Ulster went into recreation boosted by the return of Eire internationals Henderson, Nick Timoney and Jacob Stockdale. Nonetheless, they suffered a late blow and had been pressured to reshuffle when captain Henderson was withdrawn from the line-up shortly earlier than kick-off.

Early within the recreation, the house facet’s damage record grew additional after Matthew Dalton, Henderson’s substitute, was substituted.

Baloucoune’s attempt on 10 minutes gave Ulster the lead and stood after a tv match official (TMO) test however, after registering an outstanding help for the attempt, Nathan Doak missed the conversion.

Umaga then transformed a penalty for the away facet which had been awarded for an offside.

After Jude Postlethwaite had completed nicely to seek out house, Kok put Ulster additional forward earlier than Doak landed the conversion.

Because the even begin to the primary half continued, a TMO test concurred that Benneton’s first attempt, scored by Bernasconi, was good and Umaga added the conversion.

The away facet went forward simply earlier than the break when Umaga’s penalty from distance kick flew between the posts.

After a gradual begin to the second interval, Richie Murphy’s facet went forward as soon as once more after Hume scored after a pleasant passage of play within the Benetton 22.

Kok then registered his second attempt of the night close to the nook after a fantastic work from Postlethwaite to drive Ulster ahead.

Onisi Ratave acquired a yellow card within the 63rd minute earlier than the hosts had been awarded a penalty attempt for the Benetton winger’s deliberate knock-on attempting to cease Baloucoune’s cross.

Ulster’s spectacular second half efficiency continued as Harry Sheridan and Baloucoune rolled over the road, and Jake Flannery added each conversions to present the house facet a really comfy benefit on the ultimate whistle.