

:24:17. > :24:21.little bit of obstruction and I think it was an accidental offside.

:24:22. > :24:27.Rory Scholes ran into Nick Williams. It is hard to run around Nick

:24:28. > :24:31.Williams. A little bit congested there. Nick Williams put up his

:24:32. > :24:36.hands and said he was not doing anything wrong and he was not, but

:24:37. > :24:45.he did something right, a good take by the big lad. He is so hard to

:24:46. > :24:51.stop. To pick it up, it gets back on his feet, and off-load to Henry.

:24:52. > :24:57.That is the one thing that Ulster have, those gain line runners. We

:24:58. > :25:01.have seen McCall on numerous occasions happy to have the ball and

:25:02. > :25:05.he wants to carry and try and get across. That is something Ulster

:25:06. > :25:12.have not had this year. He may not be the biggest man in the world, but

:25:13. > :25:18.he has a huge heart. He has changed his body shape considerably, he has

:25:19. > :25:21.got a very strong and muscular, McCall, and his scrummage

:25:22. > :25:33.technique, is getting better all the time. His father Simon is very proud

:25:34. > :25:54.of both of his boys. The game was delayed by about 15

:25:55. > :26:04.minutes because of injury but Ulster will not mind will stop bad as the

:26:05. > :26:08.halfway line. John Kennedy pops it in stop that is the first scrum

:26:09. > :26:17.penalty and Ricky Lutton survived the first half. It is difficult.

:26:18. > :26:22.Ulster eggs are in such pressure that Edinburgh are not able to hook

:26:23. > :26:29.the ball back. It is notable that there is a clear strike and a clear

:26:30. > :26:36.channel. Perhaps the team that are putting the pressure on and actually

:26:37. > :26:41.not letting Edinburgh get it, it is a slip by Ulster. Maybe the referee

:26:42. > :26:45.should be placing more emphasis in terms of the team that have the ball

:26:46. > :26:50.to ensure they get it to the back of the scrum or away a little bit

:26:51. > :26:51.quickly. I have a feeling Edinburgh are preparing to bring on a

:26:52. > :27:10.replacement will stop --. A crucial throw. Taken by Clive

:27:11. > :27:16.Ross. A late addition to the roles -- Ulster squad because of the

:27:17. > :27:30.injury to Roger Wilson. Ruan Pienaar directing operations. Ruan Pienaar

:27:31. > :27:36.may have to kick this one. Put it backwards. A rare fumble. There is a

:27:37. > :27:42.biting wind and up. Second attempt by Iran PNR. Gets it away well, it

:27:43. > :27:48.does not make a lot of ground -- Ruan Pienaar. If Edinburgh cannot

:27:49. > :27:54.dig advantage, they are not the side we thought they were. Here come the

:27:55. > :28:01.cavalry from Edinburgh, three changes. Ulster's exit strategy will

:28:02. > :28:08.be tested. Ulster is struggling to deal with the ball. They are finding

:28:09. > :28:12.it difficult trying to go three phases and kick. The ball is going

:28:13. > :28:26.nowhere given the gale-force wind in their face. All comes Neil Cochrane,

:28:27. > :28:31.Rory Sutherland and John Andress. The Edinburgh front row have had a

:28:32. > :28:45.tough night here at them against the Dragons. This is Cochrane. Born in

:28:46. > :28:51.Edinburgh, one of the few players in the squad who can say that. Not that

:28:52. > :28:58.this matters these days. Sutherland. A young loosehead. Kennedy looking

:28:59. > :29:12.for a runner. Ulster having to put the tackle then. Hamish Watson. He

:29:13. > :29:15.is very strong, but not as quick. Kennedy back inside, this is

:29:16. > :29:19.dangerous. John Andress would love to score against Ulster, good team

:29:20. > :29:27.for whom he never played. This is going to be a try. Rattery, no

:29:28. > :29:36.hesitation, up to the hands of Edinburgh. Edinburgh get their first

:29:37. > :29:44.points of the evening. And it is that man Du Preez. Look how well

:29:45. > :29:48.Kennedy is dictating play. He assesses the situation. Rory Scholes

:29:49. > :29:54.hits in leaving the two men wide open. Du Preez gets the bounce. We

:29:55. > :29:58.see Rory Scholes biting end, he is well out of position and Nick

:29:59. > :30:03.Williams does not have the pace to cover. It is a big big wind and the

:30:04. > :30:06.conversion will be difficult. This has been all Edinburgh in the Ulster

:30:07. > :30:36.half. Jack Cuthbert. He has said that

:30:37. > :30:44.nicely. What a very good kick, well judged by Jack Cuthbert. That could

:30:45. > :30:48.be very significant. Ulster find themselves 14-7 ahead at the start

:30:49. > :30:53.of the second Ave. Jack Cuthbert does not look the most elegant, but

:30:54. > :31:19.don't underestimate how good a kick that was.

:31:20. > :31:44.Nick Williams needs to be click. -- quick.

:31:45. > :31:57.There is no question about that. I'm sure he was loving the pass from

:31:58. > :32:01.Nick Williams! John Andrew is warming up. It has been a very

:32:02. > :32:15.attritional night for Ulster in terms of injury.

:32:16. > :32:27.Good take by Dan Tuohy. The referee has a hand-out for a penalty to the

:32:28. > :32:38.home side. He is still playing advantage.

:32:39. > :32:48.The referee has said the advantages over. Ulster will get the

:32:49. > :32:49.line-outs. Those are the plans that Ulster will employ in the second

:32:50. > :33:08.half. What a great pass that was the

:33:09. > :33:12.Andrew Trimble. Jack Cuthbert getting a bit of treatment. It is

:33:13. > :33:20.great to see Luke Marshall back playing again. He was having

:33:21. > :33:23.concussion problems and at one stage we thought we were going to have to

:33:24. > :33:30.say farewell to him too early in his career. He has broken a thumb this

:33:31. > :33:36.year as well. It has been hard for him but it is great to see him

:33:37. > :33:38.back, playing with confidence. He adds a bit of zip to the Ulster

:33:39. > :34:18.midfield. Ulster are keeping this very tight.

:34:19. > :34:51.Have they got the resources to keep it tight for another 30 minutes?

:34:52. > :35:00.Good stuff by Stuart McCloskey. This is better stuff from the men in

:35:01. > :35:27.white. Good player but the Ulster skipper.

:35:28. > :35:43.Ulster are still motoring forward. Well presented by Dan Tuohy.

:35:44. > :35:53.Stuart McCloskey goes himself. Has he got over? It is very close. Ian

:35:54. > :36:00.Davies might want to go upstairs and have a look. Was the pass on, did he

:36:01. > :36:06.do the right thing? Has his court Ulster's third right? That is

:36:07. > :36:13.fantastic play by Ulster. If they score this try, it will be the best

:36:14. > :36:20.sky they have is -- the best try they have scored this season in

:36:21. > :36:23.terms of battering. We see Will Helu trying to bring down Stuart

:36:24. > :36:29.McCloskey. It almost takes about five metres to get him grounded. All

:36:30. > :36:42.you can see is that his head is over. This might give us a better

:36:43. > :36:52.angle. Will Helu did reasonably well in the tackle. Andrew Trimble

:36:53. > :36:58.thundering up in support. That might be the angle. Is the ball on the

:36:59. > :37:06.whitewash? I thought I caught a glimpse. It is the momentum. If we

:37:07. > :37:14.went to the angle before that... Lets have a look here. Something has

:37:15. > :37:21.gone across the line that has white on it. If it is the ball, it is a

:37:22. > :37:24.drive. Well, Stuart McCloskey, has he got a third try for Ulster this

:37:25. > :37:48.evening? Decisions decisions. I have a decision. The evidence is

:37:49. > :37:59.inconclusive. No try. No try, but that I've metres scrum for Ulster.

:38:00. > :38:04.Can they put pressure on the Edinburgh eight who have just

:38:05. > :38:08.changed their entire front row. It is a great tackle the Kbytes Stuart

:38:09. > :38:09.McCloskey from that range, especially when you show him the

:38:10. > :38:32.outside. Edinburgh are making a replacement.

:38:33. > :38:39.The young full-back is coming on, Blair Kinghorn, who started the game

:38:40. > :38:45.a week ago against the Dragons. Jack Cuthbert has gone off, Blair

:38:46. > :38:47.Kinghorn has come on. This is going to be such an important scrummage,

:38:48. > :38:58.particularly for Ulster. Kyle McCall has had an excellent

:38:59. > :39:08.game for Ulster. 15 minutes have been played in the

:39:09. > :40:07.second half. Good Ulster scrum. Ruan Pienaar just takes his time. I

:40:08. > :40:12.think Clive Ross has just got his first try. The referee says no and

:40:13. > :40:19.gives a 5 metre scrum. To be fair, Ian Davies was right there. Great

:40:20. > :40:27.positioning by a referee. As stray arm from an Edinburgh defender.

:40:28. > :40:32.Clive Ross as 20 on his back. The Edinburgh defender just get his ball

:40:33. > :40:40.under him -- his arm under the ball. What a fantastic position by the

:40:41. > :40:46.referee. More than happy to make the decision himself.

:40:47. > :40:55.Edinburgh have made another replacement. There are scrum-half

:40:56. > :41:06.has gone off, Sean Kennedy, and on comes the 22-year-old, born in

:41:07. > :41:09.Rochdale, Nathan Fowles. That is a big call by Alan Solomons. Sean

:41:10. > :41:18.Kennedy has controlled the Edinburgh pack well all evening. He was really

:41:19. > :41:29.starting to put a bit of direction, looking very proficient and a very

:41:30. > :41:35.tidy player. They lost Greg Laidlaw a season ago, the Scottish skipper.

:41:36. > :41:46.15 minutes gone, seven points between them. Ulster are in a very

:41:47. > :41:57.good attacking position. Can Wiehahn Herbst get a good shot on? --

:41:58. > :42:13.shove? Ulster need to make sure they don't

:42:14. > :42:18.lose possession. Ruan Pienaar stepped it up nicely. Good driving

:42:19. > :42:21.again by Ulster. Will it a third time lucky? Great defending by

:42:22. > :42:44.Edinburgh. Well done by Luke Marshall. Took a

:42:45. > :42:50.difficult pass very well. Good tackling by Attenborough. Edinburgh

:42:51. > :43:01.are looking to strip it, but they haven't.

:43:02. > :43:11.Paddy Jackson has a goal himself! He could not get the pass away! Lovely

:43:12. > :43:19.little bit of acceleration from a standing start by Paddy Jackson. The

:43:20. > :43:28.rain is coming down. Great content, great play. Kyle McCall is at the

:43:29. > :43:31.heartbeat of things once again. Maybe needed one of the outside

:43:32. > :43:41.runners to straighten, rather than hanging out. Smart thinking by Paddy

:43:42. > :43:46.Jackson. I think you realise the first man in defence was a prop

:43:47. > :43:59.forward. Ulster have given away the penalty.

:44:00. > :44:07.Phil Burleigh clears it away, the pressure is off Edinburgh. Franco

:44:08. > :44:12.van der Merwe leaves the field and for his very first game of the

:44:13. > :44:18.season on comes the 23-year-old Alan O'Connor he had such a good finish

:44:19. > :44:25.to the season last year. Yes, nice to see him back. Very much on the

:44:26. > :44:47.verge of things. He has shown some good form for the Ulster ravens.

:44:48. > :45:07.They will come back for the penalty. This will give Phil Burleigh had

:45:08. > :45:12.chance to get into Ulster territory. Silly little penalties like that.

:45:13. > :45:17.Yes, a couple of soft ones by Ulster there. They had Edinburgh in a tight

:45:18. > :45:21.headlock, squeezing them and squeezing them. You would have

:45:22. > :45:31.thought the score was just a matter of time away. Phil Burleigh. He has

:45:32. > :45:37.done that pretty well. Edinburgh, still inside their own half. Nearly

:45:38. > :45:50.60 minutes played. Ulster are hanging on.

:45:51. > :46:16.Cardiff have pulled off a remarkable win, entered, the's wonderful run.

:46:17. > :46:25.Good work by the men in white to hold him up. He has given Ulster the

:46:26. > :46:37.put-in at the scrummage. Good defence. Hamish Watson has played

:46:38. > :46:48.really well since he came on, been a real thorn in the side. Stuart

:46:49. > :46:52.McCloskey there, so strong. We see Chris Henry, him and Rory Best doing

:46:53. > :47:01.that week after week. It doesn't get any better for Ulster. Dan Tuohy is

:47:02. > :47:05.injured. Ulster have already replaced Franco van der Merwe with

:47:06. > :47:11.Alan O'Connor. If Dan Tuohy goes off they are really going to struggle. I

:47:12. > :47:23.am not sure if it is his knee on his ankle. I am not sure what happened.

:47:24. > :47:29.He came down very nastily on his leg. Dan Tuohy is departing. Dear oh

:47:30. > :47:34.dear. They are going to have to change things around a little bit.

:47:35. > :47:44.Rob Herring might lay in the back row, find some of the larger chaps.

:47:45. > :47:50.Yes, John Andrew, the replacement hooker, is coming on. Who will go

:47:51. > :47:55.into the second row with Alan O'Connor? It might have to be Clive

:47:56. > :48:01.Ross. This will be tough for Ulster, 20 minutes left ago. This is where

:48:02. > :48:09.you really have to know your systems well. You need to know your role.

:48:10. > :48:16.You need to know where to stand defensively. Communication needs to

:48:17. > :48:21.come into it. Ulster need to show a bit of bloody mindedness.

:48:22. > :48:31.Back to back games against Toulouse coming up, four-time European

:48:32. > :48:36.champions. The referee has got himself her, much to the amusement

:48:37. > :48:45.of the crowd. Huge pressure on this Ulster scrum, remember. Ian

:48:46. > :48:57.Henderson has gone off, remember. Dan Tuohy has gone. I think the

:48:58. > :49:09.referee will need some steel! -- steel toe caps.

:49:10. > :49:24.Kyle McCall has had a terrific game. Big squeeze by Attenborough.

:49:25. > :49:35.Ulster have just about got away with that. The wind is almost a gale

:49:36. > :49:45.force proportions. -- at gale force proportions. That looked like a

:49:46. > :49:52.forward pass. The referee is going to bring them back. Just as well,

:49:53. > :49:58.perhaps, for Ulster. Blair Kinghorn is pretty quick and he had nearly

:49:59. > :50:03.got away. Andrew Warwick is going to come on and Kyle McCall's work is

:50:04. > :50:08.going to be done for the evening. Just. Ulster will take that every

:50:09. > :50:12.day of the week. Difficult for Andrew Trimble there. He comes in

:50:13. > :50:17.with the chase, can he get there in time to take man and ball? He is

:50:18. > :50:29.fractionally late, and that led Blair Kinghorn slide open. A

:50:30. > :50:32.thoroughly well-deserved round of applause for Kyle McCall. He has had

:50:33. > :50:47.a terrific game here at the Kingspan Stadium. Rob Herring is still there,

:50:48. > :50:49.struggling a wee bit. No Franco van der Merwe, no Iain Henderson, no Dan

:50:50. > :51:14.Tuohy. The scrum was fine until all of the

:51:15. > :51:20.changes. John Andress, a former pupil of Campbell College here in

:51:21. > :51:51.Belfast, had spells in Exeter, Cardiff, London and Worcestershire.

:51:52. > :52:06.Stuart McCloskey just brushes off the Edinburgh tacklers. He was held,

:52:07. > :52:15.says the referee. The crowd did not appreciate that. I think somebody

:52:16. > :52:22.was tackled off the ball to stop him tackling Chris Henry. Clive Ross, I

:52:23. > :52:24.don't think you did that deliberately, but it is certainly

:52:25. > :52:49.brought a penalty. Just one silly mistake by Ulster and

:52:50. > :53:02.they are 50 yards down. Can the team in white Hang on?

:53:03. > :53:22.Edinburgh making another replacement.

:53:23. > :53:25.If Edinburgh managed to draw here, that will keep them ahead of Ulster

:53:26. > :53:44.in the table. Good work and thereby Stuart

:53:45. > :53:49.McCloskey. Edinburgh have managed to wrestle at back. Phil Burleigh gives

:53:50. > :54:11.it a fair old kick. Good sidestep by Luke Marshall. Back

:54:12. > :55:00.with a want to be, inside the Edinburgh 22.

:55:01. > :55:08.Well, a strong wind, cold hands, knocked into touch. The Edinburgh

:55:09. > :55:17.side will be given the option of a line-out or a scrum. The ball is

:55:18. > :55:23.viciously moving in the wind, almost as if somebody is controlling it on

:55:24. > :55:27.a piece of string. You need to pass the ball with a little bit of

:55:28. > :55:33.sympathy and Paddy Jackson maybe a little bit quick on the pass. Rory

:55:34. > :55:50.Scholes just overran it a bit. The difficulty arises in terms of

:55:51. > :55:57.making quick ball. Michael Allen comes on, having played nearly 50

:55:58. > :56:00.times for his native Ulster. Had a few injury problems at the start of

:56:01. > :56:05.the season, came on against the Dragons last week for his first

:56:06. > :56:14.appearance of the year. It will be familiar turf for Michael Allen.

:56:15. > :56:16.Edinburgh had the option of the scrum or the line-outs. They have

:56:17. > :56:56.gone for the scrummage. John Andress has tended to be

:56:57. > :56:57.controversial in his scrummaging in his career. He likes to go to ground

:56:58. > :57:33.early. Good find by Andrew Warwick. --

:57:34. > :57:34.bind. A solid looking Ulster scrum. That is not going anywhere,

:57:35. > :58:02.Edinburgh will have to use it. A little bit more it might have gone

:58:03. > :58:08.into touch. Ulster do not want to do anything too fancy. A dangerous

:58:09. > :58:15.policy by Rory Scholes, letting that bounce. It looked like it might have

:58:16. > :58:23.gone dead, but with the second bounce it sat up on that looked like

:58:24. > :58:27.he might have had to play at. -- it. Paddy Jackson head back quite

:58:28. > :58:55.nicely. -- hit that quite nicely. There is a hint of an overlap here.

:58:56. > :59:12.Wonderful tackling by Ulster. Still therefore Attenborough.

:59:13. > :59:20.Knocked forward! Play on says the referee. Alan O'Connor takes it

:59:21. > :59:43.away. Good to see him back in a white jersey. That'll go into touch.

:59:44. > :59:54.Ruan Pienaar's little query there about whether or not he was in...

:59:55. > :59:58.Sorry, he did not think that the ball went nearly as far as the touch

:59:59. > :00:06.judge did and he has managed to win Ulster about 20 metres. Here is Nick

:00:07. > :00:17.Williams. The Edinburgh player almost sees Nick Williams common and

:00:18. > :00:21.decide to let go of the ball! Bring Cummins -- Bryn Cunningham on the

:00:22. > :00:28.phone there. Good job he has done Ulster this season. What a good job

:00:29. > :00:33.Rob Herring has done deputising for one of the greats of Ulster and

:00:34. > :00:41.Irish, Rory Best. Rob Herring, remember, only 25.

:00:42. > :00:56.Oh, get set at a second bite, good help from John Andrew wearing number

:00:57. > :01:01.16. Here comes Nick Williams. You have to use it. Here is Ruan

:01:02. > :01:10.Pienaar. Back to McCloskey. He has got away. What a splendid run by the

:01:11. > :01:16.big fellow. Ruan Pienaar. Under a bit of pressure, good handoff by

:01:17. > :01:24.Andrew Warwick. Here is Alan O'Connor. Ulster replacements doing

:01:25. > :01:30.well. Ruan Pienaar. Chris Henry. Blasted Cochrane out of the way.

:01:31. > :01:37.Ruan Pienaar, Jackson, McCloskey, it gets it to Rory Scholes. All the

:01:38. > :01:46.pressure coming from Ulster now. Alan O'Connor.

:01:47. > :01:52.Marshall, Williams, well taken off at the ankles. Ruan Pienaar needs to

:01:53. > :02:01.get up and he is going to get the drive. The gap suddenly appeared,

:02:02. > :02:07.Ruan Pienaar timed the past. Marshall to get at the right angle

:02:08. > :02:13.and took a chance and took the try. I am pretty sure he has taken Ulster

:02:14. > :02:18.to victory. That is nothing more than Ulster deserved. Real

:02:19. > :02:26.determination, I gain multi-phased play. Nick Williams making the

:02:27. > :02:32.initial burst. Marshall takes it, it sees the whole-macro. Marshall has

:02:33. > :02:36.the pace to go through. Nothing more than he has deserved, his

:02:37. > :02:42.contribution has been first-rate. They are going to have a look to see

:02:43. > :02:46.whether or not Chris Henry was doing a little bit of holding back. This

:02:47. > :02:54.is the quick ball that Ulster needed. Just before that. This is it

:02:55. > :02:59.now, Nick Williams went forward, there is Henry taking out a couple

:03:00. > :03:08.of players. Was he holding back legally? Would he have stopped to

:03:09. > :03:16.look Marshall, I do not think so. Alan Rogan and the referee may think

:03:17. > :03:24.otherwise -- Luke Marshall. It would be harsh on Ulster if that is

:03:25. > :03:38.disallowed. Allan Grogan is going to give the referee another look. Can

:03:39. > :03:41.we get the wide angle? It is a question of whether or not Chris

:03:42. > :03:48.Henry did something illegal which prevented the tackle getting to the

:03:49. > :04:02.man who would have scored the try. Chris Henry comes in, it is

:04:03. > :04:11.Burleigh. I'm going to go for our penalty. It is a penalty against

:04:12. > :04:18.Chris Henry, there will be no try. The crowd are not at all happy. I

:04:19. > :04:25.suppose Ulster got the penalty try in the first half from a bit of a

:04:26. > :04:29.legality on the part of Edinburgh. The referee is technically correct.

:04:30. > :04:35.The argument is that you would see that in every minute of every game.

:04:36. > :04:45.It happens all the time. A good clearance kick by Blair Kinghorn. He

:04:46. > :04:50.is only 18 years of age. Edinburgh have given themselves a pretty

:04:51. > :04:56.decent chance, they are back inside the Ulster half. Chris Henry, will

:04:57. > :05:11.not be happy about that. Not happy that he was caught! Great home

:05:12. > :05:15.support. Cochrane. Referee said it was knocked on by Chris Henry,

:05:16. > :05:26.advantage to Edinburgh and here they come, taken on by Sutherland.

:05:27. > :05:31.Jackson told to get away, Burleigh, good tackle by Andrew Warwick.

:05:32. > :05:38.Edinburgh are not finished, seven minutes remaining. Into Sutherland

:05:39. > :05:43.yet again. Good work by Alan O'Connor at the breakdown. Ulster

:05:44. > :05:54.have a flat defence. Michael Allen, up against some of his former

:05:55. > :06:07.team-mates. Burleigh, to Fife. Little bit of a juggle with John

:06:08. > :06:29.Hardy. Fowles sets it up for Toolis. 22-macro again, Burleigh had to

:06:30. > :06:45.check Michael Allen. -- 22-macro. -- Fowles. Well tackled by Ruan

:06:46. > :06:49.Pienaar. Du Preez puts Rory Scholes on his backside. Nothing wrong with

:06:50. > :06:58.his technique, you was up against a bigger man who got the angle right.

:06:59. > :07:06.Just over five minutes remaining. Ulster thought they had it in the

:07:07. > :07:10.bike. The referee following a consultation... The rain is coming

:07:11. > :07:27.down. Andrew Warwick up against John

:07:28. > :07:33.Andress. A solid scrum by Andrew Warwick. Ruan Pienaar, McCloskey, he

:07:34. > :07:41.has a delicate step as well as a lot of power. Ruan Pienaar. Clive Ross

:07:42. > :07:46.did well to kick that one. Ruan Pienaar glances to his left. Good

:07:47. > :07:53.work, here is Rob Herring. Good strong run by Rob Herring. He has

:07:54. > :08:01.kept in self in, cleverly done. That must be a penalty. -- himself. I

:08:02. > :08:06.would not be surprised if it was John Andress who give it away. It

:08:07. > :08:13.could have been Rory Sutherland. Critic celebration. This was the

:08:14. > :08:18.tackle by Sutherland. -- great acceleration. You're not allowed to

:08:19. > :08:26.play-the-ball when you are lying on the ground unless you are supporting

:08:27. > :08:32.all your weight. Fantastic by Rob Herring. He is carrying an injury.

:08:33. > :08:38.It is his awareness, he goes to ground,... The top to make sure he

:08:39. > :08:46.does not go into touch. Very clever play by Rob Herring. Rob Herring to

:08:47. > :08:50.throw. It is all over the place. The referee said it went dead straight

:08:51. > :09:00.and he was happy with that. Here is Chris Henry. Under four minutes

:09:01. > :09:08.remaining, Ulster are leading 14-7. Andrew Warwick takes it up. Nick

:09:09. > :09:15.Williams. Ruan Pienaar. Rob Herring, what a game he has had. Good

:09:16. > :09:22.driving, well held up by Burleigh. Rob Herring has done splendidly.

:09:23. > :09:31.Alan O'Connor. A little dummy. Here is Clive Ross.

:09:32. > :09:38.John Andrew pressed into service as a replacement flanker.

:09:39. > :09:47.Coming back. Coming back into the Ulster side but slowly, referee told

:09:48. > :09:54.Edinburgh to get their hands away from it. Great driving by Ulster,

:09:55. > :10:01.here goes Warwick, a dummy from the replacement prop. Ruan Pienaar, well

:10:02. > :10:06.taken by Jackson. McCloskey. Ludik and Trimble were outside him. Clive

:10:07. > :10:10.Ross whose weekend in Dublin might have been spoilt but it will be all

:10:11. > :10:17.the sweeter if he comes through as a victorious player for Ulster. Ruan

:10:18. > :10:20.Pienaar. Alan O'Connor. Great finish by Ulster, Ruan Pienaar again. The

:10:21. > :10:32.wind carried that away from Andrew Trimble. Ludik does well. Somehow,

:10:33. > :10:38.Ulster have kept their shin. Andrew Warwick ghost to the other side --

:10:39. > :10:48.possession. He stands strong in the tackle. Alan O'Connor. Gets across

:10:49. > :10:53.the gain line. Ruan Pienaar. Here is Williams. Paddy Jackson has to go

:10:54. > :11:01.back. He needs to release it. Jackson does well. Chris Henry,

:11:02. > :11:11.under two minutes to go. Ruan Pienaar ran a good line. That was

:11:12. > :11:21.set up for Ulster. Ruan Pienaar has had a great game. Ruan Pienaar, Ross

:11:22. > :11:27.has relished his performance this evening. Ruan Pienaar, Ulster

:11:28. > :11:40.burying it nicely, Jackson. Tackled by the enormous Anton Bresler. Just

:11:41. > :11:49.a minute remaining -- Anton Bresler?. Here goes Luke Marshall,

:11:50. > :12:00.wriggling. Ruan Pienaar will take the narrow side. Jackson. Runs into

:12:01. > :12:09.his old buddy from school, Michael Allen. Edinburgh have turned out one

:12:10. > :12:17.over. Not the greatest kick in the world. You probably recognise what

:12:18. > :12:25.he was trying to do but he did not executed well. You will think Ruan

:12:26. > :12:28.Pienaar would have been better, looking for another forward, Ulster

:12:29. > :12:34.controlled that beautifully for nearly Andress minutes. The only

:12:35. > :12:40.time you really got themselves into trouble when the wind got hold of

:12:41. > :12:44.the ball. Short runners coming and, getting across the gain line,

:12:45. > :12:50.getting someone to tag onto them to make the ball presentable for Ruan

:12:51. > :12:55.Pienaar. One would say this game almost looks out of the reach of

:12:56. > :13:01.Edinburgh. We have played about 15 minutes more than the normal 40. Rob

:13:02. > :13:08.Herring is down and up again. He has got a bit of an injury, a dead leg,

:13:09. > :13:15.he is made of stern stuff, I think he has been taking Rory Bass pills.

:13:16. > :13:22.He will be in the ice Bath, -- Rory Best. They have been under pressure.

:13:23. > :13:30.No one left on the bench and he has been happy to roll the sleeves up

:13:31. > :13:38.and lead from the front. Ulster's splendid home record in the league

:13:39. > :13:43.has extended now to 15 games. Anton Bresler has come through, somewhat

:13:44. > :13:51.illegally. Ruan Pienaar has been spotted. He pops it into touch and

:13:52. > :13:56.despite all the injuries to key players and all the tribulations and

:13:57. > :14:00.stops and starts, and a try tonight, Ulster have come through and won

:14:01. > :14:03.this one. It has been a topsy-turvy season but on balance you have to

:14:04. > :14:07.say that the home side were the better side. Very much so and given

:14:08. > :14:10.the quality of the opposition, the difficulty with the conditions, the

:14:11. > :14:15.difficulty in terms of losing a number of players early, I would

:14:16. > :14:20.almost say this as being Ulster's best performance this year. The

:14:21. > :14:24.first half was fantastic, this second half they have hung on well.

:14:25. > :14:32.That last ten or 15 minutes, they grinned and their lead and got the

:14:33. > :14:37.job done. Hugs all around is, Andrew Trimble give Michael Allen a hug.

:14:38. > :14:43.Ruan Pienaar back to his very best. Nick Williams had a great game. A

:14:44. > :14:51.late replacement for Roger Wilson, an outstanding game. They left and

:14:52. > :14:55.right to the very last minute, but Ulster have done what they simply

:14:56. > :14:56.had to do in terms of the season, has significant that will be, we

:14:57. > :15:07.will have to wait and see. There was a long and drawn-out

:15:08. > :15:12.affair, it took almost Alan Solomons hours to complete this Pro12 match,

:15:13. > :15:18.it has ended in a victory for Ulster. Ulster deserved winners? I

:15:19. > :15:22.think so, they played the better rugby. ' far too many mistakes,

:15:23. > :15:29.Ulster looked more dangerous, they made more line breaks, the scoreline

:15:30. > :15:36.probably flattered Edinburgh a little bit. Plenty of improvements

:15:37. > :15:40.for last week. Lots of positivity, all we are looking for is a bit of

:15:41. > :15:44.commitment, pull the socks up, get stuck in, they did that for the best

:15:45. > :15:50.part of the season. Nice that they finished the same way they started

:15:51. > :16:01.the match. Good to see. Let us hear from the man of the match. There was

:16:02. > :16:07.tough, very physical. Great game. Good to come away with the win. On

:16:08. > :16:15.paper, they had a great front row. The scrum was solid, very happy with

:16:16. > :16:27.how I got on. It was good. Chris Henry, how well has he done? He has

:16:28. > :16:33.been brilliant. I think in general, all the younger lads, we were lucky,

:16:34. > :16:45.a lot of big injuries. I thought a lot of are younger lads, they stood

:16:46. > :16:53.up that was a tough game. We knew we owe the Ulster crowd something. We

:16:54. > :16:59.had to dig it out. How was tonight compare to other tough nights? I

:17:00. > :17:06.think we have pled it worse. A few more tries, we needed a win. It did

:17:07. > :17:12.not have to be pretty, we needed a win. We will see with the injuries

:17:13. > :17:47.are like. A massive couple of weeks ahead.

:17:48. > :17:54.Playing along the likes of these guys, it must be a bit of a

:17:55. > :17:59.whirlwind. Yes, it has been great to play alongside these guys. Speaking

:18:00. > :18:06.of world wins, the hair is looking well! Thanks very much.

:18:07. > :18:20.The table makes a little better reading for Ulster.

:18:21. > :18:28.Kyle McCall, this evening, why man of the match? He looks like Chris

:18:29. > :18:36.Henry's younger brother were the better looking nose! I think his

:18:37. > :18:44.work great... He was up against Willem Nel, I 9 tight head prop, he

:18:45. > :18:47.did so well. It is just reward. In the last couple of weeks he has come

:18:48. > :18:52.into the fray and he has been exceptional. We did a player watch

:18:53. > :18:58.in the first-half and his ball -- tackle count was immense. His

:18:59. > :19:08.ability to get up and offer himself was really, really impressive. Take

:19:09. > :19:12.the injuries into account the night, the weather, it was not pretty at

:19:13. > :19:18.times in the second half, but Ulster did enough to hang on and win the

:19:19. > :19:24.game, which was very important. Some of the guys did to take a bit of

:19:25. > :19:28.credit, Chris Henry, Rob Herring. They are missing a lot of

:19:29. > :19:32.leadership. Rory Best had a week off so they needed these people to step

:19:33. > :19:38.up. That Edinburgh team on paper is a good side. I think it was a good

:19:39. > :19:42.all-round performance by Ulster. As you rightly said, key players stood

:19:43. > :19:48.up and did the job. Our scrum was under the pump for quite a bit. Nick

:19:49. > :19:51.Williams took control of that as a number eight should do. He got us

:19:52. > :20:06.out of jail on a couple of occasions. A couple of key players

:20:07. > :20:09.just did things at the right time. Crucially, Ulster were able to hang

:20:10. > :20:15.on one Edinburgh got themselves back into the game with their try. They

:20:16. > :20:19.did. They easily could have made another couple of mistakes, like

:20:20. > :20:22.they did against Saracens. And they played against Saracens at the made

:20:23. > :20:28.one mistake, they made another and another. Good Ulster defence the

:20:29. > :20:32.whole way through that second half. Apart from the try, Edinburgh did

:20:33. > :20:37.not really get another sniff. That is testament to the boys. It is all

:20:38. > :20:44.about workrate, getting up off the deck and getting back into the line.

:20:45. > :20:49.I think that is all that Edinburgh deserved tonight, that tried. We did

:20:50. > :20:53.get guilty of a bit of ball watching. They will look at the

:20:54. > :20:59.video here and say, don't travel across, keep your spacing. It was a

:21:00. > :21:07.lovely kick from the number ten, in fairness. They did well. Let's hear

:21:08. > :21:11.from the Ulster direct of rugby, Les Kiss. How significant was that when

:21:12. > :21:15.the night? It was pretty special when you take into account what

:21:16. > :21:20.happened. Nick Williams had to go and the number eight, we lost Roger

:21:21. > :21:25.today with a back spasm and then the injuries through the game, guys

:21:26. > :21:32.playing out of position. They toughed it out. It is significant,

:21:33. > :21:36.we knew it was. Hopefully we have given the fans were thereafter. It

:21:37. > :21:40.was a special effort. It does not get any easier, three big games

:21:41. > :21:44.coming up. We need to assess our injuries. I think we might have a

:21:45. > :21:50.couple of long-term injuries. What you saw tonight, the boys will

:21:51. > :21:54.rebound is and we have enough in terms of resources that we are

:21:55. > :22:01.trying to build. We will try not to be too down about it. You mentioned

:22:02. > :22:06.the strength of the squad, young Kyle McCall was man of the match

:22:07. > :22:15.tonight. He was superb. I thought Rob Herring was tremendous, as was

:22:16. > :22:20.Clive Ross. We need to build those options, so really happy. Thank you.

:22:21. > :22:24.Thank you. Les Kiss says the strength of this squad will be

:22:25. > :22:36.tested. What he wanted to see the note was character. Great character

:22:37. > :22:40.shown by the team and that is what they were made in the next few

:22:41. > :22:46.weeks. Big game on Friday night against Toulouse. That'll be a

:22:47. > :22:51.special night for a lot of reasons. Personally, for me, I know what is

:22:52. > :22:57.coming up. Toulouse are a fantastic brand in the rugby world. The guys

:22:58. > :23:04.will need to up their game yet again. After Saracens, they will

:23:05. > :23:08.want a better performance. Stephen and Andy, thank you both very much

:23:09. > :23:13.indeed. You can hear live commentary, Ulster against Toulouse,

:23:14. > :23:20.in the European Champions Cup from 7:30pm on BBC Radio Ulster. Tonight,

:23:21. > :23:22.it took awhile to get there, but in the end of very worthwhile

:23:23. > :23:25.conclusion. From all of us, goodbye.