Ulster lost Brittany Hogan to a red card while Catherine Martin and Lucinda Kinghan also picked up yellow cards in the first half.
Connacht 33 Ulster 19 FAITH OVIAWE CELEBRATED her call-up as an Ireland training panellist by helping Connacht to a third place finish, wearing down a Brittany Hogan-less Ulster to close out the Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship with a 33-19 play-off victory.
She saw red for an apparent tip tackle on Grace Browne Moran, with referee Tomas O’Sullivan ruling there was no mitigation. Ulster also had to cope with first-half yellow cards for centres Catherine Martin and Lucinda Kinghan. Two Abby Moyles tries got them back level at 19-all, sandwiching a classy Hannah Clarke effort, only for the westerners to outlast their hosts thanks to closing scores from player-of-the-match Oviawe and Béibhinn Gleeson .
Replacements used: Roisín Maher for Collis , Éabha Nic Dhonnacha for Purcell , Emily Foley for Deely , Stacy Hanley for Brady, Ellen Connolly for Burns, May Goulding for Moran, Orla Fenton for Browne Moran , Collis for Maher, Poppy Garvey for Touhey Tierney .
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