Overview
- Ulster claimed a bonus-point victory with four tries, including a Zac Ward brace, a Werner Kok finish and a penalty try.
- Connacht led 10-0 and controlled early possession and territory, but late scores by Sean Jansen and Matthew Devine only cut the gap to two before Jack Murphy’s clinching penalty.
- Referee Eoghan Cross issued multiple yellow cards, with Bundee Aki and Stuart McCloskey sin-binned after a scuffle and Joe Joyce’s bin leading directly to Ulster’s penalty try.
- Ulster remain fifth in the URC with a fifth bonus-point win this season and will host Munster next week, while Connacht visit Leinster on a run of five losses in six and nine straight interprovincial defeats.
- Ulster No 8 Juarno Augustus left with an ankle sprain, with head coach Richie Murphy indicating the initial post-match view was that it was not as serious as first feared.