Ulster v Zebre

:00:38. > :00:43.The Ulster faithful have a lot more to cheer recently as their team

:00:44. > :00:48.launched for wins in a row. Tonight we will try and make the as they

:00:49. > :00:52.take an Italian opposition for the third successive game. A win against

:00:53. > :00:57.Zebre and Ulster will push themselves into a play-off place

:00:58. > :01:01.with just five games remaining. Kick-off is just a couple of minutes

:01:02. > :01:06.away at Kingspan Stadium. Good evening. The six Nations

:01:07. > :01:10.championship action may be over for the weekend but still lots of live

:01:11. > :01:17.rugby to enjoy here on BBC Two for the next couple of hours in the

:01:18. > :01:19.Guinness brewed 12. Joining as here for the rearranged fixture,

:01:20. > :01:24.postponed last year because of a frozen pitch, no such problems

:01:25. > :01:29.tonight. It is very, very mild, the pitch looks OK, very playable.

:01:30. > :01:34.Ulster with a great chance to put themselves in the top for position.

:01:35. > :01:37.Definitely. The groundsman and today credit, it is looking well, the

:01:38. > :01:43.pitch after last week only eight days ago with the bit of a mud bath.

:01:44. > :01:48.It will be firm underfoot. Hopefully a lot of running rugby, the boys get

:01:49. > :01:52.the ball underhand nights and early. If Ulster play like England did

:01:53. > :01:58.today, or we will maybe see if you running tries. The Ulster backline

:01:59. > :02:04.star-studded deceiving. Stuart Olding out tonight, an interesting

:02:05. > :02:07.team selection. He is such a talented footballer. Such a good

:02:08. > :02:12.either the game of rugby and we all know his feet are magic. One thing

:02:13. > :02:16.he will bring the line and offering the thread and take the ball right

:02:17. > :02:22.on the game line, hopefully creating space out wide but taking an attack.

:02:23. > :02:28.He will put them on that line all day long. It is a good shout to the

:02:29. > :02:33.outside backs. Ulster slipped up, not getting a bonus point last week.

:02:34. > :02:37.They can't afford to do that tonight, can the? Absolutely not.

:02:38. > :02:41.The play them away, but the four tries in the bonus point even though

:02:42. > :02:46.it was in the performance they would have wanted. They would have talked

:02:47. > :02:50.about it that this week as well. You've really got to put your foot

:02:51. > :02:55.on their throat. I want to see passion, I want to see the boys

:02:56. > :02:59.going hard at it tonight from minute one two minute 80 and when the

:03:00. > :03:03.back-up is grading the keep it going. Craig Gilroy was with the

:03:04. > :03:09.Ireland team in Wales, he has flown in to take its place. Happy birthday

:03:10. > :03:12.to him and to Stuart Olding as well. There must've been some kick in a

:03:13. > :03:17.changing room this evening. We will keep a steamy night because he loves

:03:18. > :03:20.a bit of kick. It is great. Great to see Gilroy back, such a cracking

:03:21. > :03:25.player. The conditions tonight will sit to be outside backs. The

:03:26. > :03:29.groundsman have done a great job, no doubt about it. Considering where we

:03:30. > :03:35.were at this time last week, it's looking good tonight. Thank you.

:03:36. > :03:39.Ulster pit six tries past Zebre when they met a couple of weeks ago in

:03:40. > :03:44.Italy, let's see how these there tonight in the company of Ian

:03:45. > :03:53.Humphrey and Jim Neilly. COMMENTATOR: A special night for

:03:54. > :04:04.Bernabo. Eddie side which is languishing at the bottom of the

:04:05. > :04:08.table. Italian prop comes in, the only one changed behind is

:04:09. > :04:18.scrum-half where Carlo Engelbrecht born in South Africa comes in for

:04:19. > :04:24.Pat Danny who is on the bench. -- the Vanni. March comes in like a

:04:25. > :04:29.lion and out like a lamb, there was a lot of it march last time we were

:04:30. > :04:32.here. The pitch take a dreadful battering but fortunately we have

:04:33. > :04:38.got a nice onward springlike evening with a little bit of sunsetting just

:04:39. > :04:46.not too far away. Rob Herring captaining as for the 26th time,

:04:47. > :04:51.leads the side out. His 150th Ulster cap. In front of a decent crowd. A

:04:52. > :04:57.special night for those who get their pictures taken with the team

:04:58. > :05:03.captain. There is the team. The same front row but changes behind, Alan

:05:04. > :05:07.O'Connor coming in, Robbie Diack, Chris Henry behind the scrum. A

:05:08. > :05:11.number of significant changes, Craig Gilroy in Wales last night as backed

:05:12. > :05:17.and Jacob Stockdale is there as well, playing on the wing this time,

:05:18. > :05:27.Luke Marshall, Jared Payne moves back to full back, hoping to catch

:05:28. > :05:33.the eye of Joseph Smit. The referee is from Wales, is fairly regular

:05:34. > :05:39.visitors year, Ian Davis, his 58th pro 12 game. Vastly experienced. The

:05:40. > :05:46.is Craig Gilroy, happy birthday, happy 26. Youngest man to reach 100

:05:47. > :05:51.caps for Ulster, a couple of seasons ago. There is the man who was only

:05:52. > :05:55.two years younger, Stuart Olding playing at number ten, starting at

:05:56. > :06:04.number ten in the second chamber his Ulster career. The 21-year-old

:06:05. > :06:15.Argentinian. Ulster leave that to twinkle toed Piutau. I say to the

:06:16. > :06:25.22, he now shipping off to kick down the touchline. That is the beautiful

:06:26. > :06:38.kick. New Zealand born full-back, Engelbrecht, his first time at the

:06:39. > :06:43.Kingspan Stadium. Good solid tackle. That was good defending by Robbie

:06:44. > :06:51.Diack. Engelbrecht gets quickly. This is enterprising staff. They

:06:52. > :06:55.seem to be happy enough with it. Ulster will try to hustle a bit with

:06:56. > :07:06.the touch and we will get the first set piece which has been taken

:07:07. > :07:13.quickly. That is into a fair bit of space now. Jared Payne is leading

:07:14. > :07:18.it, that is an awkward ball. Great support play from Kieran Treadwell

:07:19. > :07:29.who was up very quickly from the second row forward. Zebre have

:07:30. > :07:37.secured it. Bernabo, 100 Italian caps. That is going to give Ulster

:07:38. > :07:43.the line-out. I think a sign of what Bulls teams are trying to do, moving

:07:44. > :07:51.the ball around, lovely conditions. I think Ulster shouldn't try and run

:07:52. > :07:56.everything. A good attacking line-out to put the first set play

:07:57. > :08:11.in place. Not quite maximum points from the last four games. Well taken

:08:12. > :08:22.in by Treadwell. That is not a very good clearance kick by Lloyd Greeff,

:08:23. > :08:28.and other South African. Good following up by Jacob Stockdale. He

:08:29. > :08:37.very nearly still that one. -- stone. Makes the first tackle. Good

:08:38. > :08:44.wrestling by Ulster's captain, good upper body strength by Herring.

:08:45. > :08:51.Trying to recycle this quickly, they have done just that. Good driving

:08:52. > :09:07.nearby Ulster yet again. That was high. Can also take advantage?

:09:08. > :09:18.Herring, a very quick back for read. They are going to come back for the

:09:19. > :09:27.penalty. It was clumsy. His footwork just pick the open side under a lot

:09:28. > :09:39.of pressure. He left an arm hanging. He has got a yellow card. He is

:09:40. > :09:44.going to have a look at that. He may change his mind about the sanction,

:09:45. > :09:48.he hasn't imposed a sanction yet added and the penalty. A pretty

:09:49. > :09:53.straightforward yellow card, the way things have gone with head injuries

:09:54. > :09:59.and player welfare, he pretty much straight yellow card. Ulster are

:10:00. > :10:08.pretty threatening. It gets worse every time you see it. The slower it

:10:09. > :10:23.goes, the worse it gets. They may get this sorted out between the

:10:24. > :10:28.referee and the TML. It starts in a high position from the get go. He is

:10:29. > :10:36.saying the right arm coming and started in a very high position. He

:10:37. > :10:42.is going to have another look at it. Minimum yellow, the way the docking

:10:43. > :10:46.is potentially stronger than that. He is a high, it's clumsy, happy

:10:47. > :10:50.with a yellow card under the says he is not actually trying to swing, it

:10:51. > :10:59.is high from the start. Are you happy with that? ICB same thing. It

:11:00. > :11:08.is going to be a yellow. Unfortunately for Zebre, he is going

:11:09. > :11:15.to go to the bin. Bernabo is not entirely happy with that decision,

:11:16. > :11:18.needless to say. Ulster have to go through the corner. It's a

:11:19. > :11:26.no-brainer. They will go green for the try each time. When they played

:11:27. > :11:28.a couple of weeks ago, the one quite come to break even though the

:11:29. > :11:33.performance wasn't there and even if he tries don't come, the note by the

:11:34. > :11:45.80 minutes they should have got them.

:11:46. > :11:52.Great position for Ulster. Dude take by Kieran Treadwell at the front.

:11:53. > :12:05.Ulster just moving towards the touchline. Stockdale has been an

:12:06. > :12:10.fine form, just one behind Tommy Seymour. You can see how pressures

:12:11. > :12:12.that it is because he very nearly lost his footing. Good strong long

:12:13. > :12:39.run. Just to the left of the post. Ulster is doing everything but

:12:40. > :12:45.score. Treadwell thundered towards the line. Managed to squeeze it

:12:46. > :12:49.back. Clever stuff by Chris Henry, too clever? They have come back from

:12:50. > :12:53.the penalty. Ulster made a mess of that but they knew the penalty was

:12:54. > :12:59.coming. A little bit scrappy, the struggle to get the set piece, great

:13:00. > :13:03.food work by Jacob Stockdale. A couple of good carries by Treadwell.

:13:04. > :13:06.It is good to see Treadwell and O'Connor back in the second row,

:13:07. > :13:11.that the partnership that did so well a few weeks ago. Good to see

:13:12. > :13:26.Ulster here showing plenty of attacking and intent. Had a fair old

:13:27. > :13:45.number of options there. Six minutes gone. Zebre down to 74 words. --

:13:46. > :13:52.seven four words. Herring stands his ground and waits for some support.

:13:53. > :14:05.Decent bit of defending thereby Zebre. Here comes Wiehahn Herbst

:14:06. > :14:14.looking for his second try. Fabulous stuff. Luke Marshall straight

:14:15. > :14:24.through. First of the evening. It was nicely done. A lovely bit of

:14:25. > :14:30.play by Ulster. Plenary hit the outside line, Wiehahn Herbst, that

:14:31. > :14:45.gets to the outside edge of the defence. Very risky. It needed a lot

:14:46. > :14:50.of force on it. That is one of the skills that some people don't

:14:51. > :14:56.necessarily appreciate. The passing that Stuart Olding brings. We talked

:14:57. > :15:07.about her discover he is with his feet. -- how skilful he is. Luke

:15:08. > :15:16.Marshall with 99 Ulster caps to his name incidentally. P now with 135 52

:15:17. > :15:30.headers. Dearly mention again what a loss it's got to be. -- Pienaar.

:15:31. > :15:38.What a lovely fine crisp night it is and if I'm crisp contact and a very

:15:39. > :15:43.good conversion by Pienaar. Ulster 7-0 up. The perfect start. We've

:15:44. > :15:46.talked about slow starts in conceding points but that should

:15:47. > :15:59.give Ulster the confidence to keep playing and rack up the bonus point

:16:00. > :16:04.pretty quickly. Bordoli starts. Alan O'Connor has got plenty of support

:16:05. > :16:12.from the men in white. Chris Henry is standing back in a bit. Outside

:16:13. > :16:25.him, Treadwell, but it is Pienaar again. Play on, says the referee.

:16:26. > :16:31.Berryman take -- took a little tab. Not much room there for the

:16:32. > :16:44.attacking Zebre midfield. Engelbrecht got away again to the

:16:45. > :16:55.left-hand side. That is good ground made by Zebre. Engelbrecht again,

:16:56. > :17:06.Bordoli. Engelbrecht waiting for a runner, it gets it in there for

:17:07. > :17:11.Bernabo. A little overlap there. Good covering thereby Craig Gilroy.

:17:12. > :17:24.Some great rocking by Craig -- Stockdale. Coetzee has given away

:17:25. > :17:29.the penalty. Bit of a controversial chap, Berryman, he bit of a doping

:17:30. > :17:38.scandal in a few seasons ago. This is Federico ripped that, emerging in

:17:39. > :17:44.the Italy under 20s. He will come back for the penalty giving against

:17:45. > :17:47.Coetzee. Will lead over the coroner? Definitely the corner. They might

:17:48. > :18:01.come over and think they early points. He seemed to struggle to

:18:02. > :18:04.roll away there. He has had a couple of knee problems. He has had both

:18:05. > :18:15.knees operated on any fairly major way. I think they will just try to

:18:16. > :18:18.chip away and stay within touch. While they are in touch with an

:18:19. > :18:23.Ulster's score line it gives them nerves and it gives them hope for

:18:24. > :18:30.the Italian teams, the national or club side, while the in scoring

:18:31. > :18:34.touch the our competitive but when they are to three scores behind that

:18:35. > :18:38.the needle out the gate. The key is per Ulster to be chipping away at

:18:39. > :18:44.the scoreboard and get them to lose interest. That looks a little bit on

:18:45. > :18:48.the worrying side this man. I remember he couldn't play at all

:18:49. > :18:52.with the last month are still because of that, a major knee

:18:53. > :18:58.operation. This is just his fourth game for Ulster and here it is

:18:59. > :19:05.Bordoli, looking for his first point for his new club. He has made a bit

:19:06. > :19:09.of a hash of that. I would be a little bit worried now about Marcel

:19:10. > :19:18.Cooksey, I don't see anybody warming up at this stage. What do you think,

:19:19. > :19:22.Ian? He went in there and he just jarred himself. I didn't see the

:19:23. > :19:26.knee make any contact with the opposition, he may have twisted it

:19:27. > :19:39.when it went in for the tackle. I think it was from a few rocks

:19:40. > :19:48.earlier. -- ruck. Engelbrecht trying to move it nearer to his side. This

:19:49. > :19:59.is a better stuff by Zebre. Engelbrecht in the quickly. Ulster's

:20:00. > :20:06.defence absolutely sweated. A couple of weeks ago in Italy, Ulster

:20:07. > :20:12.started off like a house on fire and then sat back. Andrea De Marchi gets

:20:13. > :20:17.his first try of the season. Very unexpected. A couple of good carries

:20:18. > :20:21.by the front row. A bit of disorganisation and a brilliant line

:20:22. > :20:27.by the foreword by the second row. Ulster didn't organise quickly

:20:28. > :20:30.enough. That is just a great front row play and they started that from

:20:31. > :20:35.their own ten metre line and just held on to the ball. You have to

:20:36. > :20:41.give them credit. Ulster's defence around the fringes was very pure and

:20:42. > :20:48.Alan O'Connor could not be tackling. He is not going to miss from there.

:20:49. > :20:53.Bordoli, the 21-year-old from Argentina, has got the point and

:20:54. > :20:59.there is a scoreline you'd expect to see, Ulster seven, Zebre seven. It

:21:00. > :21:03.can also be the reverse, you sweat job and think it's going to be an

:21:04. > :21:07.easy job done. They need to switch on again and 80 minutes is what

:21:08. > :21:15.matters, as long as they've got the tries by them. Those seven points

:21:16. > :21:28.for a Zebre came when they were going to 14 men. That has gone

:21:29. > :21:40.loose. Robbie Diack goes through. Well set up by Zebre. Gets it away

:21:41. > :21:45.but only as far as Piutau. What's going to happen here? Coetzee is

:21:46. > :21:51.outside. Lovely pass by Payne, beautiful hands by Payne. Luke

:21:52. > :22:01.Marshall in for a second try, what a combination of truly world-class

:22:02. > :22:05.players. Luke Marshall... That is the lesson for Zebre to make sure

:22:06. > :22:14.they don't stay loosely into the back three. Jared will be talking to

:22:15. > :22:21.him the whole way. That is just class. World-class skills. Full

:22:22. > :22:26.marks to Luke Marshall for being in that position. He is one of those

:22:27. > :22:33.guys who worked so hard on the ball, you don't see a lot of the stuff he

:22:34. > :22:36.does on TV. He will be talking to Jared Payne the whole way there, it

:22:37. > :22:41.is one of the drills that Ulster do. The work on supporting each other

:22:42. > :22:48.and that is very approved and got its dividends. 15 minutes gone and

:22:49. > :22:56.Ruan Pienaar to attempt to convert after's second try. Remember, bonus

:22:57. > :23:02.points are just about essential for this game tonight from an Ulster

:23:03. > :23:10.perspective. CHEERING

:23:11. > :23:15.Perfect. Beautiful. That could be the hardest space in the pitch to

:23:16. > :23:19.kick, P now at through the middle it will hold his line nicely and he

:23:20. > :23:31.struck -- struck the ball beautifully.

:23:32. > :23:41.16 minutes gone, 14-7 to the home side. Coetzee, no sign of that me

:23:42. > :23:52.bothering him. Clever little dummy stepped inside. This is Federico

:23:53. > :24:00.ripped that, the six feet six foreword. Stewart Golding went in

:24:01. > :24:14.and Didier flankers job. Penury gets it away. Gilroy is liking it. This

:24:15. > :24:20.could work out very interesting way. Jacob Stockdale without Amat right

:24:21. > :24:25.wing, I thought it was Craig Gilroy. See if they can manage to retrieve

:24:26. > :24:40.the ball, they have lost about 40 odd metres. Coetzee is down again

:24:41. > :24:47.and holding that knee. All of a sudden the is Piutau, there is no

:24:48. > :24:57.Coetzee. Hugo 's Piutau. Pienaar is there. Nobody is going to lay a

:24:58. > :25:01.glove on him, Ulster's third try within 17 minutes. What a fine piece

:25:02. > :25:06.of counter attacking, but disappointingly I have to say

:25:07. > :25:09.Marshall Coetzee is going off and limping rather badly. A great try

:25:10. > :25:17.but what are the consequences going to be for the rest of the season?

:25:18. > :25:21.Again, Zebre are going to have to learn you cannot kick loosely to

:25:22. > :25:30.this backstreet and it is brilliant counterattacking, it's what the fans

:25:31. > :25:35.want to see. It's his vision to know when to bounce back on the blindside

:25:36. > :25:40.and spread the width of Stuart Olding. Building managed to put

:25:41. > :25:49.Charles Piutau away. A great bit of support work. That is a very sad

:25:50. > :25:55.sight indeed. I hope it's nothing too serious. Maybe just a little bit

:25:56. > :26:03.-- bit of a tweaked or something. In the meantime, Pina adds his third

:26:04. > :26:13.conversion, the third of his own try and Ulster lead by 21 point - seven.

:26:14. > :26:20.A little bit of a switch around, it is a bit heavy reshuffle. It

:26:21. > :26:22.shouldn't cause too much disruption hopefully. Not the site that Ulster

:26:23. > :26:39.fans wanted to see. So much power and strength in that

:26:40. > :26:51.light frame of his, Payne. Penury gets it away. Nice pass by Geac. --

:26:52. > :27:05.Geac. The referee has got his hand out for the penalty. What a kick by

:27:06. > :27:10.Pienaar, look at that. The referee has got to go back. I don't think

:27:11. > :27:18.he's going to get the hat-trick. He was in front of the ball that was

:27:19. > :27:23.kicked by Jared Payne. We could see Luke Marshall did seem to be in

:27:24. > :27:26.front of Craig Gilroy, you want Craig Gilroy to be screaming at him

:27:27. > :27:30.to leave it alone because you'll know he was in front of him and

:27:31. > :27:33.there was no defender in sight. A missed opportunity. Whether he goes

:27:34. > :27:47.back to the original penalty we will have to wait and see.

:27:48. > :27:58.We are going to have a look at this. Everyone at Kingspan Stadium will

:27:59. > :28:03.see it on the big screens. Was there an offside? This is through the ball

:28:04. > :28:13.came back. Penury pit in the initial little chip. That was fine. The is

:28:14. > :28:23.Marshall. He was ahead wasn't she? The Zebre fellows have looked at

:28:24. > :28:32.that and said look, no try. REFEREE: He is marginally in front. Though

:28:33. > :28:37.try, offside. Looks like offside. That is a missed opportunity for

:28:38. > :28:44.Ulster, for sure. A lovely bit of vision and a nice kick. Ulster found

:28:45. > :28:54.a bit of space just behind the defensive line. The short kick game

:28:55. > :29:04.reaped a lot of rewards. They just have to try and get this fourth try

:29:05. > :29:10.before half-time. Two tries by Luke Marshall, one by Ruan Pienaar who

:29:11. > :29:19.has converted all three. This is the Italian international, Fabiani. A

:29:20. > :29:29.strong drive by the former Leinster Academy player. Good hands. Gilroy.

:29:30. > :29:40.Stockdale. Got it back inside before he hit the touchline. Ulster close

:29:41. > :29:49.to the opposition. That was away nicely. Chris Henry did well to get

:29:50. > :29:56.it back. Building not afraid to get his hands and his jersey dirty.

:29:57. > :30:24.Ulster's captain makes a decent bit of ground.

:30:25. > :30:33.Just as well for Zebre that Engelbrecht was there. If they pass

:30:34. > :30:38.it inside the 22, they can kick the ball to touch.

:30:39. > :30:46.It is inside the 22 so they can go for touch. Bart le Roux takes it

:30:47. > :30:57.forward for Zebre. That will give Ulster the line-out.

:30:58. > :31:08.Good bit of pressure by Ulster. Very good defence and nice attack. You

:31:09. > :31:11.see that time Zebre put the ball ten yards back to take away the threat

:31:12. > :31:16.but the defence of Ulster has been so solid. I expect to see another

:31:17. > :31:29.few tries hopefully. Herring has to execute the throw.

:31:30. > :31:49.Picked off. Still working hard at the breakdown,

:31:50. > :32:31.not making life easy for the Italians.

:32:32. > :32:39.What is he going to do? He's going to run is the answer. I thought he

:32:40. > :32:46.was going to slip it inside to Payne but he makes it available to

:32:47. > :32:47.Pienaar. That was a good dummy by Herbst. Good to see him back and fit

:32:48. > :32:58.again. Here goes Piutau. Taken in by Ruan

:32:59. > :33:20.Pienaar. The advantage is over. But of a forward pass. Good

:33:21. > :33:23.enterprising play by Ulster. The good thing is that they are carrying

:33:24. > :33:27.hard to the line and they've been off-loading and playing at the back

:33:28. > :33:30.so it is giving the Zebre defence so many questions. What they are

:33:31. > :33:34.managing to do is a lot of one-on-one tackles and with the

:33:35. > :33:41.quality of carriers and ball players also have, the one-on-one, the likes

:33:42. > :33:46.of Marshall, Piutau, they are making it a good way for Pienaar, who is

:33:47. > :33:53.pulling the strings very well tonight. They are away to the

:33:54. > :33:57.Newport Gwent Dragons and they are here to the Cardiff Blues. Then they

:33:58. > :34:08.are away to Munster and the Ospreys, and then their last game is at home

:34:09. > :34:09.here to current leaders Leinster. The last three games in four threes

:34:10. > :34:45.sides in the top five. Piutau, try number four for Ulster

:34:46. > :34:51.with just 25 minutes gone! The bonus point in the bag and a lot more to

:34:52. > :34:59.come if Ulster do what they did last time out. Nicely done. Brilliant

:35:00. > :35:06.play. A couple of good carriers. What a piece of switch play between

:35:07. > :35:22.Jared Payne and Piutau. Lovely hands, and then the timing. What do

:35:23. > :35:26.you think of Olding? He has been brilliant, he attacks the line, he

:35:27. > :35:33.gets the team moving forward. I do know if he has kicked the ball

:35:34. > :35:40.tonight. His handling and his ball carrying, he's got everything. I

:35:41. > :35:51.think it is both Ulster and Ireland are interested in exploiting. I know

:35:52. > :35:58.Joe Smith has been a fan of Stuart Olding for a long time. And this man

:35:59. > :36:03.has a lot of fans here. For reasons including that one. Four conversions

:36:04. > :36:10.for Ruan Pienaar and four tries for Ulster. And there is a lot more to

:36:11. > :36:14.go. What a great little switch from Jared Payne. He must be on the radar

:36:15. > :36:22.for the game next week against England. You'd think so. You can see

:36:23. > :36:28.Jared Payne is good at shoring up the defence. What a welter of the

:36:29. > :36:36.left foot! That was a very good rattle of the ball. Great kick. It

:36:37. > :36:42.relieves the pressure and it's always nice to see a left footer out

:36:43. > :36:43.there. Always looks so much more elegant! Just what Ulster needs to

:36:44. > :37:02.be doing. Great work by Robbie Diack, who is

:37:03. > :37:07.playing in his favourite position. Slight miscue, and Berryman catches

:37:08. > :37:08.it. He is allowed to run. He's gone five metres and Ulster tackling

:37:09. > :37:32.well. Where is it going? Into the hands of

:37:33. > :38:00.Robbie Diack! Very nearly gets away. Ulster looking for another one.

:38:01. > :38:04.Zebre told to leave Pienaar alone. Everyone around the Kingspan Stadium

:38:05. > :38:17.is asking that! So much pressure being exerted,

:38:18. > :38:47.Zebre starting to creak. Should be an Ulster line-out. Good

:38:48. > :38:51.defence by Zebre with Ulster having plenty of possession. At no time did

:38:52. > :38:55.Zebre seem to be under much pressure. The difficulty for all

:38:56. > :39:00.stories to keep the momentum going. They've got the fourth try and

:39:01. > :39:03.mentally you can relax but, at the same time, players don't get to play

:39:04. > :39:10.in these games where you know you're going to win comfortably. If I was

:39:11. > :39:14.Les Kiss, I'd be thinking to take Pienaar off, to save him for the

:39:15. > :39:26.bigger games towards the end of the season. Diack, moved to number rate.

:39:27. > :39:33.-- number eight. Straight through! Try number eight for the season,

:39:34. > :39:37.Stockdale, and he is joint top of the try scoring list, Stockdale.

:39:38. > :39:41.Scampered through for Ulster's fifth try within half an hour, and try

:39:42. > :39:47.number eight this season. He can play anywhere! He is a special

:39:48. > :39:51.talent, Jacob Stockdale. This try is a piece of art. Great ball off the

:39:52. > :39:56.top and there's a lot of small things there. It seems bad defence

:39:57. > :40:04.but Luke Marshall's line attracts the defender and Stockdale steps to

:40:05. > :40:09.is right, and makes the defender who is ball watching, he's so strong,

:40:10. > :40:14.and if you don't get a hit, he's gone. Just 21 years of age and that

:40:15. > :40:17.was within the last month, so he is the baby of this site by a long,

:40:18. > :40:43.long way. Maturing week on week. Pienaar does it again. Not the

:40:44. > :40:47.greatest contact in the world but it doesn't matter. I think his legs

:40:48. > :40:51.might be tired with the running and he didn't commit but it is a

:40:52. > :40:56.beautiful set piece try. It seems simple but there are so many pieces

:40:57. > :41:03.to it. It just shows how big runners are and it's much was the case of

:41:04. > :41:18.whoever is getting the ball. Five tries for Ulster, all converted.

:41:19. > :41:42.Pienaar glances to see where Piutau is.

:41:43. > :41:51.Herring and the other skipper having a go at each other. A handful of

:41:52. > :41:57.South Africans playing for Zebre. The same could be said for Ulster.

:41:58. > :42:26.It was unfortunate, Herring, nice tackle. The referee saying he didn't

:42:27. > :42:31.release. Rob is one of the best poachers of the ball so he will be

:42:32. > :42:35.disappointed not to show this clearly is but good defence by

:42:36. > :42:41.Ulster. They are playing pretty physical because that is a big Zebre

:42:42. > :42:50.pack, but they need to know not to give them easy penalties. It is a

:42:51. > :42:51.dry night. The man in the middle, Gianluca Guidi, must be wondering

:42:52. > :43:25.what to do with this Zebre. That wasn't the worst pass in the

:43:26. > :43:29.world. Piutau will be muttering under his breath as he gives Payne a

:43:30. > :43:34.pat on the back. The pass was fine, I was the idiot. Those two have

:43:35. > :43:39.linked up brilliantly. They haven't managed to be on the pitch too much

:43:40. > :43:42.this season. It shows what could be happening this year. That's just

:43:43. > :43:48.child is taking his eye off the ball, nothing wrong with the past.

:43:49. > :43:52.Great ambition shown by Ulster, and a great smile on his face, they are

:43:53. > :43:57.enjoying themselves to mind. They play best when they enjoyed. Five

:43:58. > :44:04.minutes remaining, Ulster with five tries in the bank. A win of any kind

:44:05. > :44:08.was going to take them up into fourth place, just ahead of the

:44:09. > :44:14.Scarlets, who have the easier run-in. This will bring Ulster level

:44:15. > :44:19.in terms of games played. This is Ulster's 17th game of the season. To

:44:20. > :44:24.win this, as they probably went, they will have won 12, lost five,

:44:25. > :44:28.but tougher ones to come, starting with Dragons and a couple of weeks.

:44:29. > :45:06.It will be on BBC Two Northern Ireland.

:45:07. > :45:17.It is very slow, giving also time to gather their defences. The man with

:45:18. > :45:22.the ball wasn't held. That is good work, Koegelenberg is up to the

:45:23. > :45:25.Ulster 22. Can Zebre get back in the game? Long way to go to level it up

:45:26. > :45:54.from here. It is a little bit slow and

:45:55. > :46:25.predictable. Fooled everybody into thinking he

:46:26. > :46:32.was going to kick the ball, Jared Payne.

:46:33. > :46:37.Pienaar has the option of kick, and touch and Ulster will try to run

:46:38. > :46:54.this one. They have to combat for the penalty.

:46:55. > :46:58.Great offence again by Ulster and nice turnover by Herring. They are

:46:59. > :47:06.showing their intention at attacking and Pienaar is asking for the

:47:07. > :47:11.penalty. I think he will try to drill this long and that's hopefully

:47:12. > :47:15.see a nice set piece. Ulster need to maintain the intensity, no point

:47:16. > :47:20.dropping off the pace. And Pienaar made it into touch. We had our

:47:21. > :47:26.hearts in our mouths! That could not have been better. He strikes the

:47:27. > :47:30.ball so cleanly and that is just the confidence you see, all the players

:47:31. > :47:34.walking around with the swagger, they will enjoy themselves tonight.

:47:35. > :48:01.Hopefully, they will try something different.

:48:02. > :48:20.One of those evenings for Piutau. He does a magnificent things and then

:48:21. > :48:29.he makes a fundamental error now and again. We're so used to him doing so

:48:30. > :48:32.well, it is a bit of a surprise. Ulster are just creating chances

:48:33. > :48:46.every time they've got the ball so it's just a case of being patient.

:48:47. > :49:02.Still some time left, Ulster will have to put-in for the line-out.

:49:03. > :49:06.Gilroy unable to gather that. Bordoli, breathing quite heavily

:49:07. > :49:11.like some of the others. When they've been attacking, they've been

:49:12. > :49:14.running into brick walls. Ulster are running some ragged so these guys

:49:15. > :49:22.will be looking forward to half-time. Ulster need to keep this

:49:23. > :49:33.intensity up. Probably last set piece of the first half.

:49:34. > :49:37.Play on, says the referee. I thought Pienaar might have shunted it

:49:38. > :49:51.forward. The referee will probably say that

:49:52. > :49:58.is the first half over. It hasn't been a first half that Ulster can

:49:59. > :50:02.look back on other than with pleasure. A couple of tries from

:50:03. > :50:10.Marshall, one from Pienaar, one from Piutau and one by Stockdale. Pienaar

:50:11. > :50:17.adds five conversions. Half-time, 35-7 to Ulster.

:50:18. > :50:23.We've been enjoying what has been a very entertaining first half, over

:50:24. > :50:27.16,000 people here. The Ulster boys came out strong, throwing the ball

:50:28. > :50:32.around, making the Zebre pack work hard. And it's paying off. The

:50:33. > :50:35.handling, their accuracy and tempo has been up there with the boys

:50:36. > :50:40.putting a very good performance. There wasn't one scrum in the first

:50:41. > :50:44.half, it was unbelievable and very entertaining. Hopefully a lot more

:50:45. > :50:49.in the second half. It's been comfortable and Ulster have been

:50:50. > :51:02.cruising. Six tries in all in the first 40 minutes, five of them for

:51:03. > :51:05.Ulster, bonus point in the bank already and lots to look forward to

:51:06. > :51:07.in the second half. Lots to look back on and reflect on as well. It's

:51:08. > :51:10.been a pretty clinical Ulster performance, it has to be said.

:51:11. > :51:14.Marshall could've had a fabulous hat-trick, as it was, great tries.

:51:15. > :51:20.We said the weather will play into the back three's hands. Stuart

:51:21. > :51:26.Olding is setting these boys are light and we have some talent on

:51:27. > :51:30.show tonight. And Luke Marshall is the recipient of a lot of stuff

:51:31. > :51:35.that's good. This is the start of the game, he is a hearty little man

:51:36. > :51:41.and he keeps bouncing, and setting boys up left, right and centre. He

:51:42. > :51:48.oozes class. Every time he touches the ball, something is going to

:51:49. > :51:55.happen. He is calling all the shots, he is filling the boots of Paddy

:51:56. > :51:58.Jackson very well and he is so exciting to watch. He looks

:51:59. > :52:03.comfortable and awesome at Number Ten and if you watch on the second

:52:04. > :52:07.half if he carries on like in the first, he is receiving the ball

:52:08. > :52:11.within about two metres of the gain-line, he such a threat. He has

:52:12. > :52:19.such skill that he can pull a pass back. His magic, he's awesome. He is

:52:20. > :52:28.very difficult to defend. He isn't scared to take the ball on himself.

:52:29. > :52:33.Obviously, that has been helping the backline. Let's look at those tries.

:52:34. > :52:39.Two great tries, could have been brave. The build-up to all the tries

:52:40. > :52:42.have been fantastic. They haven't come from set piece because we

:52:43. > :52:49.haven't had too many of them. It is good to see all the forwards doing

:52:50. > :52:53.the work. The guys have to be on the end of those passes. Luke has done

:52:54. > :52:57.well because he hasn't had a good couple of weeks. The forwards are

:52:58. > :53:03.doing great, their workrate, they are coming onto the ball at pace.

:53:04. > :53:10.Zebre are playing at a Ulster's hands. Why are they not playing the

:53:11. > :53:16.ball off the pitch? Pienaar, one of the greatest counter attackers. When

:53:17. > :53:22.you do that, you're going to get points. I bet more patients, it

:53:23. > :53:28.could have been a hat-trick. Very much so. He must've known he was in

:53:29. > :53:35.front. There wasn't a Zebre man in place. He must've had a bonus for

:53:36. > :53:42.something fresh hat-trick tonight. I'm sure Gilroy was telling him to

:53:43. > :53:47.slow down. It's evident also have more class on show. Players like

:53:48. > :53:50.Pienaar and Piutau have been pulling the strings tonight. They are

:53:51. > :54:02.world-class players and they've stepped up. But Olding, so strong.

:54:03. > :54:07.The cream rises to the top. These guys, how many times have we seen

:54:08. > :54:12.Pienaar on the inside pass, running in, and to be set up by Piutau, and

:54:13. > :54:18.when you look at Payne, they know the outcome of the situation before

:54:19. > :54:22.it takes place and its class. It is the handling skills as well. The

:54:23. > :54:30.ball is out front. It might look simple and easy on the eye but it is

:54:31. > :54:34.the timing of the switch like here. And everything is just working for

:54:35. > :54:40.Ulster tonight. A couple of loose place before the half-time whistle

:54:41. > :54:49.but another tried to come after the second half. What do you make of

:54:50. > :54:56.number 13? That is where he'd like to play. Absolute quality. It is his

:54:57. > :55:02.turn of pace. Look at this, taking the ball to the line, a delayed

:55:03. > :55:06.pass, then bang. If that was 70 yards out, nobody is catching him.

:55:07. > :55:11.It is great to see the young talent coming through and when he sees an

:55:12. > :55:18.opportunity, he is taking it, Stockdale. Let's talk about the one

:55:19. > :55:21.downside in the first half, Marcell Coetzee going off. He might have

:55:22. > :55:24.picked up a knee injury which would be pretty worrying for Ulster

:55:25. > :55:29.because he was out with a long-term knee injury previously. And we've

:55:30. > :55:33.been very excited about his inclusion, he was getting better and

:55:34. > :55:38.better with more games. Tonight would have suited him beautifully so

:55:39. > :55:41.hopefully that hasn't been a continuation of past problems just

:55:42. > :55:52.something small that we can overcome shortly. He was getting some

:55:53. > :55:56.momentum. Then we lost Trimble, and now Marcell Coetzee is out with a

:55:57. > :56:01.knee injury, it isn't too concerning if he plays some rugby in the next

:56:02. > :56:07.few weeks, but it is the only negative of tonight. Let's pause for

:56:08. > :56:11.a moment and turn our attention to the Six Nations championship.

:56:12. > :56:16.England crowned the champions this afternoon, of course, after a

:56:17. > :56:21.comprehensive 61-21 victory over Scotland. France beat Italy 40-18.

:56:22. > :56:28.We'd been hoping for the big finale in Dublin next weekend, Ireland

:56:29. > :56:33.against England, but it wasn't to be, Ireland beaten by Wells last

:56:34. > :56:42.night. Here is a look back at the drama in Cardiff.

:56:43. > :56:50.We were sitting well in the table and we'd left ourselves with the

:56:51. > :57:02.task of two wins. We came here to win. And we didn't do that. It is

:57:03. > :57:10.disappointing. Ireland take the lead. CJ stander. Scott Williams

:57:11. > :57:18.can't stop him! He won't be stopped. Moriarty. Rhys Webb! Scott Williams

:57:19. > :57:24.is true! Long pass to Leigh Halfpenny! George North! George

:57:25. > :57:39.North is back with a vengeance! We can't win the Championship, and it's

:57:40. > :57:45.tough. Jonathan Davies! Jonny Sexton is going into the bin. Once you get

:57:46. > :57:50.behind the Welsh team, they are tenacious and under pressure, it's

:57:51. > :57:58.hard to build your way in. George North, second try!

:57:59. > :58:04.Wales extend their lead. It's frustrating and it's tough to score

:58:05. > :58:09.tries because they aren't great defensive teams. We didn't take our

:58:10. > :58:21.opportunities which is disappointing. Rory Best edges

:58:22. > :58:24.closer. Number 12 ran from a distance and made it start going

:58:25. > :58:29.again, that is obstruction and penalty. He hoped to give us

:58:30. > :58:34.momentum to get us across the line because we were in a good position.

:58:35. > :58:42.You couldn't fault the physicality we brought, just lacking a bit of

:58:43. > :58:50.clinical and smarts. Sexton. Jamie Roberts 49! Roberts! We have to dust

:58:51. > :58:53.ourselves down. We wanted to win the Championship, it isn't going to

:58:54. > :59:01.happen but we have to finish strong and hike up the table.

:59:02. > :59:06.So, disappointment for Ireland's men but the women still have a great

:59:07. > :59:11.chance of winning the Grand Slam. They beat Wales in Cardiff today to

:59:12. > :59:15.set up a showdown with England on Saint Patrick's Day. Should be quite

:59:16. > :59:20.an occasion. Where did it go wrong for Ireland last night?

:59:21. > :59:25.International rugby, small margins between winning and losing. Last

:59:26. > :59:30.night, Ireland were playing at 60% on this too could have won the game.

:59:31. > :59:36.It's such a fine margins. The accuracy was off. And, on another

:59:37. > :59:40.day, Ireland would have won, but it happened to me in 2011 at the World

:59:41. > :59:46.Cup when we were favourites going into a quarterfinal and they took us

:59:47. > :59:49.out of the game, they took the backrub out of the game last night

:59:50. > :59:53.and we couldn't get going but we had a chance to win the match and we

:59:54. > :59:57.didn't take it. When you don't take it, principality Stadium, they will

:59:58. > :00:02.lose the game. England now have a chance to beat the All Blacks

:00:03. > :00:07.winning streak, unbeaten in 18. Ireland can stop them in Dublin next

:00:08. > :00:10.weekend, as they did against the All Blacks in Chicago. That add some

:00:11. > :00:16.spice to the game. Do you fancy Ireland beating England? They will

:00:17. > :00:22.come away with last I's performance hurt and upset about how it panned

:00:23. > :00:27.out for them. A couple of issues and injuries, a couple of people getting

:00:28. > :00:30.sent off. We wanted 100% but some credit has to go to Wales because

:00:31. > :00:34.their defence was superb and cancelled a lot out. I think we can

:00:35. > :00:39.go down there and everybody is looking forward to it. Which team

:00:40. > :00:43.you support, and everybody says whoever is beating England! It is

:00:44. > :00:47.going to be a cracking match. England will want to win that

:00:48. > :00:51.because they are about creating records. You think they don't want

:00:52. > :00:55.to beat the All Blacks record? Of course they do. They're getting

:00:56. > :00:59.better and better and Reggie Jones. He's doing a great job and the

:01:00. > :01:03.players are responding to how he's putting it together. I still fancy

:01:04. > :01:07.Ireland to do it. We are at home, it's going to be tough, physical. If

:01:08. > :01:17.they have their wits about them, we can do the job. Back to tonight.

:01:18. > :01:26.What will Ulster be looking for? One of the negatives about Ulster's

:01:27. > :01:29.season is the inconsistency. One week brilliant, the next mediocre

:01:30. > :01:33.and when you put any first-half performance like that you have to

:01:34. > :01:37.back it up and put in another performance like we did in the

:01:38. > :01:42.first-half, more of the same. Keeping the foot on the gas, be with

:01:43. > :01:52.us tonight. Frei you have got, it with a mindset that it is nil all.

:01:53. > :01:58.We have got to be clinical. We are striving to be the top four, we've

:01:59. > :02:02.got to go get it. On a more positive note, we are hearing that Coetzee's

:02:03. > :02:05.injury is to the other knee, not the one he entered last time, I don't

:02:06. > :02:09.know whether that makes it any better or not. Let's hope that

:02:10. > :02:16.injury is not too serious for him. Let's hope for lots more tries in

:02:17. > :02:23.the next have. COMMENTATOR: No changes in the second half for

:02:24. > :02:31.Ulster. 35-7 on the scoreboard. Zebre having one change, Engelbrecht

:02:32. > :02:37.has gone off to be replaced by the Italian international Palazzani. He

:02:38. > :02:42.has, wearing number 21. Pienaar, five convergence to his credit gets

:02:43. > :02:47.this second half under. Taken in by Bernabo. Big bump in the middle of

:02:48. > :02:49.his back by Alan O'Connor there. What a good start by Ulster. Well

:02:50. > :03:09.taken by Robbie Diack. Nicely done by Ulster. Rob Herring,

:03:10. > :03:14.Ulster's captain, tackled by the blindside flanker. Pienaar, what a

:03:15. > :03:21.pass. He makes a decent bit of ground. A little bit every tackle

:03:22. > :03:26.around the neck there. Herbst looking pretty mobile this evening.

:03:27. > :03:41.Herring needs a bit of help and get it from penury.

:03:42. > :03:54.Pretty restless stuff from Ulster's tight forwards. Pienaar had no clue

:03:55. > :03:58.for that ball was, Gilroy has knocked that backward. Play on, says

:03:59. > :04:14.the referee. Stewart Olding assists. Looking for his hat-trick, Marshall.

:04:15. > :04:21.That has come off a defender, it could still be there for Ulster. No

:04:22. > :04:31.advantage to Ulster because it came back of a Zebre player. Henry tries

:04:32. > :04:39.to secure it. It is going to be a Zebre scrum. Did we have one any

:04:40. > :04:43.first-half? I don't think we did. It's the first one. That is

:04:44. > :04:50.extraordinary, in this day and age when games are dominated by set

:04:51. > :04:57.pieces, we haven't had a scrum. That could be due to the weather

:04:58. > :05:06.conditions. A very exciting start to the second half, started by Alan

:05:07. > :05:09.O'Connor's hit. Ulster would be disappointed not to score their with

:05:10. > :05:20.a counterattack and looking to the Zebre under pressure here get a good

:05:21. > :05:35.position for next life. Palazzani with the ball in hand.

:05:36. > :05:43.Ulster not making much impression on them. A bit of nonsense going on

:05:44. > :05:47.there. Clever work by Pienaar, forcing Zebre back to their own

:05:48. > :05:50.line. If they can get them over the line, Ulster would get their own

:05:51. > :06:13.scrum. Palazzani, hugely experienced. Here comes Gilroy. Look

:06:14. > :06:18.how quickly Pienaar got there. Olding take it on himself, great

:06:19. > :06:24.work. This is Robbie Diack looking for in other try for Ulster to start

:06:25. > :06:37.of the second half style. Beautifully done. Gilroy, what a

:06:38. > :06:42.pass by Payne. What a pass by Jared Payne. A beautiful team tries. Crude

:06:43. > :06:49.Gilroy drifted on the past because Jared Payne managed to pit one out

:06:50. > :07:01.there. He is in the 22 and stands a little bit deeper than usual. If I

:07:02. > :07:06.was there as Zebre for road, I think it starts with the physicality

:07:07. > :07:10.around Pienaar. It is just great to see Ulster playing with so much

:07:11. > :07:14.weight every time there is a bad kick the hour trying to spread the

:07:15. > :07:19.field and the Zebre for red really struggling to keep up. Nice way to

:07:20. > :07:33.celebrate birthday number 26, crude Gilroy. -- Craig Gilroy. Paul

:07:34. > :07:37.Marshall has come on. Pienaar is not going to leave the field just yet as

:07:38. > :07:56.he has got another conversion to attempt. Can he make it six from

:07:57. > :08:04.six? Perfect. That was a beautiful strike. Tonight, Pienaar has been at

:08:05. > :08:08.his best. What he has done is spared the play up, controlled it

:08:09. > :08:13.beautifully and his kicking on and off the pitch has been perfect. The

:08:14. > :08:23.warmest of rounds of applause from the crowd. His replacement, Paul

:08:24. > :08:28.Marshall. Coming on for his 192nd Ulster periods, fast approaching

:08:29. > :08:34.200. This is his first... That is a clever kick, that is the beauty.

:08:35. > :08:37.Charles Piutau, very sensibly and let the Italian defender Dion

:08:38. > :08:46.Berryman bring the ball to ground, get his feet to ground. Away he

:08:47. > :08:53.goes. Shoves the man out of the way. This could be interesting. Piutau

:08:54. > :09:00.touches down, that has got to be try number eight for Ulster, or seven, I

:09:01. > :09:04.can't remember, I've lost count. That is Paul Marshall in a nutshell.

:09:05. > :09:16.Picks up the turnover and straight down the blindside. Starting to run

:09:17. > :09:21.out of fingers very rapidly. That's what Paul Marshall does better than

:09:22. > :09:25.most, shoves his opposition scrum carve out the way, Peter kept on

:09:26. > :09:33.going and Greeff made an absolute mess of that and Piutau would score

:09:34. > :09:37.an easier one. I'm sure he'll be all right with that, he'll be pleased.

:09:38. > :09:41.It is the physicality also have brought into the second half there

:09:42. > :09:45.will be the most pleasing thing. It is quite easy to switch off and for

:09:46. > :09:51.the rest of the game, it has got to make sure that the defence is up and

:09:52. > :09:58.get through their faces. Building from a difficult angle, not too far

:09:59. > :10:02.away. He hasn't been doing any goal-kicking at a long time.

:10:03. > :10:06.Properly simply played in his school's cup final for Belfast Royal

:10:07. > :10:09.Academy are alongside his international body, Iain Henderson,

:10:10. > :10:15.who has been missing because of international duty. Ulster have got

:10:16. > :10:32.seven tries. Let's get it absolutely right. Taken in by Treadwell who is

:10:33. > :10:41.tackled by Geldenhuys. Luke Marshall decided to kick to Serafin Bordoli,

:10:42. > :10:58.to Dion Berryman who is quick. Ulster have lost that one. This is

:10:59. > :11:04.Lloyd Greeff. Ulster have made a replacement, Chris Henry has gone

:11:05. > :11:15.off. That would indicate Rob Herring goes into the back row.

:11:16. > :11:23.Ulster changed the entire front row, if that's what they are up to. Zebre

:11:24. > :11:49.very much on the back food. Luke Marshall putting in a very

:11:50. > :12:06.useful tackle. Palazzani digs it out. Bellini, the first time he has

:12:07. > :12:13.got the ball on his hands. There is an accidental offside and it is

:12:14. > :12:21.going to be an Ulster scrum. Andy Warwick lining up to, an. Here is

:12:22. > :12:48.the whole of front row coming on. He has completed match number 124

:12:49. > :12:56.for Ulster. A view changes going on. A little bit slow. I am slightly

:12:57. > :13:01.confused. John Andrews came on at open side for Chris Henry so it's a

:13:02. > :13:04.case of making sure that Coetzee is injured and Chris Henry is vital and

:13:05. > :13:13.taken off and wrapped in cotton wool over the next couple of weeks.

:13:14. > :13:22.the difficulty is the are so narrow in attack. It is pretty easy for the

:13:23. > :13:25.Ulster forward. That is a good solid looking Ulster scrum, controlled by

:13:26. > :13:46.Geac. -- Diack. He is enjoying the freedom

:13:47. > :13:53.of Kingspan Stadium at the moment. Marshall, good switch, back inside

:13:54. > :13:59.to Gilroy. He has given that our way to a Zebre defender. Penalty against

:14:00. > :14:04.Ulster. That is the second penalty they have conceded all evening.

:14:05. > :14:13.Palazzani take that quickly. Good tackled by Stewart building.

:14:14. > :14:24.Berryman gets clattered by Luke Marshall. Was that high? I don't

:14:25. > :14:27.think it was anything illegal. He just got wrapped up by Luke Marshall

:14:28. > :14:34.and you could hear his grimace, his knee got caught on the ground. He

:14:35. > :14:41.just goes back over the top of Luke Marshall's leg. You can hear the

:14:42. > :14:50.crowd gruelling. The boy. D'Amato Boni, only 24 years old, born in

:14:51. > :14:56.Venice. There it is again. Marshall grabbed him around the waist,

:14:57. > :15:06.flipped him round almost judo style. He landed very quickly. Getting dry

:15:07. > :15:10.ice on there. -- very awkwardly. That is Luke Marshall, brilliant in

:15:11. > :15:16.the contact, very unfortunate how that tackle ended up. I would like

:15:17. > :15:25.to go back and be able to see the switch plate with Jacob Stockdale,

:15:26. > :15:29.what we could hear from up here is him shouting to Jacob and not to

:15:30. > :15:35.force the past. That's the experience that the likes of Jared

:15:36. > :15:43.Payne and Charles Piutau bring. The players can learn off them. It is

:15:44. > :15:48.just something... It can be as good for Irish rugby and the guys coming

:15:49. > :15:55.through. Good see to that Tommaso Boni seems to be fine again. He is

:15:56. > :16:18.going to play an. Joshua Furno has come on. When number 19. -- wing.

:16:19. > :16:25.Nice bit of running the peers. Just 11 minutes played in the second half

:16:26. > :16:31.and Ulster have added two more tries to the five these good in the

:16:32. > :16:37.first-half. A couple by Luke Marshall, one by Pienaar, one by

:16:38. > :16:46.Jacob Scott -- Stockdale, one by Charles Piutau. Second half, Craig

:16:47. > :16:53.Gilroy and Piutau again. 11 minutes gone in the second half, 47-7 to

:16:54. > :16:57.Ulster, the bonus point secured. They want to kick on and just get a

:16:58. > :17:03.few more to give themselves that extra bit of confidence. You never

:17:04. > :17:09.know how tries scored will affect things right at the end of the

:17:10. > :17:15.season. Palazzani, hugely experienced. That is not a bad

:17:16. > :17:27.tackle. That is a good bit of running there. Lloyd Greeff showing

:17:28. > :17:33.his paces. Great defending by Stuart Olding. He has put in a masterful

:17:34. > :17:42.performance this evening. Berryman goes into scrum half. Koegelenberg

:17:43. > :17:56.spent ten minutes in the bin this time the first-half. D'Amato, taken

:17:57. > :18:01.off at the ankles there. This is better staffed by Zebre. Ulster have

:18:02. > :18:11.taken their foot off the gas it little bit, perhaps, can hardly

:18:12. > :18:17.blame them. Berryman gathers it in. Slow ball for a Zebre, but they've

:18:18. > :18:28.got the ball, which is what matters. Well met by big Alan O'Connor. It is

:18:29. > :18:42.a bit congested there in the middle of the park.

:18:43. > :18:55.Robbie Diack is told to get out of the way. This is better staffed. --

:18:56. > :19:01.better stuff. Nothing is as breezy to the eye is a very large man in

:19:02. > :19:09.full flight. Good stuff, Herring. Nicely done. Stockdale needs to get

:19:10. > :19:18.that. A little chip. Paul Marshall. Wonderful stuff by Marshall. His

:19:19. > :19:24.first Ulster try. Right underneath the post. He has got serious gas,

:19:25. > :19:30.John Andrew, what a piece of appreciation. Just exactly where the

:19:31. > :19:34.ball is going to pop up. He is a terrific player. A great all-round

:19:35. > :19:40.footballer and he would be delighted with that, Ian. A brilliant try yet

:19:41. > :19:45.again. A good turnover on the left touch. In I've carried to Kieran

:19:46. > :19:49.Treadwell. Brilliant awareness by Craig Gilroy. To play it back in

:19:50. > :19:54.field by Paul Marshall where he knew the support was needed. Paul

:19:55. > :20:02.Marshall Newt did well to know that John Andrews was on his shoulder to

:20:03. > :20:10.finish off. Stuart Olding, Jared Payne has left the field and on has

:20:11. > :20:14.come Nelson. We look again at John Andrews's moment of glory. He was

:20:15. > :20:20.unlucky enough to score at the end of last down the left touchline. He

:20:21. > :20:34.just better be careful he doesn't go too well. Would be happy if he was

:20:35. > :20:39.picked for scrum half. Zebre a couple of changes, both props have

:20:40. > :20:54.been replaced. Peter Nelson is on for Jared Payne. Luke Marshall gave

:20:55. > :21:04.that a bit of an old belt. Joshua Furno pits and a little bit of

:21:05. > :21:13.support. That is a loose head prop. Postiglioni played last week.

:21:14. > :21:20.Referee has got his hand out. Nudged forward by Zebre and Ulster will get

:21:21. > :21:24.the scrum. Zebre have just throwing the towel in yet. Ulster's defence

:21:25. > :21:30.has been well organised, you can hear the chat am talking with each

:21:31. > :21:34.other. There is nobody shooting out of line, trying to go off on their

:21:35. > :21:38.own accord, the eye very comfortable and their tries have come from

:21:39. > :21:43.turnovers. It is good to see Jared Payne managed to get more game time

:21:44. > :21:51.under his belt, positive for Ulster that he has returned tonight. Still

:21:52. > :21:59.in the third quarter of this game. We have got 25 minutes to go. Ulster

:22:00. > :22:06.scrum, solid scrum it is. Marshall in the wrapped round. What a great

:22:07. > :22:16.strength, Stockdale. Great support play from Clive Ross. Alan O'Connor,

:22:17. > :22:22.he has been rumbling around the park, he's enjoying himself. What a

:22:23. > :22:28.clever kick from Piutau. Stuart Olding wasn't too far away and that

:22:29. > :22:33.is going to be a 22 dropout. You can see Jacob Stockdale and Charles

:22:34. > :22:36.Piutau all swept down the blindside and it was communication coming from

:22:37. > :22:41.the outside. Good cover by the Zebre offence. Ulster are trying to do a

:22:42. > :22:45.few different things and not just going through the motions. It is one

:22:46. > :22:53.of the tricks Jacob Stockdale's has under his sleeve. The way he hits

:22:54. > :23:02.it, it just seems to bounce up, didn't work at that time. Here comes

:23:03. > :23:22.Zebre again, ever willing. Stockdale very nearly pinched that one.

:23:23. > :23:40.Zebre about to make two more replacements. That is good hard work

:23:41. > :23:48.by Mattia Bellini. Serafin Bordoli takes it up for Zebre. A little bit

:23:49. > :23:53.of an overlap. That is not a great pass and that is going to give

:23:54. > :23:56.Ulster a very decent attacking line-out. Zebre have been throwing

:23:57. > :24:01.the ball around with a bit of invention but not causing Ulster too

:24:02. > :24:05.many problems. It is a good work-out for Ulster. They can't switch off.

:24:06. > :24:09.We have given plenty of opportunities for attack and

:24:10. > :24:16.hopefully we will try a few different combinations. Ulster with

:24:17. > :24:23.eight tries in a 54 points, the highest score of the season, if I am

:24:24. > :24:33.not mistaken, to date. Not so good by Ulster. Picked up well by Zebre.

:24:34. > :24:41.Another Zebre player down injured, it looks like the hooker, Fabiani.

:24:42. > :24:44.He was limping here at the near side a few minutes ago, so others

:24:45. > :24:50.something is happening here, I've couple of guys landed on him. The

:24:51. > :24:53.referee must have heard or seen something. His left ankle twisted

:24:54. > :25:00.underneath him as Clive Ross tackled him. He looks in an awful lot of

:25:01. > :25:09.pain. That is really quite sad for the 26-year-old. It is the game

:25:10. > :25:15.tonight that the coaches you don't want any more injuries. There are

:25:16. > :25:22.number one priorities is to achieve the five points. Without anything

:25:23. > :25:41.serious happening. He is, as we see in your part of the world, he is

:25:42. > :25:58.limping a little bit there. Ulster's litres try scorer. -- latest. Maybe

:25:59. > :26:02.the pace will pick up a wee bit. Good squeeze by Ulster in the scrum,

:26:03. > :26:12.what a show that was. Here goes Marshall. He has got to get himself

:26:13. > :26:20.in, Marshall. Typically Paul Marshall, opportunistic try.

:26:21. > :26:26.Marshall was alert as a little accordion. That was great by Ulster,

:26:27. > :26:33.put them under a lot of pressure. Paul Marshall found that an easy

:26:34. > :26:46.finish. That is a pretty easy tackle. Two more replacements for

:26:47. > :26:55.Zebre, numbers 16 and 20 are coming on. The former French under 20

:26:56. > :27:02.international second row forward is a bit of the big unit. He is having

:27:03. > :27:05.a Joel Conlan club with his fellow Welshman to see if there's any

:27:06. > :27:16.reason why that try should been given. Clive Ross collided, I don't

:27:17. > :27:21.think he made the tackle illegally. Did Clive Ross deliberately tackle a

:27:22. > :27:25.man? You fell into him. He thought he had the ball. He was trying to

:27:26. > :27:30.get past. I don't think you can do is allow that, but I'm not the

:27:31. > :27:41.referee. It seems OK from here. Whether the check-in breaking of the

:27:42. > :27:45.scrum early. They have gone up steers to the TMO. We will have to

:27:46. > :28:05.wait and see. They have found the angle and are

:28:06. > :28:13.looking for a way not to allow their stride. That was the great scrum, he

:28:14. > :28:17.was onside, no question about it. You can see he's detached and the

:28:18. > :28:24.player picks the ball up. He is going to be judged as having come of

:28:25. > :28:29.the scrum early. That is very harsh. It seemed that Ulster were going for

:28:30. > :28:37.it so quickly it was hard for Clive to stay engaged. A pretty harsh

:28:38. > :28:42.player. -- penalty. Paul Marshall thought he was in for yet another

:28:43. > :28:50.league try. His 18th in the league, it wasn't to be. Tough call, that

:28:51. > :28:57.one. Of the outside of the boot by Serafin Bordoli. Argentinian born

:28:58. > :29:10.and his first season playing professional rugby in Italy.

:29:11. > :29:22.A couple of replacements Zebre have made.

:29:23. > :29:35.That is a good drive by the men in the blue and gold. That is a bit

:29:36. > :29:46.sloppy. Ulster holding up very quickly. Well retrieved by Zebre.

:29:47. > :29:57.Nice handling. Good tackle their by Paul Marshall.

:29:58. > :30:08.Surely, that was forward! Away goes number 14, Mattia Bellini. Nudged

:30:09. > :30:15.forward by Zebre and Ulster will get the scrum. I thought the first pass

:30:16. > :30:21.was forward. It looked like it, this is the replay, it was forward. Nice

:30:22. > :30:28.break but Ulster are relieved they managed to knock it on. At the risk

:30:29. > :30:37.of sounding at like a broken record, I'd like Charles Piutau off now, to

:30:38. > :30:41.make sure he's OK. It would be nice to see David Busby get another run.

:30:42. > :30:49.He scored a couple of weeks ago, when they won. There is David Busby,

:30:50. > :30:56.who I think will come on. He is due to be involved with the Ulster

:30:57. > :31:00.A-side, down in Limerick tomorrow or Court, against Munster in the

:31:01. > :31:06.British and Irish cup, so he's heading straight down for that game

:31:07. > :31:10.straight after this one. Yes, I think the two of them are heading

:31:11. > :31:26.down so hopefully a good game from Ulster Wiehahn -- Ulster A. Good to

:31:27. > :31:33.see Rodney Ah You back, over 100 appearances for Connacht. And three

:31:34. > :31:36.caps for Ireland. There is Clive Ross, who helped Paul Marshall score

:31:37. > :32:12.another try. Olding is a way! He needs some help.

:32:13. > :32:20.He's got Marshall one side, moving it wide. Nelson Castello if he'd

:32:21. > :32:24.have looked to his right, he'd have seen Marshall steaming up beside

:32:25. > :32:32.him, and nobody would have stopped him. That would have been trying

:32:33. > :32:38.number nine. That was lovely, the ball in hand, he's snapped back down

:32:39. > :32:43.the blindside. Nelson had gone so far to catch up but Paul Marshall

:32:44. > :32:46.had tracked nicely up inside himself and Pienaar, the best support

:32:47. > :32:49.runners. They travel to where they think the ball will be rather than

:32:50. > :32:56.travelling behind the other attackers. They will be disappointed

:32:57. > :33:02.because come the end of the season these tries could matter. Well,

:33:03. > :33:21.Rebecca-Anne Withey did the hard work. -- Olding did the hard work.

:33:22. > :33:27.I think throughout the whole team tonight, it's easy for the backline

:33:28. > :33:32.to get all the plaudits but it has been set off by the four, when you

:33:33. > :33:39.play these Italian teams, it can be quite scrappy but I think the likes

:33:40. > :33:47.of Alan O'Connor have played very well. There's a man we haven't seen

:33:48. > :33:58.much of because we were too busy on the field of play but he must be

:33:59. > :34:07.very happy with their performance. Matteo Pratichetti has come on,

:34:08. > :34:09.wearing the but 22. Franco van der Merwe is the only Ulster player not

:34:10. > :34:14.to have come on. First time this evening the crowd

:34:15. > :34:31.getting into a decent voice! Ulster put the Zebre scrum under

:34:32. > :34:36.pressure at the last time they were in this situation. Clive Ross jumped

:34:37. > :34:55.the gun a little bit. TMO seems to be brought in every

:34:56. > :34:59.time there's a try. The referee is reluctant to give it, it strikes the

:35:00. > :35:04.game on but I suppose with what is at stake, the referee cannot afford

:35:05. > :35:07.to get one wrong, otherwise he will be grilled and in trouble. He's the

:35:08. > :35:11.same as the player, he gets reviewed as much as players do. Marshall,

:35:12. > :35:27.capped three times for Ireland. Fast approaching 200 for his

:35:28. > :35:35.beloveds Ulster, Paul Marshall. Enterprising staff! Berryman gets it

:35:36. > :35:48.away to Bellini, who has moved around to the left wing. Bordoli.

:35:49. > :35:53.This will be an Ulster line-out with 17 minutes to go. 54-7, eight tries,

:35:54. > :36:06.I think we've got that right. It has gone a little bit quiet.

:36:07. > :36:12.Credit to Zebre they've kept on playing. Nice start of play and

:36:13. > :36:16.field position. They haven't given up tonight. And I don't think the

:36:17. > :36:20.scoreline is a fair reflection of how they've played but it shows how

:36:21. > :36:26.clinical Ulster have been with the few chances they've had. Just had a

:36:27. > :36:35.look at one of those magic at things on your magic phone, 61 points

:36:36. > :36:52.against Scotland. It was a drubbing for our Celtic cousins.

:36:53. > :36:58.He just about judge the first one and misjudged the second one. You

:36:59. > :37:05.can see what he was trying to do. The first kick was perfect. Paul

:37:06. > :37:10.Marshall will know that the winner is out of possession, said there

:37:11. > :37:16.should be space. There was some inaccuracy. What they did with

:37:17. > :37:19.Pienaar, the kicks was so competitive, Zebre are giving easy

:37:20. > :37:31.ball and Ulster retaining possession more frequently. Guillermo Roan, the

:37:32. > :37:38.replacement prop. Good defending in the middle of the pitch by Ulster.

:37:39. > :37:47.The Zebre skipper, 35 years of age, takes it on.

:37:48. > :37:59.One more Zebre replacement to come on, who should be Malou Mornas. Nice

:38:00. > :38:07.dummy by Berryman! Ulster have kept him shackled all evening. That is

:38:08. > :38:12.the put-in, well inside their 22. On comes a man who is destined for

:38:13. > :38:19.Cardiff next year. That was taken very quickly, as we were talking

:38:20. > :38:23.about Franco van der Merwe. The referee said no. They will have to

:38:24. > :38:29.come back and take the line-up. Ulster are very fortunate because

:38:30. > :38:33.I'm not sure what happened. Again, lovely play by Zebre, putting Ulster

:38:34. > :38:38.under pressure, not giving up. Ulster are struggling with the

:38:39. > :38:44.changes to get their defence going. Credit to Zebre. I think Bordoli

:38:45. > :38:48.pulls the strings nicely and I've Zebre continue to develop, they have

:38:49. > :38:57.the potential to become a decent side. They are struggling at the

:38:58. > :39:05.moment. Well, Malou Mornas has come on for Zebre. And Franco van der

:39:06. > :39:09.Merwe is off to Cardiff at the end of the season, he comes on for his

:39:10. > :39:17.72nd Ulster appearance. He has been pretty useful. Big shoes to fill,

:39:18. > :39:32.but he came into the side, and he's been very good.

:39:33. > :39:44.The Ulster forward still going. Herring has found the energy for

:39:45. > :39:47.another charge. Could be interesting! Well gathered in.

:39:48. > :39:54.Ulster could be conceding a try. Bit of a sloppy as. The try has been

:39:55. > :40:00.given! It is that replacement, tight-head prop Guillermo Roan who

:40:01. > :40:06.gets over Ford Zebre's second try, no more than they deserve because

:40:07. > :40:13.they haven't stopped working. They are still battling away. As you

:40:14. > :40:18.said, they haven't given up. It is a tired looking pass by Olding.

:40:19. > :40:24.Playing tennis different to 12. He was trying to guide the past to Luke

:40:25. > :40:28.Marshall, and he just died on him, just before it reached him. Credit

:40:29. > :40:30.to Zebre for putting Ulster under pressure. They fully deserved that

:40:31. > :40:41.second try. It has been a high paced game, and

:40:42. > :40:47.Ulster have capitalised but they will be disappointed with the

:40:48. > :41:09.concession of two tries, both the front row forwards.

:41:10. > :41:17.Palazzani adds the conversion. Only 40 points between them so five quick

:41:18. > :41:22.tries and Zebre are backing this! Perhaps. It is disappointing for

:41:23. > :41:26.Ulster, honestly, but the key is to forget about things and concentrate

:41:27. > :41:33.on the positives and build on this for Les Kiss. Was that an accidental

:41:34. > :41:38.offside? Play on says the referee. How can you have a man run into his

:41:39. > :41:51.own man, gain an advantage in not have an accidental offside?

:41:52. > :42:04.Diack was positioned perfectly for a number eight forward.

:42:05. > :42:20.Great stuff from the All Black, Piutau. Luke Marshall.

:42:21. > :42:30.Magnificent by Olding! What a wonderful piece of footwork by

:42:31. > :42:34.Ulster! All of a sudden, we have a man who can step into Paddy

:42:35. > :42:42.Jackson's shoes. That was a beautiful try by Olding. He uses

:42:43. > :42:47.Gilroy as a decoy. He's showing the ball to the defenders, creating

:42:48. > :42:51.doubt in their minds and he's so strong and so quick that one-on-one

:42:52. > :43:01.he will beat anybody and it is a brilliant try. He has done it with a

:43:02. > :43:09.smile on his face, too. Well, two serious, major knee operations for

:43:10. > :43:14.Stuart Olding, and left footed, he adds the points. Ulster are past the

:43:15. > :43:19.60 point mark. 61 points, exactly the same as England versus Scotland

:43:20. > :43:25.today. Great performance by Ulster today. Not many chances tonight, so

:43:26. > :43:28.how it will be pleasing about how clinical they've been, and the

:43:29. > :43:33.performance of Stuart Olding is very pleasing. Nice to see smiles on the

:43:34. > :44:11.faces of Pienaar and Payne. The little fellow with the Centre

:44:12. > :44:13.has been busy, Castello. Second try scorer for Zebre and very nearly

:44:14. > :44:36.lost that one. Luke Marshall has defended

:44:37. > :44:40.wonderfully well, having missed some tackles a few weeks ago. This could

:44:41. > :44:46.be interesting if this bouncers! Play on, says the referee. Nelson

:44:47. > :44:50.needs help, he has it from Gilroy. He delayed the past too much. It was

:44:51. > :45:03.knocked backwards, the crowd disagree. A little bit more patients

:45:04. > :45:12.needed. As it is, Zebre possession again.

:45:13. > :45:28.Lloyd Greef, he got a bit of grief from somebody, and it was Andrew

:45:29. > :45:32.Warwick! What a tackle! Deary me. Franco van der Merwe helped to knock

:45:33. > :45:38.the ball back, great work by look Marshall. Here's another chance!

:45:39. > :45:44.Paul Marshall is a way! He would get a second try, right underneath the

:45:45. > :45:49.posts. He has been a crowd favourite for the best part of a decade, and

:45:50. > :45:56.he allows him the luxury of wheat grain. Splendid individual try yet

:45:57. > :46:04.again by Paul Marshall. Look at the tactic by Andrew Warwick. Causes the

:46:05. > :46:09.turnover, and brilliant. 61 points, they've still got the hunger to get

:46:10. > :46:13.off the line and make the tackles. You can hear the calls from Marshall

:46:14. > :46:20.and Franco van der Merwe. Lovely finish by Paul Marshall. Great

:46:21. > :46:24.technique. Ulster from another turnover, the majority of their

:46:25. > :46:30.eight or nine tries have been from turnovers. It's great to see the

:46:31. > :46:38.clinical nature of that. That is try Number Ten and Olding adds the

:46:39. > :46:42.conversion. Ulster are up to 68 points, romping away with it. The

:46:43. > :46:49.most they've ever scored was against Caerphilly in a game. Look at that,

:46:50. > :46:55.left the front row for dead, and the chaser was never going to get him.

:46:56. > :47:01.Very nice. Two tries for Paul Marshall. Good pressure again at the

:47:02. > :47:02.breakdown, from Luke Marshall. He is very dangerous in and around the

:47:03. > :47:15.breakdown. 67 was the previous highest score in

:47:16. > :47:19.this competition so it is a record points hold for the men in white.

:47:20. > :47:31.And maybe there is more to come, who knows.

:47:32. > :47:38.And the ten tries has also beaten the previous record of nine. A

:47:39. > :47:44.record-breaking night here at the Kingspan Stadium and the crowd are

:47:45. > :48:00.looking for more, I suspect. Zebre still battling away.

:48:01. > :48:07.Palazzani has to dig it out of himself. Nice little flat ball but

:48:08. > :48:20.Ulster are good in defence. Ulster are determined not to have

:48:21. > :48:35.the line crossed for the third time if they can manage it. Nibert, he is

:48:36. > :48:40.a big unit. As a great chance if they can shift this, they have men

:48:41. > :48:44.over. It is one-on-one now, now one onto. Nelson could not make the

:48:45. > :48:51.tackle, and that's the third strive for the visitors. Lloyd Greef has

:48:52. > :48:56.got over in the corner. The crowd give him a decent round of applause

:48:57. > :48:59.and no more than they deserve. They've been outworked, outplayed

:49:00. > :49:05.and outmanoeuvred all the way through but in terms of sheer heart,

:49:06. > :49:10.they've kept going. Ulster's defence just a little bit lax. They will be

:49:11. > :49:18.disappointed to concede the try but tonight both Lloyd Greef and Mattia

:49:19. > :49:22.Bellini have worked well, looking for the ball, and both big athletes,

:49:23. > :49:27.and they've caused some trouble, as we keep going back to the same

:49:28. > :49:35.point, credit to Zebre for not picking up -- giving up. He has got

:49:36. > :49:45.a bit more animated, the man in the middle, Gianluca Guidi.

:49:46. > :49:59.So, it is the replacement scrum-half, Palazzani, who takes

:50:00. > :50:03.Zebre beyond the 20 points mark. 19 points, not a bad night's

:50:04. > :50:11.entertainment, if you've come along to the Kingspan Stadium. Palazzani,

:50:12. > :50:19.is it in? That is a stonking really good kick by Guglielmo Palazzani,

:50:20. > :50:28.who was limping a little bit. 21 points to see Brad -- Zebre. Not

:50:29. > :50:31.bad. It has been a good and entertaining evening. We said before

:50:32. > :50:38.the game the conditions were nice and credit to the ground staff after

:50:39. > :50:53.last week getting the pitch and in a playable condition.

:50:54. > :51:02.Ulster have a record number of tries for any league fixture. Where is the

:51:03. > :51:20.ball? It is in there! It is a Zebre ball.

:51:21. > :51:32.Nice gather... Almost. The referee has to wait-and-see there is any

:51:33. > :51:39.advantage. So, Ulster get a scrummage. Maybe one of the last

:51:40. > :51:44.said pieces of the game. Great attempt by Lloyd Greef, spotting the

:51:45. > :51:50.space, the bounce is unfortunate. 11, you never know key might have

:51:51. > :51:53.fancied his chances. Ulster's defence might come up with some

:51:54. > :51:59.fancy play, and finished the night off nicely for the crowd who have

:52:00. > :52:04.come out tonight. One slight shadow is the in during the first half to

:52:05. > :52:20.Marcell Coetzee, and we are hoping it isn't going to be too serious.

:52:21. > :52:20.Certainly, he has had major surgery, it's

:52:21. > :52:29.delayed his start for the club Ulster last summer.

:52:30. > :52:40.Which Marshall will get the hat-trick tonight?

:52:41. > :52:51.Treadwell, turning into a fairly balls for runner in Ulster colours.

:52:52. > :52:55.Ulster give away the penalty. You can hear the referee is saying the

:52:56. > :53:00.counter ruck was fine. They are working hard at the breakdowns, you

:53:01. > :53:09.have to say. Think this will go into touch. Good defence by Zebre and

:53:10. > :53:13.nice counter ruck, spotted a few backs and went hard to force a

:53:14. > :53:22.turnover, and now they will fancy their chances. They hope to get the

:53:23. > :53:33.bonus point try. Malou Mornas taking over kicking duties. He had a little

:53:34. > :53:45.spell with the pro-Russian club -- with the Parisian club, Paris Metro.

:53:46. > :53:51.They are looking for a fourth try which would give them a much bonus

:53:52. > :53:56.point. They are always in the dogfight with their fellow Italians,

:53:57. > :54:02.Treviso, whom Ulster defeated last week in dreadful conditions. Good

:54:03. > :54:08.defence by Ulster. We've now played 80 minutes, Ulster will have to

:54:09. > :54:15.settle for ten tries, probably. You have to settle for ten tries! Ulster

:54:16. > :54:20.might have turned it over! And the penalty has been given away. 18

:54:21. > :54:32.minutes are up so the penalty will be taken and has been taken.

:54:33. > :54:40.That is the end of the game. And Ulster, they came here knowing that

:54:41. > :54:45.a bonus point win would be what they really needed and they got the bonus

:54:46. > :54:50.point twice over, five tries in the first, five tries in the second, and

:54:51. > :54:55.a terrific performance all the way through, just about everything that

:54:56. > :55:00.man dead, Stuart Olding, we appreciate 's performance. He

:55:01. > :55:07.stepped up tonight. Finished it off with an eye strivers own. Lots of

:55:08. > :55:09.positives for them, ten tries and some good performances. They need to

:55:10. > :55:13.recharge their batteries and get ready for a couple of bigwigs coming

:55:14. > :55:21.up. Newport away from home, never a good place to go. Then it is Cardiff

:55:22. > :55:24.back here at the Kingspan Stadium, and the last three, they are very

:55:25. > :55:33.mouthwatering but difficult for Ulster, awake at the Ospreys. Not a

:55:34. > :55:39.bad night here. Record points for Ulster here, record number of tries,

:55:40. > :55:46.ten in total, 68 points, and they've defeated Zebre 68-21.

:55:47. > :55:52.Thank you. Ulster made it look very, very straightforward tonight. Very

:55:53. > :55:56.straightforward indeed and very professional. Everybody that pitched

:55:57. > :56:00.up here at the Kingspan Stadium expected 40-50 points and they put

:56:01. > :56:04.on a very good show for the 16,000 that turned out here. They could

:56:05. > :56:08.have had a few more tries, to be honest, but a few changes in

:56:09. > :56:14.personnel, I thought Paul Marshall did well, raised the tempo of the

:56:15. > :56:20.match, but all in all, I think Les Kiss, his attack was fantastic, Neil

:56:21. > :56:25.Doak, and all in all it very good performance. It was comfortable,

:56:26. > :56:28.Andy, clinical, but overall what will Ulster learn from that

:56:29. > :56:36.performance tonight, because it was so simple. Rugby is a simple game,

:56:37. > :56:42.we can overcomplicated but we showed that we do the easy things well. We

:56:43. > :56:46.hardly had a scrum tonight. Very few scrums, which allows the tight

:56:47. > :56:51.forwards, it takes a lot of energy for them to do that. I think they

:56:52. > :56:57.did exceptionally well in everything they did. They got turnovers,

:56:58. > :57:01.counter ruck King, just the simple things done very well and the

:57:02. > :57:06.execution was where we wanted it to be and expected to be. And as we

:57:07. > :57:11.take a look at the league table, Ulster move above Scarlets into the

:57:12. > :57:14.top four. Now it is very much in their own hands. They know what they

:57:15. > :57:20.have to do to get into the play-offs. It is and we know going

:57:21. > :57:23.to Newport is a tough game. For the coaching staff and the players, they

:57:24. > :57:27.know it is difficult to go there is a they need to be switched on. They

:57:28. > :57:31.need to recharge their batteries over the next couple of weeks and

:57:32. > :57:34.make sure they go over to Wales with them right mindset and they know

:57:35. > :57:39.when they get ahead, they can close the game out because they need to

:57:40. > :57:42.keep this momentum going. We asked a question about what it does for

:57:43. > :57:48.Ulster, it keeps their confidence going. Two or three tries apiece, it

:57:49. > :57:55.enhances their confidence and keeps the momentum and ball rolling. They

:57:56. > :58:00.now have a viable option of Stuart Olding, man of the match tonight.

:58:01. > :58:05.Very much so. It will suit him. What it allowed him to do tonight, we saw

:58:06. > :58:10.what sort of a classy player he is, he is talented and he can go and

:58:11. > :58:14.play in any position. He looks so comfortable, he is such a fantastic

:58:15. > :58:18.footballer in general. He slotted into the Number Ten tonight. He

:58:19. > :58:26.directed the traffic exceptionally well, he passed the ball well. One

:58:27. > :58:29.other thing, look at the Zebre game away, I was commenting on it on the

:58:30. > :58:38.radio, we kicked a lot of the possession away from home, and

:58:39. > :58:41.Rebecca-Anne Withey kept feeding the Passos, and when you have Pienaar

:58:42. > :58:47.and Piutau, it makes your job easier. Stockdale did very well

:58:48. > :58:56.tonight. And this man, Luke Marshall, who scored early on. They

:58:57. > :58:59.are a joy to watch. Stuart Olding, man of the match and we can hear

:59:00. > :59:08.from him now. Getting high praise from the studio.

:59:09. > :59:13.Dream night for you tonight. Yes, I scored some nice tries. But we also

:59:14. > :59:18.let them in for some soft tries, I missed tackle and through a bad

:59:19. > :59:26.pass. So, all in all, delighted to scored ten tries on any night,

:59:27. > :59:30.tonight was a good night for rugby. We will rue the mistakes we made and

:59:31. > :59:35.to let them back into the game. Against other sides, you can't let

:59:36. > :59:43.them in like that so we need to fix this. What was the key tonight?

:59:44. > :59:57.We got through our plays and held on the balls. The guys held their feet.

:59:58. > :00:02.Other times we looked sluggish. There are mistakes to be made and we

:00:03. > :00:12.will look at them after the break. Don't go away. Happy man, good

:00:13. > :00:20.experiment? He is a talented man and did very well tonight. Something

:00:21. > :00:27.seemed to work out, didn't it? We made away for rotation. I thought

:00:28. > :00:36.Stewart led well tonight. How does that set you up for what is a pretty

:00:37. > :00:40.special end to the season? To get 24 out of 25 points is a pretty good

:00:41. > :00:45.effort. We challenged ourselves at the beginning of this phase and the

:00:46. > :00:50.boys have worked hard, worked hard on the basics and also worked hard

:00:51. > :00:55.to make sure we can open up the game and play this type of rugby. Really

:00:56. > :01:02.happy. A lot of big positives tonight. Marcel Coetzee is still in

:01:03. > :01:07.the medical room. What's his state? He had a dig in the knee. We don't

:01:08. > :01:15.know for sure yet. We will have a scan and Sever we go from there but

:01:16. > :01:22.hopefully he will be all right. We will fever we are on Monday. Thanks

:01:23. > :01:27.your time. How positive are you feeling about the tail end of the

:01:28. > :01:32.season and be run and after what happened tonight? Delighted. 24

:01:33. > :01:36.points possible 25 in the last few games. It's an achievement and we

:01:37. > :01:41.are targeting 25 but one point off isn't too bad. Hopefully it won't

:01:42. > :01:46.come back to haunt us in the season. We will ask Colin Bell to present

:01:47. > :01:53.the man of the rat award on behalf of of Dennis. Congratulations,

:01:54. > :01:58.Stewart. To hear Olding take the brave but also be critical of the

:01:59. > :02:05.things Ulster didn't do right. He wants to make sure everything is

:02:06. > :02:08.done 100% to perfection. He did miss a tackle. But at the end of the day

:02:09. > :02:12.you are playing against Zebre, you're going to get more

:02:13. > :02:22.opportunities, maybe you are not 100% when it comes to defence and I

:02:23. > :02:28.don't think evilness that tackle. Lets get more reaction and tear from

:02:29. > :02:33.Rob Herring. As one of the forwards, you say you gave the back the right

:02:34. > :02:41.to go on and score those tries. The backs just finished easy. We've been

:02:42. > :02:47.working and building and building and we've come under pressure. We

:02:48. > :02:51.should tonight what we can do when everything clicks. A lot of decent

:02:52. > :02:57.result in a row, is their momentum coming into this running? We always

:02:58. > :03:05.get momentum into the run-in, it's going to be a tough run-in. The top

:03:06. > :03:11.format, we've achieved our goal is, almost maximum points. It was a good

:03:12. > :03:17.enough block for us. Marcel Coetzee has been one of your... That's

:03:18. > :03:24.lovely. Marcel Coetzee has been a big influence. He went off injured.

:03:25. > :03:36.How much of the concern is that? He has been massive since he arrived.

:03:37. > :03:43.Is top for going to happen? Bye we know the challenge ahead of us. We

:03:44. > :03:47.believe in ourselves and we are going to keep getting better and

:03:48. > :03:53.better. Put in performances like this. 16,000 people, a big crowd,

:03:54. > :03:57.pretty special. We haven't delivered in some games this year at home and

:03:58. > :04:00.for the guys to come out in such big numbers, it is a massive show of

:04:01. > :04:09.confidence. We really do appreciate it. Well played. Ruan Pienaar with

:04:10. > :04:16.his young son there, he qualified for Ireland heap in the future. Ten

:04:17. > :04:21.tries tonight. Lots to look back on. In the second half, Craig Gilroy, it

:04:22. > :04:28.was happy birthday to him, 26 years old today. He is pushing on a bit,

:04:29. > :04:31.isn't he? They come out in the second half and the more or less

:04:32. > :04:34.picked up whether laughed off on the first and it was all about

:04:35. > :04:39.continuing with the pressure, the keep the ball very well. When

:04:40. > :04:42.somebody shoot out there alone, Craig Gilroy picks him up on the

:04:43. > :04:49.outside. It is an easy score for Craig. And Pee-wee Pienaar moved the

:04:50. > :04:55.ball tonight, controlled the game, absolutely top-class. We have said

:04:56. > :04:59.this very year is now watching him play. He is a bit of the Rose Royce

:05:00. > :05:02.sitting in a number nine jersey and we're very fortunate to have him

:05:03. > :05:12.here. The way he says the whole running. His pass is always out in

:05:13. > :05:18.front, always inviting and a thrill to watch. Charles Piutau tonight,

:05:19. > :05:26.two tries, every time he gets the ball, the Kingspan Stadium lights

:05:27. > :05:29.up. The old big are do or don't argue friends but he used it a few

:05:30. > :05:34.times a night, stepping on the Bulls to get a bit closer. He is just

:05:35. > :05:38.exceptional and everything that he does. It doesn't matter, attack or

:05:39. > :05:42.defence, he puts his body on the line and is a joy to watch.

:05:43. > :05:49.Everybody here at Kingspan Stadium loves it when he gets his hand on

:05:50. > :05:59.the ball. He is so enthusiastic. Straight on his feet, gets up. So

:06:00. > :06:04.enthusiastic when he plays rugby. He is awesome. He is so enthusiastic,

:06:05. > :06:10.he probably couldn't believe it, didn't believe that ball bounced up.

:06:11. > :06:14.He is in the mix. He is a joy to watch. You don't know what he's

:06:15. > :06:18.going to come with, so much magic, he can just pull out so many toys

:06:19. > :06:23.from his locker. Of the foreign players that come to play here, he

:06:24. > :06:29.is certainly enjoying his time in Northern Ireland. Then came more

:06:30. > :06:33.tries in the second half. They made it ten tonight with a couple more

:06:34. > :06:40.excellent prize. I remember one of those tries in 2006, I think it was.

:06:41. > :06:45.Everybody played really well. Clive Ross did exceptional when he came on

:06:46. > :06:50.in the back row. He is really athletic and fast off the mark. Paul

:06:51. > :06:59.good media have got the lion himself. -- may be. Everybody should

:07:00. > :07:09.be proud of the performance, the way the Duggan. Paul Marshall with the

:07:10. > :07:18.record-breaking score. He has got more true than a Roman sandal here.

:07:19. > :07:23.Absolutely flying. -- toe. It is good to see him and he had a smile

:07:24. > :07:28.there. He is happy as well. All-star in the position they want to be,

:07:29. > :07:31.possibly higher, but in the top format play-off positions at the

:07:32. > :07:34.moment with five games remaining. Let's have a look at how all the

:07:35. > :07:39.teams shape up, it will be between them and discarded, let's be honest,

:07:40. > :07:44.for that fourth place. Ulster have a very tough run-in, playing three of

:07:45. > :07:50.the top for Mac side. It is very doable. As Gavin said, it's in their

:07:51. > :07:54.own hands. We have got an opportunity to get themselves into

:07:55. > :07:57.the top format. It would be a home semifinal but they've got an

:07:58. > :08:01.opportunity to do it. Let's call it the way it is, the last four or five

:08:02. > :08:04.weeks, they have been playing against opposition. I am not sure

:08:05. > :08:10.how much they can take out of the games, probably just the momentum we

:08:11. > :08:14.can forward. Could the afford to lose one of those games? The will be

:08:15. > :08:17.looking at those games and trying to win every single one of them, that

:08:18. > :08:20.is the kind of attitude and mental fog as they will need to have. The

:08:21. > :08:25.other going to have to go and win all of them. Can they do it? Of

:08:26. > :08:29.course they can. I just hope the odd point or two that slept during the

:08:30. > :08:32.year doesn't come back to bite them that it has an previous year. The

:08:33. > :08:36.Scarlet looked at the ospreys in their final game and the ospreys

:08:37. > :08:42.hoping for a home semifinal. It is all to play for. We would have to

:08:43. > :08:47.sue much relied on it, it would be nice if some of the other teams

:08:48. > :08:51.knocked each other over and made even more interesting, a little bit

:08:52. > :08:55.more of a buffer. The ball is in their own court, turn up and go for

:08:56. > :09:01.it. The thing they can take from the last couple of weeks is confidence

:09:02. > :09:06.and wake up tomorrow morning, job done, and then back to the office

:09:07. > :09:11.again on Monday. A lot of positives. It looks like Ulster will be in that

:09:12. > :09:16.run in without Marcel Coetzee, the one downside of tonight, he hobbled

:09:17. > :09:20.off injured, not a site that Ulster fans wanted to see. Deadly not. He

:09:21. > :09:24.is the kind of character that if it was Justin Nichol, he would walk

:09:25. > :09:30.off. Those videos would be carrying him the pitch. He is not putting too

:09:31. > :09:33.much weight on that leg. It is very disappointing to see him go off,

:09:34. > :09:37.especially returning from injury only a couple of months ago. I

:09:38. > :09:41.thought he was excellent in the first 15 or 20 minutes on the pitch,

:09:42. > :09:47.it is a real negative tonight and with the loss of Tommy Bowe

:09:48. > :09:50.yesterday, with Ireland and the captain out with a hand injury, you

:09:51. > :09:54.hope there is not too many more injuries that stack up towards the

:09:55. > :09:58.end of the season. Tommy Bowe will go for a scan on his injured ankle

:09:59. > :10:03.on Monday, it may be broken, sustained during that Ireland Wales

:10:04. > :10:07.game. Andrew Trimble is out as well. If Ulster are going to make the top

:10:08. > :10:12.four, people have to do it without three key players. Very much so.

:10:13. > :10:19.Stevie has Reddy said, we need everybody. We need the big on the

:10:20. > :10:24.big days. With those guys out, someone else can jump in and go for

:10:25. > :10:29.it. I think we can hear from Ruan Pienaar very shortly, we are hoping

:10:30. > :10:33.we can. We will reflect on some of the first-half scores, lots to enjoy

:10:34. > :10:39.there as well, five tries in that first half. Everybody was just

:10:40. > :10:44.lining out waiting for the ball to come to them, the run over the

:10:45. > :10:48.chart, it is the ball was passed, pressure, Zebre kept the ball in

:10:49. > :10:51.play. If I was coaching the Zebre team, I would get it off the pitch

:10:52. > :10:56.as quickly as possible but when you've got this man on the ball,

:10:57. > :11:00.Pienaar knows Luke Marshall is on his outside and that is a lovely

:11:01. > :11:09.score. Cue have got to get the ball the pitch. The top players like

:11:10. > :11:12.Pina, in any given contact situation, they know what is

:11:13. > :11:20.happening before it happening. Zebre were just left unaware. It is just

:11:21. > :11:27.world-class. He has got a tonne of gas, a tonne of strength. That was

:11:28. > :11:31.all a job done. A try for Ruan Pienaar and we can hear from him

:11:32. > :11:40.now. Would you like to introduce this man to the Ulster public? This

:11:41. > :11:45.is my little boy, John. It's good the family, and supporters. It is

:11:46. > :11:50.good to have the family supporting me. He is running around in the

:11:51. > :11:53.background, we will keep a close eye on him. Another special ablation for

:11:54. > :11:57.you and a pretty special night. We did some really good stuff that we

:11:58. > :12:01.can be happy with. A lot of those things we've done, still stuff to

:12:02. > :12:10.work on. We can take things from this when. We scored a lot of nice

:12:11. > :12:15.tries. All in all, happy. Does it feel like there is a bit of momentum

:12:16. > :12:18.know that something special is happening? Last week was a

:12:19. > :12:23.disappointing not yet in the bonus point but a good when tonight,

:12:24. > :12:28.looking forward to getting Iain Henderson back and those guys next

:12:29. > :12:32.week. A lot of things are looking good for the next couple of months.

:12:33. > :12:40.Still a lot of things to work on. I am sure we will improve and work

:12:41. > :12:43.harder. Thank you. Some big name players coming back for Ulster over

:12:44. > :12:47.the coming weeks, all to look forward to. It is going to be an

:12:48. > :12:51.exciting run in, there is one young man who enjoyed tonight anyway. Lots

:12:52. > :13:03.more live rugby for you coming up this week. A St Patrick's Day

:13:04. > :13:13.special. Live at the Kingspan Stadium, kicks off at three o'clock.

:13:14. > :13:17.Bruce games also on Facebook live for the very first time. Tonight,

:13:18. > :13:20.Ulster have scored the most tries ever, recorded the highest points

:13:21. > :13:24.total ever, it was a very record-breaking night. From ask, buy

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