Zebre v Ulster Ulster Rugby Live

STUDIO: The race is on for a place in the top four. Ulster have three

games left, against Zebre, and Leinster and the Ospreys, to make it

into the play-offs, today they need to make it two from two, against the

Italians. One big name is back for this

crucial match, Tommy Bowe returns from injury, first game of the

season for him. It is Ulster Rugby live, and it is a must win match.

Welcome to Round 20 of the Pro12, joining us, good afternoon to

Stephen Ferris and Maurice Field, before we chat, let's see how this

weekend is shaping up, thence to have already beaten Edinburgh this

weekend, 30-23, Edinburgh getting a crucial losing bonus point.

The outcome of the Scarlet is against Glasgow game, very important

to Ulster today, this is what has happened so far, Scarlet leading

15-10, Finn Russell scoring all of the Glasgow points, first try after

just six minutes, then he added another one after 25 minutes, just a

short time ago, Liam Williams touched down for Llanelli Scarlets,

which means that it is a 5-point game, all to play for. Leaving the

table currently looking like this. As it stands. Taking into account,

we assume that Glasgow will continue to beat Llanelli Scarlets. This is

what the table will look like. The chance today to make it into the

play-off place. We have a really good chance, we have got to get

across the line against Zebre today, that has proven harder in the past

than anybody had expected, but we have the team to do this. We need

the platform, from the boys ahead of them, and it is great to see Tommy

Bowe back on the team sheet, hopefully we can get across the

line. We play the numbers game at the start but probably number six is

the most important. Ulster still battling for a place in the top six

and important qualification. That is what it is all about, no European

qualification, no marquee signings, no revenue, no sponsors, not the

best people to challenge. It is important that they keep themselves

in the run. Looking for a fourth place finish, thinking about

Biarritz. Glasgow, beating scholars, probably a good result for Ulster

Rugby. Every Ulster Rugby fan wants the Glasgow Warriors to win! We

don't usually say that. It is difficult to get a result. At the

moment, they need to concentrate on themselves, three cup finals, the

next three games. In the media in the week, Liam Henderson talked

about taking it one game at a time but I fully expect them to go out

there, 20 degrees, at the minute, not like Belfast! Hopefully if they

can get to five points, that is what everybody wants. Do you think that a

bonus point win is absolutely crucial? Yes, you need 57, 58 points

to make the top four, the platform must be set, exciting players, Tommy

Bowe, we have the midfield, Luke Marshall... They have the tools out

there to get the bonus point win. Thank you very much. 20-10, the

Glasgow, against Scarlet. Look out for the special feature with Paddy

Jackson. For the moment, sit back and enjoy the first half.

COMMENTATOR: Good afternoon, from Parma, Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi,.

Just one change today in the Ulster pack, Roger Wilson winning his 204th

cap, and Franco van der Merwe winning his 50th cap for Ulster.

Just a couple of changes behind the scrum, the most significant, the

return of Tommy Bowe, first game this year, Stuart Olding taking over

in the middle of the park from the injured Stuart McCloskey. Otherwise,

as you were, all international pact division.

-- packed. Three changes upfront, in the front row, from South Africa,

Jean Cook, in a very useful looking back row. The captain once again,

the vast experience Quintin Geldenhuys. At half-backs, playing

in all four games in the most recent World Cup, Guglielmo Palazzani. And

after Glasgow at the end of the season, one of their midfield men.

Matteo Pratichetti, back, as well. The referee, Nigel Owens, he did the

most recent World Cup final armour refereeing his 133rd Pro12 game.

Ulster are in their change strip of blue. A bit ominous paps, last time

they wore that was here, you may remember, Fitzpatrick got himself

sent off, Ulster did not fare particularly well that day. Jean

Cook taking it and making ground. Guglielmo Palazzani getting it away,

not the greatest pass in the world, Carlo Canna, tall and leggy, putting

the boot to it. Jared Payne on the counter. Brushing aside the first

tackle. Go forward for Ulster. Pienaar. Callum Black, celebrating

his 100th appearance with a try against Glasgow. Delicate chip, not

delicate enough, the wind is treacherous on that far side, that

is the only error, they cannot afford to make those.

CO-COMMENTATOR: Good afternoon, everybody, tremendous playing

conditions. Asking the question, should we be playing rugby here? If

it means a move to Italy, probably, I would not say no to that! First

line-out, Callum Black. Back goes Franco Manda now, big day for him,

50 caps for his adopted Ulster. -- Franco van der Merwe. Good call. Set

up again, tight head prop, both props involved early on. Good try

from the men in blue, first time they have all the outfits this

season. Ulster very nearly giving away the intercept. Craig Gilroy has

come away. That looked like a high tackle. Into the Zebre half once

again. Little step and a spiral, and now, Tommy Bowe, getting his teeth

into the game. Likewise, this fellow, Ian Henderson.

He has pain with him. What a start for the Ulsterman. Ruan Pienaar,

half-backs partner, Paddy Jackson, and that was exquisite. Beautiful

heads up rugby from Ulster, already we see the benefit of having Ian

Anderson back. I couple of early ball-carriers. Reducing quick ball.

It is Jackson on the wraparound. Spotting the whole. Right through.

Picks out Ruan Pienaar, he goes under the posts, great start. Paddy

Jackson wasting no time. Adding in the extra points. What a start for

the visitors. 7-0 up. Zebre play with the wind advantage, they will

have to manage what they can do with the ball. Perhaps we will see more

of a ball in hand approach. Ruan Pienaar, licking it between the

opposition posts. Well taken in by Tommy Bowe. Meant to be on the

bench. Rather nasty tummy bug. Drafted straight into the starting

15. All-too-familiar. Nice little sidestep. Ulster looking to play

heads up rugby, as they call it. Good defending by Zebre. Change by

Zebre, nicely done, this could be interesting. Extra man or two.

Outside centre. Well tackled by Ulster Rugby. Ulster do well once

again, great steel by Rory Best. Marshall kicks, and that is a better

one. -- steal Set up nicely for Zebre.

Nice kick by him, right by the tramlines, judging that perfectly.

The danger, given the conditions, and the pitch is firm and fast,

sucked into the approach, already we have seen it quite early on. With

that approach, high risk as well. Turnover rugby is very dangerous.

Ulster Rugby's line-out... Sean Reidy, again. Treacherous wind. Rory

Best may be thinking about going to the front of the line-up. With Pete

Brown, he has the scrum protector, the head protector, he waiting

there. Nigel... Don't you come in pushing, and don't close the space.

Is that clear? Nigel Owens telling of Callum Black, for trying to

orchestrate the line-out. Taken it down at the front. Outcomes best.

Slow ball, Pienaar... Does not put much distance on that. Craig Gilroy

got himself offside. Dion Berryman thought about taking

it quickly, I'm pretty sure they will go into the corner. Quintin

Geldenhuys, making up his mind, outside-half. Can he have a go at

the post? No, into the corner, right decision. Yes, given the wind, it is

treacherous, blustery... Bloody, as well, it does not have the same

consistency, drops and then picks up. From a Zebre point of view, that

is a pretty straightforward decision. Having morning coffee in

the middle of the delightful city of Parma, we recorded the temperature

at 23 degrees. Great summer 's day back at home. Well taken, the

line-out, Ulster Rugby will have to defend from here, they will try to

rumble. One of the new international caps in this side, slipping it back.

Guglielmo Palazzani has it. They have got the try. They have

responded immediately. Ulster will have to work much harder at the set

piece are they going to do something today. It was the half-backs,

Guglielmo Palazzani, who has brought them back within two points of

Ulster. Always a little bit too easy for Zebre, Ulster dig in but it is a

containment job rather than any disruption. Around the corner...

Holding... Blocking off... Getting the diminutive scrum-half over, when

a we see Zebre, well over six foot four... Line-outs is going to be

interesting for Ulster this afternoon, especially defensively.

Ulster conceding quite a bit in terms of height and weight. Zebre

back... Chance of the scores being levels, if Carlo Canna can get this

one over, big, tall, leggy fella, but this is a difficult one, but he

does give it a fair old boot. Part of the World Cup campaign last

autumn. Slipped a wee bit... It might come in, that is a very good

kick indeed. Last time out, Zebre when 7-0 down to Glasgow Warriors,

came back to 7-7, only ended with 14-7 before they were put away,

Ulster will have to do something similar. In the opening seven

minutes we have seen the way that both teams play. Fast and loose.

Zebre, playing with the forward, very structured.

Hanging nicely, in the breeze. Ulster Rugby have a hand to it.

Zebre have won the ball on the ground, no, they have not, Ulster

come away with it. Rory Best, now Tommy Bowe. The man who is Glasgow

bound next year, Leonardo Sarto, one of the stars of the Italian side in

the recent Six Nations. Callum Black making good running. Clever pass.

Sniffing a bit of a gap. Goes through it. Ulster Rugby on the

front foot, inside the ten metre line. Again, outside-half, Roger

Wilson. Pienaar, holding looking to change direction. Might be a gap.

The Zebre skipper brings him down, Callum Black, clever... Very

quickly. Always happy about that. Roger Wilson, 204th game, Pienaar

looking to come this side. Franco van der Merwe, judged by the

referee, Nigel Owens, to be holding the ball for too long. Shows the

referee that he has the release, and makes the decision very easy.

Whenever Ulster attack, they have got a couple, at 13 at and 12, each

making the decision to shoot over the line.

The opening break, same defensive structure, need to find some space.

Cook made the initial tackle and got himself into the right body position

to affect the penalty. Bit untidy, but he took his eye off the ball

there... Matteo Pratichetti, and we are going to have the first

scrummage of the game. Sometimes you wonder whether the best thing to do

is to score, in the first couple of minutes, does it give you a full

sense of security? Maybe, certainly from an Ulster Rugby perspective,

that early score would have settled any nerves... 11 minutes gone.

Conditions perfect. Ulster conceding. I'll stop against an all

international front row. Solid looking scrummage. Wilson making it

set up nicely. Owens nearly getting in the way. Gets away with it,

nicely done, and looking like a high tackle. Inside. Ulster Rugby inside

the 22. He has his hand out the penalty no matter what happens.

Jackson, van der Merwe. Away... Looking for try number eight of the

season, Gilroy. Great bit of passage of play. Ian Henderson driving the

line. Half a metre short. Pienaar again, Rory Best, scoring one week

ago. A fortnight ago at Ravenhill. Once again. Jackson, inside to Tommy

Bowe... He's right through... The arch poacher strikes, straightaway!

Certainly far from match fitness, but the brain, and that alertness,

still there, what a good score. Great play, running the lines so

well. Such a clever player. Just a little bit of top end speed. Runs

those of the lines... Look at the effectiveness, shrugging off the

second row, containing balance, going through. Just cannot buy that,

in terms of the experience, need has been doing it for years. Lovely

little shoulder dip, ambling through. Like he was going out for

the Sunday newspapers! Nicely done from Pienaar, of the scrum,

attacking the macro zebra -- Zebre defensive line. Good work. Jared

Payne Bosch older, it was him who led to this speed of breakdown,

quick release, also getting chance to move wide. Tommy pokes through

under the posts. Paddy Jackson has the conversion. Similar pattern to

the game against Glasgow, one week ago, for Zebre. 14-7. Good value,

playing some nice rugby. Given the conditions, classic, in terms of how

they want to approach the game. This is how they enjoy playing rugby.

Stephen Ferris mentioned before the game, a backline such as theirs,

given the people they have available, it is ideal for them.

Glorious afternoon in this wonderful stadium, Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi,

another veteran Italian forward, Valerio Bernabo. And this is Carlo

Canna, one of the new breed. It was Valerio Bernabo himself who got up

and knocked it on, that is going to be a scrum to Ulster. Really should

have made sure of it, not leaving it to chance. That is absolutely

essential. Big faux pas of Ulster this year. It has cost them point,

many occasions. After they have scored, they have taken their foot

off the pedal. On that occasion, it should have been cleared. Roger

Wilson... Get the ball away when I tell you to use it, that seems to be

what Nigel Owens is saying. Almost 15 minutes played. When we last

heard, Glasgow were leading scholars, 20-10, if that continues,

and Ulster win this one, Ulster will move into the top four. -- Glasgow

were leading Scarlet 's. Most importantly of all, you have got to

finish in the top six to be assured of a finish in the Champions Cup

next season. -- Scarlets. Whatever has been going on with this

one, it has taken ages to get together. Good contingent of

travelling Ulster supporters, as always, making plenty of nice, as

always, wide pass. Second receiver. What a great pass. Gilroy... Brushes

off the tackle of Dion Berryman, the New Zealander. Dropped out of it.

Zebre give away the penalty for not rolling in the tackle. Handling by

Ulster, interesting. Multiple options... You see Stuart Olding

stepping in, and Paddy Jackson employed... More of a midfield

role... As a good depth to his pass, in terms of speed and accuracy, on

that occasion, going clear down the left-hand side. Jackson has added in

difficult conditions a very nice dink in kick, down to the Zebre 22.

16 minutes gone. -- dinking. Paddy Jackson, more than 30 Irish

international caps, only played one game in the most recent World Cup.

-- 13 Irish international cap. Ulster get their heads down, and the

backs are parallel to the ground, trying to shun forward. Van der

Merwe, losing his head protector, Roger Wilson doing a good bit of

clearing out. Here comes Pienaar. Nicely done. Back inside to Craig

Gilroy, gets away from the first tackle. Good work by Gilroy, Pienaar

again, little slip to Henderson. Set it back nicely, another try in the

offing. Jackson runs wide. Not quite sure who that was meant for. Zebre

have got it away, missed tackle, this is the last man you want to

pass it to, Leonardo Sarto, probably the quickest man on the park, big

gap spotted by Guglielmo Palazzani. Well covered by holding. -- Stuart

Olding. The try scorer, Guglielmo Palazzani... Moving it wide. Number

eight in the corresponding game, in Belfast, six or seven weeks ago,

Federico Ruzza. Gap... Skipper... Calvin Hayes, an enormous man, six

foot eight, six foot nine. And there are loads of white shirts out here,

and that should have been given. Knocked forward. That was a real

scoring chance, butchered. Sean Reidy tackling hard. They come back

for the scrum. How did Zebre not school? Tommy Bowe, injured as well,

going wide, if the pass had come early. Ricky Loughlin made the

important pass. Incredible try scoring opportunity, other than this

extra rugby corner. Poorly executed chip pass. From their, Zebre turned

the game on their head, going to the feet. A vastly experienced official,

used to be a referee, they are looking to see if there was pulling

back some stage, and then the tackle by Oliviero Fabiani. On Sean Reidy,

a legal one. So we are going to look at both of those. First of all, the

pull-back. And as a pull-back, that could be a professional foul. This

is the quick ball coming back. And we have Mateja patted Seti -- Matteo

Pratichetti. I don't know if you can Pienaar lies that. The pass is

forward. -- penalise. Contact made, yes contact has been made I don't

think he would have picked up the pass, the poor ball, it is going

forward, and we see Ricky making the tackle, just doing enough. I want to

look at the tackle made by number two, white. OK I shall send it to

you. Is waiting to see the other one, he may give us a double-header.

I hope he has good eyesight, the screen years looking at is about 100

yards away, and it is not the biggest to start with, anyway! Yes,

we... Half decent monitors here, but... Courtesy of our Italian

colleagues, they have been working all afternoon to get things up and

running, when it works, it is wonderful. He's telling him, it is

coming, it is coming. There is not forward, that was going to warn the

scrummage, the ball is loose... Who picked it up? Franco van der Merwe

picked it up first of all, somebody came in... Nothing wrong with

that... That was the tackle on him. Nigel asking for it to be played on.

Sean Reidy gathered it in from the backward pass by Franco van der

Merwe, and did Oliviero Fabiani go in with a no arms tackle? Somebody

did... I think it was Matteo Pratichetti, that is a penalty, but

it will supersede what may be the previous penalty! I cannot see from

that angle. OK, we will check against quite the referee says he

cannot see from that angle... Karl Lowe is going to have another look

at it and see if we can get another angle. The whole process is so slow.

Really, the screen... Minuscule in the extreme. Telling us there is no

other angle for the second one, Carlo Damasco. I think that he's

just going to tell people to behave themselves. There is a pulling back

there, are we showing it there now? There is a pull-back, check if it is

a no arms tackle, I cannot see nothing wrong with that, pictures

down here are not showing me anything, I have looked, I'm going

to go back, because it was obstruction. Penalty against Ulster,

for Franco van der Merwe, taking out the tsar brat -- Zebre midfielder

without the ball. Even with the pictures that were there, spot on,

making it difficult, may speed up the game. That will keep the game a

little bit quicker. Only one screen across the other

side of the field, almost the full length of the field, given the angle

from Nigel Owens, quite small, not terribly good. In the meantime,

resulted from a penalty, for Zebre. Carlo Canna, adding the conversion,

earlier on. The gap is only four. Straightforward, produced rate

forward from there. 18 minutes gone. Nicely struck. Putting Zebre into

double figures. Ulster Rugby have been warned. Leonardo Sarto,

certainly that all of the backline. If you take your eye from him, he

will cut you open. Ulster have been warned. Can they challenge the

restart kick? Fairly longish. Jean Cook is underneath it, the tackle is

by Tommy Bowe. Charged down. Gathered in by Carlo Canna, running

into a couple of blue shirted Ulsterman. Straight into touch,

Ulster line-out, they did not do too badly from the restart, not a lot of

territory but they have possession. I would like to see more

competition, exceedingly good kick by Jackson, held for a long time in

the wind, even with its holding, they were still off the pace. When

it landed, the 22. Perhaps more impetus needed to get into the air

and win back the ball. Ulster going to the seven man

line-out with Wilson at the front. Up goes Pete Browne, and that was a

complete pains. Roger Wilson turned his back and Rory Best bounced it

off his backside. Jean Cook, very aggressive, only 24 years old, from

Pietermaritzburg in South Africa, a former South African schools player.

Gone wide, looking for Berryman, who is very quick. Kayle van Zyl,

another South African. Play on, said the referee. It was the Ulster

line-out. Tommy Bowe wanting to take it down the far side. Jared Payne

gets away from the first tackle. Ulster, still stuck in second gear

at the moment after scoring two very good tries. Stuart Olding, a pretty

horrible pass and well taken by Sean Reidy, down and up in one movement.

Referred to Chris Henry today. Pienaar, kicking for position. All

the way back towards Sarto. He has kept it in. Back to Van Zyl. The

wind has held it up and Ulster are back inside the Zebre ten metre

line. Into the second quarter, Zebre 10-14 Ulster. More composure needed

by Ulster and it is Pienaar who gives it on this occasion with a

beautiful grubber kick," the end and Zebre clear their lines. But you are

right, a bit of sloppiness creeping into their play and again, looking

to go to wide, too early, perhaps. Maybe they should be taking it up

the guts of the Zebre midfielder bit more. They need to get this line-out

right and they have done. Van der Merwe. Pienaar. It went backwards

and Olding makes good ground. Henderson. Jackson. Beautiful pass.

Gilroy with a chip chase. Well covered, though by Van Zyl.

Palazzani is there quickly. Taken on by the big flanker, Frederica

Roussow. South African born, of Italian parentage. -- Federico

Ruzza. Palazzani to clear the lines. Was that touched by Jared Payne?

From an Ulster perspective, I hope not but it was. He could not resist

having a little nibble at it and perhaps regret it because it will be

a throw to Zebre. I'm not sure if it was him, maybe somebody at the ruck,

seem to take a deflection as it went over the top. But once again,

Jackson fizzing the ball around. He has it on a string out there today.

He has picked out Gilroy a few times with the flat ball, and Gilroy

getting plenty of space. Taken by Bernabo at the front of the Zebre

line-out. Ulster, trying to squeeze them towards the touchline.

Palazzani. A few men over. Cook runs into Reidy. Well taken by Sean

Reidy. Ulster will get the put into the scrum which is good work by

Reidy. Yes but again, from Cook's point of view, don't lead with the

ball into contact. He did, there, and Reidy stripped it all too easily

from an Ulster perspective. That is the kind of technical issue that the

coach will be tearing his hair out about. 23 minutes gone. Good

attacking scrummage for Ulster. They will have options on both sides,

maybe on the -- mainly on the openside. Gilroy is on the left.

Pienaar is having a little look to his left to see where Craig Gilroy

is. A big, strong Zebre front row.

Ceccarelli won his first and only Italian cap so far against Ireland

in the recent Six Nations. Ulster, shunting forward. Wilson.

Pienaar on the narrow side, a chip through and here comes Gilroy, and

he gathers and he is going to score! What a try by Ulster, their third in

23 minutes. Andrew and Pienaar's kick could not have been more

perfect. -- and Ruan Pienaar's. Gilroy scores, he and Tommy Bowe

have this unerring ability, their strike rate is quite phenomenal.

Ulster have proved an proved down the left-hand side. Pienaar puts the

ball through an shoulder to shoulder with Berryman, who I think goes down

a bit easily but Gilroy was in the right place at the right time once

again, happy to pick up the pieces and. It down for five points. Jared

Payne right on his shoulders and it would have been him if not Gilroy

but that is you were's eighth try of the current campaign. He's having a

good season in terms of tries goring for Ulster. Ulster have obviously

done their homework because they have seen something in the way that

Berryman defence because all of the attacking play from first phase is

going from the Ulster right, down the left-hand channel. Gilroy looks

as though he has the beating of his man all-day long.

Jackson, to keep his perfectly clean record going this afternoon. A

solider of contact and the flags go up and Jackson, once again, has

judged it very nicely. Three tries, three conversions. Macro 10-21

Ulster. From Les Kiss' perspective, it does not get much better than

what we have seen in this opening 25 minutes. Three quarters of the way

to the bonus point, and potentially nearly all the way there in terms of

the win. Canna with the restart, plenty of hype and can Ulster deal

with it? Yes, Tommy Bowe deals with it, nobody better. Reidy. Enterprise

again from the men in blue. Jared Payne. Pienaar set it up. Jackson,

flats to big Pete Browne. Well taken by Ceccarelli. He now. Jackson with

a handoff, running into Pala Deeney. -- Pala Deeney. Pienaar looking to

come down the near side and that is a clever kick. Underneath it is

Canna, back in the Ulster side, taken on well by Brown. He needs to

control it and he has done, Rory Best at scrum-half. Van der Merwe.

Gilroy twinkles again. A dummy from Henderson. Pienaar. Jackson. Change

is the angle completely. -- changes the angle. Play it back quickly and

Rory Best in rapidly. Reidy, who has scored four tries this year from

openside flanker in the league. The referee has given a penalty against

Zebre for being obviously offside at the ruck and I'm pretty sure Ulster

will go to the corner, Tony. Yes, I think so, just listening to Nigel

Owens giving his explanation, and Pienaar is going to prod this into

the corner but already, we seize Abra macro on their hands and knees,

some of the forwards, and the pace with which Ulster are lit -- zipping

the ball about, they are not letting Zebre contestable because they can't

get into the breakdown to slow Ulster down but the width Ulster are

putting into the game, Zebre are finding it difficult, moving side to

side to get their defensive line restructured. Just under 13 minutes

until the interval and Ulster are one try away from the bonus point

and what a big boost that would be. Priority, of course, is top six, and

the preference would be top four. A looping fro, Paul. -- throw, poor.

That is going to be a Zebre scrum. You can't make errors like that. A

couple of dodgy once Ron Mori, the first Roger Wilson after he turned

his back and that did not look as though it came out of the hand

properly. He was throwing it into the wind as well but it did not get

the release on it. And nobody tractors is more and more often than

Rory Best at throwing. -- and nobody practices macro more and more often.

The wind is still blowing, probably in zebra's favour. -- Zebre's

favour. Ricky Lutton on the Ulster tight head side to get the squeeze

on and that is a good bit of scrummaging by Ricky Lutton, nice,

straight back by the tight head. Zebre in all kinds of trouble and

Ulster have done well at the set piece. Can they turn it over? No,

they can't at the moment. Zebre have do bring it in field to give Canna a

better angle. Palazzini has got back into his normal position and he's

going to kick the ball. And that is going to be an Ulster line-out but

what a good Ulster scrummage. Yes, very good from Callum Black, with a

few extra was power provided by Iain Henderson behind them. Henderson,

for a back row forward, scrummage is very hard and low. It has been

noticeable early on that Ulster have used him deliberately behind Ricky

Lutton, to give him a bit of extra confidence, to get himself into the

game. He's up against Andrea Lovotti, who has been the Italian

first choice loosehead, and certainly, Lutton has also started

the game well. Terrific back position from Ricky Lutton. Rory

Best, much better. Van der Merwe and Rory Best comes round, flat, to

Stuart Olding who gets away from Bernabo. It has come back on the

Zebre side. A bit of carelessness and they get it wide to the

full-back, Van Zyl. Tommy Bowe with the tackle. Luke Marshall in there

as well, foraging. Slow ball coming back from Zebre. As that gone into

touch? Not quite. Olding. -- Palazzini. Taken on by his skipper.

Tommy Bowe. Paddy Jackson. Jared Payne.

Tries to get outside Andrea Lovotti. Somebody needs to go into that and

-- for that and it is Pienaar. Nicely done by Olding into Tommy

Bowe. Jackson has a little glance, don't know about the kick about

Henderson. Reidy. Pete Browne, good work by him. Set up nicely. Someone

has to control the ball. Pienaar, Jackson again misses out Van der

Merwe. Callum Black with Ricky Lutton Outside In. Pienaar, probing

again. Roger Wilson. -- outside him. 204 Ulster Caps plus 117 Northampton

Saints, Wilson, an outstanding senior club record. Pete Browne, by

Luke Marshall. Good continuity by Ulster. Henderson, low and

purposeful. Pienaar again looking for the narrow side. Is it to Black

who again puts it heads down. -- gives it. He is rolled but that was

legal. Van der Merwe into his opposite number, Bernabo. Ulster to

go left. Jackson to Payne. A bit flat. Gilroy. Olding, lovely little

step. Tommy Bowe off the left wing. He makes good ground and gets it to

Payne who to did wonderfully behind him with one hand. Once again,

Ulster putting on the pressure. Could not quite get the pass away.

This could be interesting. All the way back goes Luke Marshall and he

does not want Berryman to get it and he has done well, Luke Marshall, and

kicked cleverly. That is going to sit up, not make the dead-ball line

all the goal-line, anyway. Palazzini. Van Zyl. Canna to clear.

And that will be an Ulster line-out on the far side. Eight minutes to

go, Ulster leading by 11 clear points. Well played, Luke Marshall.

It looked as though Berryman had the run on him but he read the bounce

well and then used good footwork and a bit of pace to dig himself out of

the hole. Once again, as you said, Ulster going through the phases

well. Roger Wilson caught himself a bit flat of the pass from Ricky

Lutton otherwise he was threw a huge hole. Ulster, really going to town

on the zebra pack in the loose at the minute, working them from side

to side and plenty of space out here. And Ulster have a pretty dated

looking bench with players like Robbie Diack and Chris Henry, Paul

Marshall and Darren Cave in the back division to come on. Tommy Bowe,

incidentally, top of the Pro12 try scoring list with his 63rd, his 45th

for Ulster in this competition today. He made quite a few for spray

is, remember. Pienaar to Henderson, very nearly up to full steam and

still going. Gave it away cheaply and rather carelessly, Henderson.

John Cook takes it on. -- Jean Cook. The two flankers, working together.

Palazzini and Canna with no option but to kick. That might go a long

way. Jared Payne, just dotting it down for the 22, to Ulster with

seven minutes to go. Nigel Owens saying to Jared Payne, "That was

only just moving", and Jared Payne said, "Never in doubt, referee", or

words to that effect! He's relieved. He's breathing heavily as well.

Ulster have been probing, and Zebre, the outside-half defender with

broken play, usually forward but that inside pass which Tommy Bowe

scored from, Henderson nearly found a way through on this occasion.

Aberdeen by Kayle van Zyl. A little chip gathered by Sean Reidy. He

needs someone with him and he's got Olding. Actor Reidy. Franco van der

Merwe. -- back to Reidy. Stuart Olding. This is a great chance for

Ulster to get the bonus point try. Reidy. Could not get it away, just a

bit overdone. Zebre offside. I don't think there's any point in Ulster

going for the three point is there? Not really, no but they made a bit

of a mess of that. When Sean Reidy picked it up, it was three against

one for Ulster and it was a case of someone pinning their ears back and

going to the line but it was passing to each other instead of someone

putting their foot to the metal and getting over the try line. They

conspired to make a mess of it in the end. A bit of a delay, a

stoppage because someone is injured. Has Rory Best opted for the scrum?

Stuart Olding has looked very, very dangerous this afternoon as well.

Nice to see him back at inside centre. I think that is potentially

his best position. His footwork is second to none. Really starting to

probe in and around Pratichetti's inside shoulder and finding a lot of

space. I thought he had given a penalty against Zebre but he

indicated it was a scrum to them and maybe they are not as upright as I

thought. In fact, it is an Ulster scrum. Can they get the right

shoulder on to release Roger Wilson on the near side? Will they go to

the openside? Here we go, Olding with the sidestep, strong, set it

up. Pienaar. Wilson steps back of the left leg. Ulster, churning

forward. Pienaar again, taken on hard by big Pete Browne. Pienaar.

Wilson, looking for a rare try, but leaves it behind. Pienaar, better

ball from Ulster, Pienaar looking for a second on the Ulster bonus

point. Held up a metre short. Very nearly turned over by Zebre.

REFEREE: It is a bit of a 50-50. I am not going to Pina lies one over

the other. Ulster will get the scrum right on the Zebre line with four

minutes remaining. They really need to be thinking about scoring from

this one, don't they? Yes, they would love to have four tries in the

bag before half-time. Ruan Pienaar getting onto his back. I think he

thought he could roll it over and let his momentum take it over the

line but the Zebre defenders did well to snuff it out. A bit of a

stoppage as a Zebre player gets one of the treatment and a lot of them

are standing with hands on hips and blowing and puffing, such has been

the pace of this game. Ulster, Johnny Davis has this side in tiptop

condition. Absolutely and don't underestimate how warm it is out

there, it is seriously warm. There's been very few breaks in play and

opportunities to get water on board which again takes its effect. You

made a valid point earlier, Ulster have a lot of pace on the bench and

certainly, I would imagine on 50, 55 minutes, we will see most of those

players coming on and injecting some more velocity into this Ulster

attack. A bunch of very jolly Ulster supporters this morning, including

the former Ulster and Ireland video, John Martin, who was the physio when

they won the European cup in 1999 and him and a bunch of guys flew

over from Dublin first thing and they are having a pretty jolly

weekend by the sound and sites of things this morning. Stay out of the

way later if John Martin is involved! We will be on the plane

home by then. Everything seems to be fine and the clock has restarted.

Well, they have started the clock before Nigel Owens has said... The

clock should have stopped and now it. Again. A big scrum for Ulster,

they will be looking to score from this. It has been a good set piece

so far. Good, solid back by Ricky Lutton, against the current

international Italian loosehead prop, great work by Ricky Lutton and

the Ulster front row and now it is grabbing around and Wilson lost

control of it, penalty against Zebre. I'm pretty sure Ulster will

take another scrum from there. REFEREE: Not driving square, Zebre.

That is what Nigel Owens thinks. Alan Clark will be loving the ball

position in there, nice and low, chasing the feet underneath you,

good control from Roger Wilson at the back. It was quite evident early

on, Ruan Pienaar put the ball in and dropped four or five yards directly

behind the scrum because he knew the forwards would have a shove at that.

They might have another one. 21-10 would be a pretty decent half-time

lead for Ulster. 26-10 or 28-10 would be even better. It is

important they keep concentrating here, Jim.

Well, I'm afraid that Ceccarelli and Andrea Lovotti were taking that down

a little bit. Lovotti on the Lucent side. The big issue with this is

that two or three reset scrums takes 60 seconds, maybe 90, which will

take you post to the half-time whistle. Do you think Zebre have not

noticed that? I think they have but that should in courage Ulster to get

the ball in and out quicker, rather than letting it lie in their and

potentially letting the reset occur. -- in there. Another penalty against

Zebre, taken quickly by Ulster. Olding. Pienaar. Paddy Jackson.

Jared Payne. Payne, back inside. Kept in by Jackson, who is taken by

Palazzini. Still there, for Ulster, if they can conjure something up

now. Pete Browne did well to scoop up a rather sloppy pass. Still

there, for the men in blue. Callum Black, Ricky Lutton and Rory Best,

the front row trundling forward. Wider to Payne. A bit of obstruction

but the referee says play on. The tackle had been made before the

crossing occurred. Good refereeing by Nigel Owens. That is why he is

the best. Zebre making life difficult for Ulster at the Bay

ground -- breakdown. It is not coming back quickly or cleanly. Now

they have it. Pienaar to his fellow spring, Van der Merwe. -- Springbok

full stop Pienaar again. Rory Best in the outside-half position, helped

by Pete Browne. A bit more zip in this one. Jackson, nicely done,

Gilroy gets away, looking for a second. Ulster, two or three metres

away. Penalty coming to Ulster. Luke Marshall steps back inside and

again, the referee still playing advantage to the men in blue. Head

down, driving for the line, Van der Merwe. Surely the try must come?

Henderson. Tommy Bowe gets it away and this is the try! Nicely worked,

Jared Payne on the narrow side. REFEREE: No attempt to release, off

you go, please. Ulster have a try and Palazzini, the man who scored

the Zebre try has also been been so a double blow for the home side.

Great hands by Tommy Bowe, composure by Ulster, happy to go through the

phases. Tommy Bowe has been there many times before. The slight of

hand, you almost did not see the transfer coming through. Great

refereeing by Nigel Owens, Palazzini quite clearly made a tackle early,

lent over the ball and stopped the quick release. Eventually Ulster

scored but Nigel Owens ayes judgment, going back through a

couple of phases and giving him a yellow card, which will give Ulster

an even bigger Filipe at the start of the second half. -- an even

bigger Filipe. It's not been bad for Ulster but from conceding a try,

they have rattled off four tries so the bonus point is in the bag. It is

now a question of pressing him the victory and the superiority. --

pressing home. The toughest conversion Jackson has had so far in

this game. And when he kicks this, that will be the end of what has

been a pretty decent first half in Italy. , who have oftentimes

struggled in this part of the world. -- in Italy for Ulster. A nasty,

swirling breeze for Jackson. It may drift across the front and he's just

overcompensated, a rather dull thump and he knew he did not make the

contact but Ulster with four tries in the bag, must be pretty happy

about the opening 40. They've done everything asked of them, Jim.

They've been efficient, good with ball in hand. Yes, they've made a

few mistakes but they've been prepared to have a cup that it which

has been the enjoyable thing to see. Nice to see Jared Payne getting a

try because he could have had three in the first half, had a couple of

others taken off his thing tips by Tommy Bowe and Craig Gilroy and no

more than he deserves, the touchdown at the end of the first half. I'm

sure Ulster will want to press home disadvantage. Not a bad opening 40

minutes for them, despite conceding a try, they scored tries through

Ruan Pienaar, Tommy Bowe and Craig are wherewith his eighth of the

season and at the end of the first half, from Jared Payne. Paddy

Jackson kicked three conversions. At half-time in Italy, it is Zebre

10-26 Ulster, who are in good form. STUDIO: Stephen Ferris and Maurice

Field have been enjoying what has been a very comfortable first for

Ulster. Very entertaining and great to see the ball being thrown around,

good conditions over there, four tries on the board already. We were

talking, do they build on it, take a few players off and rest them for

the Leinster game coming up? The boys have got a week off and I think

they will go full throttle in the second half and score more. Unlike

recently, that was a fairly easy watch in the first half. It has

been, more like a training run at times. A couple of little elements

that you can't be happy with, the concentration after they've scored,

the boys switching off. That and an Zebre to come back into it. But when

they played with a high tempo they can, Zebre could not staying to

them. It is the multiphase I've been impressed with, people don't

understand it, you are going through so many phases and the Zebre boys

will be tired at half-time and they've got another 40 minutes to go

where is the Ulster boys can't wait to get out for the second half and

do the same again. They set the tone very early with an excellent first

drive. Two minutes in, taking the game, a simple wraparound play.

Paddy Jackson taking the ball and wrapping around. It is a mismatch

which is what you want as a back, identifying the mismatches in the

forwards in front of you. That was a very simple, one against three.

Jared Payne was not happy with not getting the short ball back inside!

Reed Brown does an excellent job at blocking. It just opens up for Paddy

Jackson, puts his head down and throws the missed pass to Ruan

Pienaar for him to score. Good all-round play by everyone. When

Paddy Jackson is that is best, he controls the game superbly well. He

has the physical ability to play like an inside centre. He can take

the contact. He's no wallflower Andy Watts to take the ball to the gain

line, and he is looking for attacking options. He wants to come

back into the kicking game as well. When he's on the front foot, she's

playing exceptionally well. Tommy Bowe's first game this season after

picking up the World Cup injury, nice way to come back! It is and you

see his name on the team sheet and you instantly know that he's in with

a shout of scoring. Paddy Jackson with a dummy switchback incited

Tommy and missed tackle from the second rope and Tommy Bowe bumps him

and goes between the sticks. That is Tommy Bowe, he's very vocal in

attack and defence. Paddy Jackson would have known Inzaghi where he

was and the ball was given and then he goes. -- exactly where he was.

That is Paddy Jackson reading what is in front of him again, a prop, a

second row and a vulgar in front of him and Tommy Bowe against those

individuals, running different angles, they can deal with it

head-on but Tommy Bowe on the angle, he looks as though he's travelling

and he is deceptively powerful and quick. Coming back for all static

regrettable -- critical time of the season. Greg Luer doing what he's

done all season, finishing off tries. He's electric, I love

watching him. Internationally, he's not got as many caps as a lot of the

Ulster fans would have wanted but he's electric. This is a great

finish, fantastic, keeps his head down and it pops up. He gets over,

closer to the sticks. Ruan Pienaar has been controlling the game fairly

well, putting the ball in the right areas. A bit fortunate there as well

but when it comes, you have to take it and he was there at the right

time. Good skill from grade. Berryman will be disappointed he

went down like an Italian goalkeeper, there! He can't be happy

with that but it was shoulder to shoulder, legal. Craig Tuck is

opportunity well. Ulster pushed right until half-time because they

know the importance of getting the bonus point today. It has gone

brilliantly for them and they have done it before half-time. But Tony

touched on it just before half-time, when they work eating scrum after

scrum, yes, the forwards would have liked to barrel it over but Ruan

Pienaar, got the pace back into it, quick tap and Tommy Bowe, first

receiver, just half of a no look pass and putting Jared Payne into

the corner. No need for these zippy passes, he just pushed Jared Payne

in and he's been fantastic in attack. He has performed really

well. Tommy Bowe, again, in the right place at the right time. Into

space, simple hand, the ball moves quicker out of defence and Jared

Payne is in the right place to storm. This Zebre team have not won

since the turn of the New Year and they are second bottom of the table.

But at times, they showed what they can produce. Yeah, look, they are

just playing for pride every week. They don't really have anything to

play for. But they get a good maul setup and the scrum-half has been

fairly lively. He got a yellow card just before half-time. This is a

good pack effort and Ulster are on the back foot. They should take

something out of this for the second half, because it is a brilliant day

for running rugby. Maybe Ulster are a bit vulnerable and the set piece

and maul time. It is a good score but it is all about Ulster today.

One of the few mistakes Paddy Jackson made when Ulster got turned

over as well. It gave Zebre an opportunity to counter. You look at

this and the Italians like playing with ball in hand. It is about the

accuracy and the simple things. You need to be able to defend. Again,

dog-eared defence -- dogged defence. They are three big and strong men.

It is slow ball coming back but there's a penalty given for an

infringement. To me, I don't think Van der Merwe really made contact.

It looks worse in slow motion. If we are going to stop everyone for

blocking runs, you are going to be giving penalties away all the time.

But as you said, it has been all Ulster so far.

There is a creative site to the Ulster Number ten when we found out

when he met another local artist. Would you have done this in school?

Yes, in rugby playing schools Art is not so cool. It was not the coolest

thing, but it was always something I did and loved. I did art and I was

bored at home and I thought I would give it a go again. I can only draw

something right in front of me, I cannot do something from my head.

Have you played rugby? Yes in primary three. Up until I was about

20 I thought I was going to play, but I can still wounded deeply that

that they never came. Is much safer than doing this kind of stuff

anyway. He has not done that for a while and he has landed that. What a

good strike by Paddy Jackson. I did a bit of arts in school and I am

into music. Rugby is a short career, so you have to have other interests

outside it. Paddy Jackson has not captained the side since his last

year at Methodist College. I had been sick and I had not been in at

the start of the week and I went in and they gave me the nod. There were

two little lads and they were the same size as me. But the gave me the

captaincy and at a young age it was something really special for me and

my family. Out of all the drawings who is the easiest and the hardest?

You can go down to the simplest, a rectangle with a pronounced chin.

And he has got doleful, dog eyes. But Trimble was more satisfying

because he is an intense guy. There is an intense look about him. Are

you ready? Yes. Can you handle this? The fact you can do that in ten

minutes is pretty impressive. This is numbered two. I will let you

decide about those, what do you think? He is such a great guy. What

do you reckon? The one on the right? Pre-match and post match. He has

been very good to date on the pitch. A reminder about our online show.

McCluskey joins us in the studio and that programme is on BBC sport in

our website. Let the update you on the other important game, Scarlett

against Glasgow. It is crucial for Ulster. It is good news if you are

and Stephan because Scots led at half-time with two tries by Finn

Russell and this one by Lee Jones. They have pulled further away in the

second half. They are now leading 46-10. They scored in the very first

minute of the second half and they have added two more tries. That

secured the try scoring bonus point. It is 46-10 at the moment. The

former Ulster player Tommy Seymour had this touchdown. Glasgow are

comfortable minutes today -- winners today, with a couple of minutes

left. It leaves it in Ulster's own hands.

It does. Everybody should be scared of Glasgow, they are very dangerous.

But it is an Ulster's hands. Can they speak in the back door and get

into a top four play-off? I really hope so. Today hopefully they will

have that cup final in the bag. Could they rack up a few more points

in this second half and see where it goes? They need one more win to make

European qualification absolutely secure. I think they will need 66 or

67. The injuries that the Scarlet have mean they do not have the depth

to maintain a challenge. But they have to be careful now about

injuries and Ruan Pienaar and Jared Payne might get pulled going into

the second half. We don't want to look ahead when we have not finished

the job today, but they have got Leinster at home. You have to look

ahead. I have played against Leinster at home and it is a really

tough match. But we are starting to play some good stuff. Hopefully we

can stay injury free and get a bit more momentum going into this

Leinster game. It is sold out already, so hopefully the crowd will

get behind as and we can get that win. We are talking about can Ulster

make the top six and the play-offs? But with two big performances after

this, Ulster could win the Pro12 this year. Let's qualify first. It

is still there. Do we want an Ulster performance or do we want to win the

Masters? We would like to see Ulster when some silverware because it has

been to cents the last time. Go for the glory. They have already got a

bonus point. Let's see how they get on in the second half.

No changes since the first half. Palazzani was in the sin-bin for

being a naughty boy. A great bit of many rugby activity around the

stadium this weekend. Christian Wade has scored six tries for Wasps in

the English Premiership to equal the record held for many years by a

certain Ryan Constable who scored six tries in one game for Saracens.

All records, as Ryan said a couple of minutes ago, I meant to be

broken. Ruan Pienaar scored one of the tries. That was a terrific kick

by Jackson. You can see the forward up on their toes saying well done,

master Paddy. Paddy Jackson is full of confidence. The force is flowing

through his veins and he can do no wrong. That is a great start from

Ulster, clearing their lines well. Ulster have a game next weekend and

they still may well make changes in the second half. Good tackle by Sean

Reidy on his opposite number, cooker. A penalty given away

unfortunately by Van der Merwe. Ruan Pienaar drops back to a company

Tommy Bowe on the far touchline. A good strike by Carlo Canada. It

would be wrong of Ulster to expect this game to be won at this stage.

If they could get some points at the beginning of the second half, it

will make them feel better. You would like to think they have done

enough to win it, but they cannot afford to take their eyes off the

ball. Glasgow walloped the Scarlet 's by

46-10. If it stays this way here, Ulster will move up into fourth

place ahead of the Scarlet is. That was a good tackle by Sean Reidy who

is having a good season. Chris Henry is on the bench and will relish the

chance to come on and impress. Tommy Bowe goes right through the

middle. Have they got that old zip? Jared Payne, his second try. What a

burst of gas by Jared Payne. He looks as if he is to play along and

then all of a sudden the turbo kicks in. The New Zealander is now an

essential part of this Ulster side. What a start to the second half. A

great line from Tommy Bowe, good acceleration. He just pulls back and

Olding takes the tackle and is able to play the ball and keep it alive.

Jared Payne just appears from nowhere and turns on the

afterburners and goes over in the corner. For any youngster sitting at

home, play with your head up and look at the space in front of you

and keep the ball in your hands and give yourself the chance to make

that path. I wonder if Jackson is injured a little bit. Darren Cave is

due to come on. Ruan Pienaar is taking the conversion. He has not

been doing a lot of kicking this season because Paddy Jackson has

been doing most of it. It will be Ulster's fifth try and we are only a

couple of minutes into the second half. Oh, yes! That is a pitch by

Ruan Pienaar. The Ulster contingent are chanting his name. -- a pitch.

Paddy Jackson is applying some ice to his left side. It looks like a

dead leg. With their commanding lead they are taking no chances and

Jackson comes ashore. You assume Stuart Owen will go into that left

half position. That was a bit wayward, but he makes

the best of it. Good continuity by Ulster. He could

not quite get the pass away. Not forward by Tommy Bowe. It is good to

see his enthusiasm. Maybe the top ends it is not there, but the brain

is still working. I don't think it was intended for Tommy Bowe, there

was another player further out wide. It is the first thing that has not

stuck for Tommy Bowe this afternoon because everything has gone

beautifully. He could not have made a more auspicious comeback. One or

two replacement is starting to come on.

Rob Herring is coming on. Rory Best goes off. Rob Herring will have a

little chat from the current skipper and he will take over as the new

skipper for the rest of the game. They have played a good shift this

afternoon, the three elder statesmen of the pack. Maybe the sunshine has

taken a bit of a toll on them as well. We are lucky we are

commentating from the shade. A knock-on by Ulster, six minutes

gone. Ulster with five tries in the bag and looking for a match points.

Ruan Pienaar, Tommy Bowe, Craig White and Jared Payne and three

conversions by Paddy Jackson and in the second half the try by Jared

Payne. Palazzani is due to come back on again. Ulster get the penalty. A

good scrummaging effort by the men in blue. Fabiani going down on his

knees to hook the ball as Nigel Owens is saying. Pienaar to the

corner to give Ulster the attacking platform for the line-out. A chance

for Rob Herring to go through his paces. He has been one of Ulster's

standout performers this year. Ulster are lucky to have him because

he is a man of many talents. Presumably Chris Henry will go to

number eight. That is good control by Ulster. A

penalty against Zebre. They cannot say that Nigel Owens didn't warn

them. I don't think anybody has any thing to quarrel about because you

can hear him. Even from where we are sitting, he is very simple and

straightforward and gets his point across. There is no excuse for not

being able to understand what he is saying. It was a good

well-controlled stride by Ulster. The coaching team will not be happy

with that, there was a great chance for the sixth try to be constructed.

Ulster once again have a very good attacking position. They are playing

with an advantage. There is a very strong wind playing straight down

the ground at their backs. In some cases it makes passing difficult.

But Ulster moved the ball pretty well into the wind. Patches of

bright sunlight here. The sunshine is just disappearing below the stand

from where we are commentating. Rob Herring has started 15 games for

Ulster as captain. It was not forward. I don't think it

was deliberate. REFEREE: Scrum down, blue ball, knock-on.

So Palazzani comes on. Number 22 is probably going to go to full-back

because Van Zyl is coming off. They have just gone to the video

referee to see whether or not it was a knock-on. That is what TMOs are

for. One recalls the game between Ulster and Glasgow with John Lacy in

a similar position. The referee decided it was not a forward pass

and would not go upstairs to check. They were dismissive of the pleas of

the Ulster captain Rob Herring. The TMO can relate that to the referee,

rather than the game having to stop and become very disrupted. Ten

minutes gone in the second half. Ulster leading by 23 points. Sean

Reidy is in at number eight which is interesting.

That was heading for touch, so Reidy did exceptionally well.

A hat-trick for Jared Payne! What a finish. Zebre are appealing for

obstruction and the referee is saying, do not be silly. A perfectly

good try and what a good day for Jared Payne. Not many people scored

hat tricks for Ulster. And Olding opened up the Zebre defence like a

can. Good feet and awareness around him again. Gilroy with the dance and

a symbol transfer to Jared Payne. A lot of people have been saying ever

since he arrived a few years ago in Ulster that full-back would be his

position. He reads the game fantastically. I think sometimes we

underestimate his pace to hit the line. Sometimes you need blistering

pace to do that. He has a blistering pace and also the ability to read

the game and time the run and it makes him very effective. There is

an Italian sub coming on. More of that in a moment. Ruan Pienaar is

going to convert try number six. That is another cracking kick from

Ruan Pienaar. It has been such a long time since we have seen him go

for the post and he has not disappointed. Ulster are 30 ahead.

That was a sublime finish. This is a really good opportunity in terms of

confidence building in the second half. Nothing gives you more

confidence than running up a big score against the other team and it

gives you a chance to go through your phases and you can try

different bits and pieces as well. Given the overhead conditions and

the underfoot conditions, Ulster have a great chance here. Nigel

Owens is saying I am watching everything and if I think there is

something wrong, I will let you know.

They have brought on another replacement.

Caffini comes on and will be playing in the background. If they do not

take a step back, the referee will penalise them. That was not

straight. Rob Herring came to illegally on the

right-hand side. There is no point for Zebre to go for the post right

here. Their score in the first half was the highlight of their

first-half because nothing else went right for them. Certainly the subs

who have come on have something to live up to because the first-half

performance was as good as it has been for Ulster for quite awhile.

Zebre are replacing one international prop with another.

De Marchi has come on. He has won a couple of national call ups. Doing a

good impression of Castro Giovanni. A big tackle by Olding. Passed into

touch by Zebre and Ulster's line-out, taken quickly. A good

appreciation of space by Ruan Pienaar. He kept back infield.

Not so delicate, straight into touch, the Zebre line-out. They have

had two tries in the second half and four in the first half. They are

looking pretty comfortable. It was Scarlett 's and Glasgow 46-10, with

a victory to the scurrilous. If Ulster win here, they move up to

fourth place with two games to go, Leinster in a couple of weeks' time

and then they are away to the Ospreys.

We have seen so little of Sato in this game. A good covering tackle by

Rob Herring. Good work by Jared Payne, who held

him up off the ground and by Rob Herring. That might just have been

nudged forward. It is important Ulster keep that intensity,

defensively as well. This is the most sustained period of pressure

that Zebre have had in the whole game. It is workrate of the ball and

in defence that they will be looking for. The first of tackles are

non-negotiable, they will have to be made. Congratulations to Chris on

his recent engagement to Jade. We wish them the best of luck. Paul

Marshall and Andrew Warwick are about to come on for Ulster, but not

until this scrum is over. Down and up again, a terrific

appreciation of space. That was not the greatest pass in the world. I

don't think anybody was expecting that. Zebre get the line-out. Bury

man looking to take it quickly. In his third year with Zebre. Fast

approaching 50 caps. Just a little bit sloppy from Ulster. When you

consider the first half and how effective Ulster were in their

phases. Three quarters of the game gone,

this is the Zebre blindside flanker, Jean Cook. Well carried by Sean

Reidy. Pienaar. A little bit space Annie macro covered it well. -- a

little bit of space but Canna covered it well. Pete Browne should

have underneath that. This is going to be a drive. I don't think anyone

is going to catch all Rick Beyers but Marshall contrived. Zebre have

capitalised on a mistake and that is their second try and you would think

they had won the title is. Careless by Ulster, nobody claimed the high

ball, it was allowed to bounce and this fellow, for a full-back and

winger, is very tall and he took it and that is the softest rival Ulster

to concede. Conversion taken quickly and it is a quick shot in the arm

for Zebre the second half but again, poor from Ulster in terms of lack of

concentration. The ball was up there for a long time and any number of

players could and should have been underneath it. You would have

thought that Jared Payne, coming forward from full-back, that should

have been his, all day long. It was allowed to bounce and Ulrich Beyers

could not believe his luck. Zebre have progressed up to 17 but Ulster

have six tries in the back and have 40 points. Ricky Lutton has been

replaced by Andrew Warwick and Paul Marshall has come on for Ruan

Pienaar. That might give Zebre a bit of

confidence but not knocking the ball on. That was a bit unfortunate by

Jean Cook, who has been one of the better Zebre players today. He's had

a good afternoon. Obviously very effective at the breakdown. He has

carried the ball well and is certainly one of the few Zebre

players who has really turned up this afternoon. A scrum to Ulster in

just about the most perfect position. That is the unfortunate

not on-again, just to the right the Zebre posts, options on both sides

and Ulster have split their forces. On the near side, Stuart Olding,

Darren Cave and Kilroy, and on the other side, Payne, Luke Marshall and

Tommy Bowe. In it goes, good control by Ulster.

Marshall, now Stuart Olding. Cave thought about the inside pastor

Jared Payne but it was rather obvious he was going to do it so he

held on. -- the inside pass to Jared Payne. A knock-on by Ulster who

could not get away at the breakdown. Good competing by Rob Herring. The

referee will say no advantage to Zebre and they will get the scrum.

That was a bit unfortunate. The whole thing has gone a bit stale,

Ulster now intend to stand off and forwards to want to be backs rather

than getting in there and securing ball. Unfortunately, Paul Marshall

did not have enough protection in the ruck and was bundled out of it

quite easily. If Ulster had committed an extra forward, the ball

would have been in a much better position for Marshall to service the

backs. Kyle McCall has slipped on, if we can use that word for a belly

substantially built prop forward, to play loosehead. -- a fairly

substantially built. The Ulster have -- game has gone flat, Ulster have

long since won it but I'm sure they would like to finish with something

resembling a flourish. Solid enough to Zebre scrum on their own put in.

That is not a bad clearance kick. Well kept in by Jared Payne. Tommy

Bowe. Likes to set off from a standing start. Tommy Bowe with that

familiar arcing angle. That is not a contradiction in terms, an art and

an angle. Penalty against Ulster for hanging on in the tackle which they

did not need to do. Ulster, giving away a series of unnecessary

penalties and making a series of unnecessary errors. Once again, to

slow to the breakdown, Tommy Bowe did not present as cleanly as he

would have liked but again, for the support players in over the top,

there's no excuse for cleaning that out and not letting the ball be

played quickly. They put teams like Zebre well and fully to the sword,

they should instead of letting them come back into it. There's no doubt

as to who will win this game but they want to finish it with a bit of

blood on their swords. You want to see the scalpel dripping with blood,

you want to see Zebre put away, talking to coming in at half-time,

he spoke about a good start, there's a GPS system that Ulster are wearing

at each man ran an extra 800 metres in the first half, given the length

of time the ball was in play. That is quite a considerable distance

when you add up the figures at the end. Perhaps there's a bit of

tiredness creeping in. Identity guided that in a whole season! Taken

by Zebre near the Ulster ten metre line and the home side are chancing

for it and again Ulster give away a penalty. I think Nigel Owens is

having a word with Rob Herring. Ulster close the gap. If the ball is

held in the line-out, you have to maintain the ten metres back and

Ulster did not do it. This is giving Canna a chance to go to the corner

and perhaps a chance for Zebre to get yet another try, and some people

would say, planning cheek four quick converted tries and they are backing

this game, but who knows, Tony? They're driving has been effective

this afternoon. You could see clearly from the replay, Stuart

Olding breaking the ten metre line far too quickly. Nigel Owens holds

up his hand until the line-out moves off the mark. Well taken in... One

of the greats of Italian rugby, there, Marco Bortolami. REFEREE: We

keep the space. Stay on your own site and get the ball down the

middle, OK. Both sides, keep the space. Don't close it. Ball down the

middle, please. He's giving both sets of four a bit of a telling.

There's got to be eating gap between the respective forward lines at the

line-out. Zebre get another chance. Lots of huge men in there. -- got to

be a metre gap. Taken by Bortolami, here they go at the second time of

asking, looking for the drive. Have Ulster got enough men? Cook has made

some ground and Chris Henry has done a good job at holding his progress.

Ulster have turned it over well. How did they do that? Paul Marshall's

kit is not great, into the hands of Berryman. That was not a good pass

and that has been knocked forward. Ulster have got away with it. They

have, initially great play by Henry at the breakdown, taking Cook to

ground and turning him over but then Marshall with a sliced kick infield

and one would expect Leonardo Sarto, an international class left wing, to

hold onto the pass will stop the game was just ebbing away. I think

Nigel Owens will be becoming a bit exasperated as well. He enjoyed the

first half because they can do great flow and it was officiated well and

that is the way he likes to see the gameplay. -- it had a great flow.

The second half has been a bit stop start and a lack of accuracy

therefrom Zebre. I think it was forward anyway but it was knocked on

by Leonardo Sarto. He will play in Scotland next year under the

tutelage of Gregor Townsend, who I am hearing might be associated with

the vacancy at Harlequins, now Conor O'Shea is coming to this part of the

world to coach the Italian national team, so Gregor Townsend would be

the director of rugby. Front row going down, always the case when you

bring on a replacement in the front row. Dario Chistolini, now on the

Italian tight head side. REFEREE: Get in the scrum, steady, pick it up

and keep it up because there's nothing wrong with the surface so

there's no excuses. That's a great man, Nigel, that is the way to talk

to them. Somebody is down, getting a little bit of treatment. I think it

is a bit of cramp for one of the Ulster forward on the far side.

Andrew Warwick and Callum Ball, playing under number 17. -- Kyle

McCall. Rory Best has started 15 times for Ulster this season, 15

times as skipper. It's Pete Browne, Jim, just getting up off the deck.

He has had a good game and a pretty good season for star, on those

occasions when he has been chosen. Just his eight start of the season.

-- for Ulster. -- just his eighth start. Well, back to this scrum.

Only 12 minutes remaining and Ulster are well in control of this game.

They won't want to concede anything more and if they can possibly not

chop another try, you never know, in the final analysis, it could be

hugely important. But a win is important and they have got it and

the five points. A better scrum. Marshall. Darren Cave. Stuart

Olding. Gilroy had to come back inside for

that and he is well tackled by the replacement, Boni, who has come on.

Looked a bit high by Cook on Reidy but he's not complaining. Paul

Marshall to Luke Marshall. Taken by Andrew Warwick. Paul Marshall, and

again, it is Luke. Where is that going? It is bouncing nicely for the

try scorer in the second half, Beyers. He has found touch but it is

going to be Ulster ball. Sean Reidy has had a nice afternoon in the blue

shirt of Ulster today, been very effective in the first 45 minutes at

openside. You expect your number seven to be busy and he has to be.

He's done everything very well. He's been good with the loose ball on the

ground. His support play has an excellent. Now we are seeing him

playing a slightly more unaccustomed role in the second half at number

eight. But again, his workrate is exceedingly high. The line is the

Zebre ten metre line. Just over in 11 minutes remaining. Well, lack of

communication yet again and away come Zebre. Good work by Paul

Marshall to bring down Caffini. A penalty against Ulster. Well, on

this second-half performance, after Jared Payne's second try, has been

pretty poor. Yes, they have not reached the

heights they were playing within the first. Obviously, rubber substitute

and take their effect as well, in terms of new players and different

combinations. But it has not clicked in the second half in the way Les

Kiss would have liked. A lot of the players that have come on, to be

fair, have played a lot of rugby for Ulster this season. A lot of them

have been starting on a pretty regular basis until the latter part

of the season. Yes, they have, and we talked about it earlier in the

day, about how much pain -- pace and strength in depth Ulster have. Given

the conditions on the likelihood people would be tired and

substitutions would be made, the bench could really impact. But it

has not quite happened. It has gone a bit flat in the last 20 minutes or

so. Less than ten minutes to go. Ulster, well in command and control.

Dropped back on the Ulster side, they may well have stolen that one.

Paul Marshall to kick. That is a better effort. That was nicely done.

Made about 30 metres will stop Zebre have the throw but now they are

further away from the Ulster line. Still plenty of Ulster supporters

enjoying what has been a lovely afternoon.

Kyle McCall at the front of the Ulster line-out. Sarto. Of whom we

have seen so precious little. Perhaps just as well from an Ulster

perspective. That seemed to be knocked forward, unfortunately.

Unlucky, says Nigel Owens. Palette seen in, the 25-year-old now with 20

Italian caps to his name. -- Pahlavi needs -- Palazzani. That was a bit

of an unforced error from him. You mentioned Conor O'Shea coming to

Italy next year, earlier, taking a big step in international rugby.

Quite an exciting move for him. And challenging, and taking Steven Bruce

with him who has been his technical bureau in the last 20 -- his

technical guru in the last 15 or 20 years. We wish them both well.

Indeed, until, of course, they play Ireland!

Reidy changes direction. A little chip to chase but here comes Gilroy.

It is not going to bounce for him. It has bounced for Beyers who is

thrust to the ground by Gilroy. Google Leberg sets it up. Canna. --

Koegelenberg set it up. Is there time for one more Ulster dry?

Looking at the clock, you would think yes, seven and a half minutes

of aiding -- many. Zebre are not a great outfit. No, they have released

or the whole game and even the change in personnel has not done

much for them. Ulster should be putting away a site like this quite

comfortably, every day of the week. They have to tighten things up in

the last ten minutes, go back to doing a few basics well, get

themselves over the gain line, get good ball protection. That was

another pretty woeful line-out. And that is another knock forward by

Zebre so Ulster are giving them the ball and Zebre are incapable of

doing anything with it. It a bit keystone cops at the game, it has

lost its way completely. -- at the moment, the game. Both teams

standing with hands on hips. Someone needs to grab the game by the scruff

of the neck and take it upon themselves to spark it back into

life. Rory Scholes is coming on. I'm not sure who is going off for

Ulster. It is Luke Marshall, I can see now. Jared Payne will go into

the centre, me thinks, and great Gilroy will allow Rory Scholes to

play on the wing by going to full-back. Scholes will perhaps be

playing against Leonardo Sarto a few more times the normal next year when

he is playing for Edinburgh. -- than normal. Sarto will be at Glasgow.

Nice performance by Luke Marshall, I thought the centres dovetail

beautifully, especially in the first half and it is good to see that Luke

Marshall has lost none of his pace. Good Ulster scrummage, well left by

Reidy. Marshall to Payne. Paul Marshall again. Reidy, who has been

terrific. The Brown is met with stern

resistance from the Zebre defence. -- Pete Browne. Marshall, Reidy,

back inside and Tommy Bowe could not quite gather. Well, he held that and

he was in underneath the posts. Darren Cave was on his shoulder.

Tommy is trying to brush off the rust, mentally as well as

physically. He's had a very good game, perhaps rushed slightly back

into this given Andrew Trimble's unfortunate set of circumstances but

there's nothing better than four Tommy Bowe to get back on the pitch

because you get your match sharpness back only one way, by playing 80

minutes. Perhaps surprising to see Marshall come ashore and not Tommy

Bowe, considering it is his first game back. But he has shown class

all day long. May be just as well that Tommy Bowe has not got a

microphone! REFEREE: Five metres, defensive scrum. That's a very jolly

bunch of chaps, the Ulster supporters, despite the

black-and-white outfits, I have a feeling. Into the final five

minutes, the game really as a spectacle entertainment or art form

has faded quite badly in the last 20 minute, ever since Jared Payne got

his second try for Ulster 12 minutes into the second half. It has been

flat but there might be a little spark remaining. Kyle McCall moves

it outside and Ulster trying to get a squeeze on. Up they come, and is

the referee happy with that? So far, he's telling them to use it but now

not happy with it. It is funny, when the front row changes it becomes a

shambles. The first half was so good Nigel Owens has made a point on many

occasions, there can be no complaints in terms of underfoot

conditions because it is rock solid, perfect. But maybe that sums up what

Zebre are all about, 76 minute gone, getting beaten by 20 feet -- by 23

points and they want to arm wrestle you for a penalty in the scrum. It

seems pointless. Canna having a word with the outside backs. Are they

going to try something constructive? They tried but they have not got it

to come off, thanks mainly to some good Ulster defending as much as

their own ineptitude. Just about three minutes remaining. The

sunlight has come out this time it is Zebre's turn to make a mess of

the line-out. Herring goes back. We'll Ulster show a bit of

enterprise from here? Who knows? -- will Ulster. Taken on by Iain

Henderson. Still going on a handful of cylinders. Gilroy. A little bit

on the high side from Boni. Zebre have got to get onside. The

outside-half has a go himself, taken by the immense Bortolami, the former

Italian skipper. Herring. Chris Henry takes it forward. Makes it

available, as US dollars. Well gathered -- as he always does. Well

gathered by Darren Cave. Scholes. Robbie Diack, assisting. A poor pass

by Stuart Olding and knocked forward by Andrew Warwick, I think, and

Ulster have conceded a scrum with just over two minutes remaining. It

is, to quote TS Eliot, going out with a whimper rather than a bang.

But Les Kiss will be more than happy nonetheless, four tries for the

bonus point and also a clear and effective win. They have not shipped

any injuries, which is important. And they have got Tommy Bowe back at

a very important time of the year. You can't underestimate the

influence and experience he brings to the side. But also, we see the

likes of Olding back at centre who's had a very effective game and Sean

Reidy has been good at setting, Ricky Lutton scrum do very well as

did the front five in the first half. Certainly, the plus points

from the performance have all been gleaned from the first half. It

gives off a large amount of confidence to take forward into the

remaining two games. Leinster at the Kingspan Stadium will be one hell of

a contest. And then a fortnight's gap and then another fortnight so

the games are well spaced out. All the Ulster players were replaced are

standing on the touchline, waiting to come on. Picked up by Cook who

has been one of the better Zebre players. Again, a bit on the sloppy

side by the referee is happy. A waiter Tommy Bowe, and Tommy Bowe is

going to get Ulster's seventh try and his second. -- away to Tommy

Bowe. He came close a couple of minutes ago but put clear and he

legged it away from a despairing Zebre defence. It is welcome back to

Ulster, Tommy Bowe. Still be Pro12's top try scorer, his second of the

afternoon, and that is his 64th, Tommy Bowe, topping the all-time

list. He is a tries coring machine but well played, Darren Cave, nicely

flipping the ball to him and then again, gathering into hands and

getting the pass away. Tommy Bowe does what he does best. On the

shoulder, whenever you need him, his support line is second to none.

Stuart Olding with the trusty left foot, popping it between the posts

and it is now looking even more respectable, 30 points between them.

It is now Zebre 17-47 Ulster, if my sums are right. They will go back

into Parma very happy indeed and I suspect a drop of the good stuff

will be consumed a night. -- to night. Well taken by Pete Browne. He

has been very good this afternoon for Ulster. Marshall. Herring.

Stuart Olding. Found a bit of a gap and a little offload and well taken

on by Sean Reidy. Marshall will switch direction. Back inside.

Darren Cave with a bit of pace. Reidy hangs onto it and gets it

away. Craig Gilroy, dancing and twisting, well off-loaded by Kyle

McCall. Henderson does really well. He was taken back but he used his

great strength to get on the front foot. Ulster, still inside their own

half, looking perhaps for the eighth try. Andrew Warwick, what a sidestep

by the loosehead prop, playing today as tight head replacement. He is all

on his own, needs a bit of help and gets it from Payne. Great stuff by

Ulster. What a final flourish to entertain the travelling fans. The

referee telling Zebre to get away from it. Olding. Taken by Berryman,

who makes the mark. They will have to come back. That may well be

full-time. They have told Berryman to come back and he can take it

again if he wants. By my card relations, we have played 81 minutes

and it should be game over. Maybe Nigel is enjoying this? Reds he

enjoyed Adam Warren's outside break, I bet his eyes nearly popped out of

his head when he saw Warwick standing up the Zebre defender,

teeing him up, using his feet to good effect, sidestep of the right

and showing a good turn of pace as well. Into touch it goes from

Berryman and Nigel Owens checking with Carlo Damasco that it is all

over and indeed it is. Ulster, despite a flat period in the second

half, can't complain about their afternoon's work in sunny Parma.

They were 26-10 up at half-time, 16 points ahead and they have finished

30 clear points ahead, tries in the first from Pienaar, Tommy Bowe,

Craig Gilroy and Jared Payne, and two more in the second half from

Payne and then another from Tommy Bowe, right at the very end. Not a

bad performance. A fortnight's gap and no apparent injury so it is job

done. Absolutely, every box on Les Kiss' wish list from before kick-off

would have been ticked. Yes, there was 25 minutes when the substitutes

came on for both teams where Ulster lost their way slightly and conceded

some soft points but they have come back well at the end. You made some

good points, no injuries, very important. But the confidence gained

from scoring a hat full of tries, one hopes, will lead on to bigger

and better things for this team for the rest of the season. No

complaints whatsoever, job done by Ulster, the victory and the bonus

point victory, final score, Zebre 17-47 Ulster.

STUDIO: Yes, a controlled, confident, composed performance by

Ulster which leaves the Pro12 table looking like this. Ulster into the

play-off places with two games left and everything to play for, Stephen

and Morris? Very happy, looking at the table. It is amazing, three

weeks ago, every Ulster supporter did not have the belief, were

writing us off. I said, to everyone, stick with them because they will

come good and they came very good today. Yes, there were periods in

the second half where it was not great, the standard. But we topped

it off with another lovely score at the end. Let's get behind the lads

and make sure against Leinster, they go out and give the crowd something

to cheer. A hat-trick for Jared Payne today who was sublime.

Excellent, and another excellent performance based on his performance

at full-back, which I believe is his best position, since he's come in.

He gets more freedom from there. At 13, he is quite constrained. But at

15, she can pick the lines, great break from Tommy Bowe, coming

across, he did not have the gas so switched with Stuart Olding and it

is timing, Jared Payne coming from full-back, can see the gap and

accelerate onto the ball. From full-back, he has the vision. He can

see the gaps and has the skill set to do it. Tommy Bowe as well today.

Reminds me of an old Maurice Field, back in the 60s and smack -- 60s! We

met in the backline and we said the forwards needed to give them good

front football and they did that but the pace out wide, Jared Payne at

full-back, Stuart Olding, stepping boys inside the box at 12, was

absolutely brilliant to watch. Hopefully more of the same and as

Tony said, it is all about building confidence and racking up a handful

of tries will build a lot of confidence. Ulster have had a lot of

criticism in the last few weeks but always with the big-name players

returning, Henderson back a couple of weeks ago, Tommy Bowe today,

Jared Payne as well, they are all coming back at the right time in

this very important run in. Yes, they are coming back at different

times but it takes awhile to gel, to get back up too much pace. Tommy

Bowe may be fit for the gym but he is coming back into his match

fitness and pace and that takes a bit of time. It might take half a

match or two matches but they are gelling at the right time. We missed

their leadership and ability and decision-making on the pitch. But

now they are coming back we are seeing the rewards. Two tries for

Tommy Bowe and this put a smile on your face. I thought the quicksand

world is going to get him again when you was 15 or 20 metres out but

great gas. He played 60 minutes for the reserves and now he is getting

great game time for the main site. I think he's ready to go. -- side. He

has not played a lot of minutes but has so much experience and knows

where he has to be at the right time. If Tommy Bowe is nearly fit,

leading the team every day of the week. Zebre are obviously a team

that all Ulster supporters would expect Ulster to beat and beat

convincingly today. But when a team has been lacking confidence, that is

the kind of performance you need approaching a very important last

couple of games. And let's be honest, they only performed for 50

minutes of the match. There are areas that Les Kiss will be

frustrated with, the lack of concentration and anchor of the

Abbey intensity in that 15 minutes, up to 78 minutes. -- and the lack of

intensity. They are just standing there, watching you never let the

ball bounce even if the full-back is coming forward. That is a breakdown

of communication and win the people in the vicinity of the ball and the

players coming forward. It is just switching off, not a lack of skill

but concentration. The lads are waiting for it to bounce into their

hands so they can run and score a try which is the kind of thing that

happens when you are winning by 20 or 30 points. But the line-out did

not function that well today. A couple in the first half did not go

our way. Rob Herring came on and I don't know who was calling it in the

second half but we lost a lot on our own ball and they were getting a

jump are straight up in front, easy pickings and we can't afford to do

that against Leinster because if we do, it will be a score and that is

what we have to avoid next week. Let's take a look at the first half

tries because of that came out of the blocks quickly, had the bonus

point secured before half-time. What will have pleased the most about

today's performance, looking ahead to the massive derby in two weeks

against Leinster? Probably something they have not done in the previous

weeks, in the game they lost, identifying their opportunities and

taking them. -- games they lost. It is identifying the weaknesses in the

opposition and executing. Previously, we have been trying to

create situations but in the first half today, they were identifying

the situation and executing. How many times have we sat in the box

behind us at the Kingspan Stadium, going, "We nearly got there," but we

were so clinical delay and we need to be, going forward, and as the

players say, another two cup finals. Ulster are now in the position they

wanted to be, yes, they have faulted along the way but it's in their own

hands with two games to play. -- faltered along the way. We have live

commentary of the Leinster game on BBC radio Ulster and the final game

to Ospreys is on the 7th of May and this will be on BBC sport Northern

Ireland. They have put themselves where they want to be, to winds will

take them into the play-offs and I suppose, we have worked it out by

our maps, one win should secure a European place next year and a top

six finish. Four points should. Seeing that the matches that the

Scarlet and Munster have to play against each other, that is negating

bonus point win is for those deemed so four points will probably

guarantee European qualification and maybe even, depending on results,

the top four. But one more win will get us into Europe. Again, the

Claudio Ranieri thing, one game at a time, let's focus on the next game,

don't look at Ospreys and let the others worry about themselves. The

Ulster boys just have to look at their own performances and about

executing. Stephen was right, the Leinster game will be massive. We're

not going to get seven scoring opportunities against them. You may

get one or two but the confidence they will get from today, showing

that they have executed set moves from the training field on the

pitch, that they have it in their armoury to get those scores and it

is about having the confidence to execute. Do you expect Ulster to

beat Leinster? I expect in Ulster team you are not going to see this

season. They will bring physicality. -- and I'll team you have not seen.

Let's face it, every person in the dressing room you if they went out

there and played half decent, they would get a victory. I can't wait!

I'm excited inside for this match. But I think we are going to see a

different Ulster team, one that is going to get stuck into Leinster and

I firmly believe we can win. That is the kind of performance it is going

to need, isn't it? They are going to have to find their inner dog. We

have said it all this is in, there aren't enough dogs, as such, on the

pitch for Ulster. Against Leinster, it is one of the oldest and hardest

matches you will play and it does not matter, whatever you want to

call them, it raises the hackles, so I'm ready for you, bring, if you are

watching! Before we get to that stage, there is one important game

this evening which will shape the table we have looked at witches

Connacht against Munster, massive game. Yes, we are waiting for

Munster to come, everyone is waiting but they have not yet. I think they

are going to put in a performance tonight against Connacht. Obviously,

we want Connacht to win and get Munster out of there but you know,

it is all it after beat Munster and they have a good record at the

sports ground as well. -- always tough to beat Munster. And if

Munster lose, they are battling for the European places as well which is

not good for Irish rugby if they don't make it. It is a scrap between

them and Leinster for the European position. But I think Connacht have

the validity, they are not going to lose against Grenoble, so two

losses, it is not in their vocabulary. When they go to the

sports ground, it plays into the hands. I'm going for the Connacht

win! Briefly, do using Ulster can still win the league? Of course they

can. -- do you think. They have got the experience, they can score tries

when they are going well. You just never know when it gets to knockout

rugby. They can maybe sneak it. Who would have sorted a weeks ago? Apply

always have my Ulster hat on and hopefully we can get into a play-off

place and take it from there. We shall see, the ever confidence

Stephen Ferris. Thank you for joining us. 20 games gone, two to go

and then you never know, there maybe a couple after that but it is a win

today. From all us, goodbye. Marouane Fellaini has doubled

Manchester United's lead.