Welsh side dominate second half to take victory after it looked northern province were in control
somehow contrived to surrender a seemingly unassailable 19-0 lead to lose this game as Cardiff roared back to dominate the second half and take the victory.
‘Your natural instinct is you want to get the maximum’: Leo Cullen ‘pleased’ with Leinster’s 29 URC pointsConnacht Rugby on the rise: ‘We push uphill, but we love pushing up the hill’ Ulster then continued their ruthless streak with try number three on 23 minutes, the score falling again to Postlethwaite when Ulster moved the ball right to left – Werner Kok having spectacularly kept a Cardiff kick in play – and Stuart McCloskey’s chip put his midfield partner through with some ease.
However, Grady knocked on from a difficult bounce and Ulster, even again under some scrum pressure, earned a cheap penalty following David McCann’s carry and were able to run the clock down to maintain their 19-point lead at the break.
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