{"id":13078,"date":"2022-12-04T17:11:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T17:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13078"},"modified":"2024-12-31T03:46:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T03:46:06","slug":"fierce-forward-effort-as-connacht-end-58-year-wait-for-victory-in-ulster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13078","title":{"rendered":"Fierce forward effort as Connacht end 58-year wait for victory in Ulster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click:fermentation defoamer<\/a>
Ulster 15Connacht 22\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sean Farrell reports from Kingspan Stadium<\/em><\/p>\n

NOVEMBER 1960 CAN finally be laid to rest in Connacht Rugby\u00a0folklore,\u00a0because the western province exorcised ghosts of the Ravenhill past to record a landmark win.<\/p>\n

Though Tiernan O\u2019Halloran and Bundee Aki stormed away for tries in either half, it was fitting that the game-tilting score was a penalty try, because this was a victory belonging to Connacht\u2019s pack.<\/p>\n

Their back-line arsenal ordinarily takes the plaudits, but Jimmy Duffy\u2019s forwards bullied their way to dominating Ravenhill, rebuffing mauls and owning the scrum.<\/p>\n

Yet the early exchanges seemed to suggest the cards were falling\u00a0in Ulster\u2019s favour as, first, Kieran Marmion and then O\u2019Halloran hobbled off injured.<\/p>\n

Connacht\u00a0though,\u00a0insisted on making their own luck.\u00a0<\/p>\n

O\u2019Halloran\u2019s knock came in the act of scoring a superb sixth-minute try. Nigel Carolan\u2019s set-move was clinically executed with a Jarrad Butler reverse pass and Tom Farrell sending Matt Healy blasting through the gap. The wing passed outside to his fullback who dotted down despite being tackled before the line.<\/p>\n

Without an away win over the northern province in 58 years, Connacht needed to be bullish and bullish they were.<\/p>\n

A cutting statement of intent was laid down in the 15th minute as a penalty 15 metres from Ulster\u2019s try-line was used to set in motion a crushing series of scrums.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Finlay Bealham and Denis Buckley went to work on Andrew Warwick and young Tom O\u2019Toole and Connacht\u2019s front eight squeezed and squeezed until all seven points came via penalty try.<\/p>\n

14 points down, Ulster needed a response.<\/p>\n

In truth, they had needed one from\u00a0kick-off\u00a0after the Thomond thumping suffered last week, but it arrived thanks to a Cian Kelleher error.<\/p>\n

Billy Burns\u2019 cross-kick in the Connacht 22 lacked accuracy, but it just about did the job as the scrum-half was unable to collect and that poacher Jacob Stockdale dotted down.<\/p>\n

The Ireland wing appeared to have a foot in touch while scoring, but Ulster\u2019s TMO luck didn\u2019t bear any more change in the first half.<\/p>\n

Source: James Crombie\/INPHO<\/p>\n

Angus Kernohan and Peter Nelson both thought they had chased down points, both were called back for offside, earning referee Andrew Brace a small chorus of boos when the teams walked in at half-time with the score reading 5 -14.<\/p>\n

Indeed, it may have been slightly worse than that had Connacht put a little less faith in their pack and set-piece.<\/p>\n

Kernohan\u2019s crossed-off finish was brought all the way back to the Ulster 22 where Stockdale had been adjudged to be in front of the kicker. Connacht passed on a relatively straightforward three in search of a killer blow. Ulster managed to withstand.<\/p>\n

It was after half-time that history truly began to beckon for the visitors. Direct from the kick-off Matty Rea clumsily clattered Cian Kelleher as he took flight and the replacement spun well over the horizontal and dangerously to the turf.<\/p>\n

No option for Brace. Red.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

With Marcell Coetzee binned before the break, there was blood in the water.<\/p>\n

Andy Friend\u2019s men went for the kill, when a more experienced side might just have twisted the knife.<\/p>\n

A central penalty in Ulster\u2019s 22 led Butler to call for a scrum, but rather than use the platform to stretch the hosts, number eight Paul Boyle peeled off the back and found himself wrapped in white jerseys.<\/p>\n

Dan McFarland\u2019s men were in fine margins mode, Cooney kicked his first points of the night \u2014 off his third attempt \u2014 to narrow the gap to a six-point game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Source: James Crombie\/INPHO<\/p>\n

However, this is a long way from the Ulster side that pushed Saracens to the limit with 14 men in 2014 and they were unable to crank serious pressure up to increase the doubt in western minds.<\/p>\n

Carty kicked the margin wider again and Ulster had to over-extend to make the miracle happen.<\/p>\n

The result was sealed five minutes from time as Johnny McPhillips\u2019 reverse pass was beautifully read by Aki and he wasn\u2019t willing to be caught before silencing Kingspan Stadium with the winning try.<\/p>\n

Ulster hit back with a fine breakaway try by Nick Timoney, but it was far too little, too late to throw Connacht off a historic win.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ulster scorers:<\/p>\n

Tries:<\/em> Jacob Stockdale, Nick Timoney
Conversions:<\/em> John Cooney [1 from 2]
Penalties:<\/em> John Cooney [1 from 3]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Connacht scorers:<\/p>\n

Tries:<\/em> Tiernan O\u2019Halloran, penalty try, Bundee Aki
Conversions:<\/em> Jack Carty [1 from 2]
Penalties:<\/em> Jack Carty [1 from 1]<\/p>\n

ULSTER:\u00a015. Peter Nelson, 14. Angus Kernohan, 13. Angus Curtis (James Hume 66\u2032), 12. Stuart McCloskey, 11. Jacob Stockdale, 10. Billy Burns (Johnny McPhillips 65\u2032), 9. John Cooney; 1. Andrew Warwick (Eric O\u2019Sullivan 55\u2032), 2. Rory Best (Adam McBurney 65\u2032), 3. Tom O\u2019Toole (Ross Kane 41\u2032), 4. Alan O\u2019Connor (Kieran Treadwell 66\u2032), 5. Iain Henderson, 6. Matthew Rea, 7. Nick Timoney, 8. Marcell Coetzee (Sean Reidy 65\u2032).<\/p>\n

Replacements not used: <\/em>21. David Shanahan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CONNACHT:\u00a015. Tiernan O\u2019Halloran (Cian Kelleher 6\u2032), 14. Niyi Adeolokun, 13. Tom Farrell (Kyle Godwin 40\u2032), 12. Bundee Aki, 11. Matt Healy, 10. Jack Carty, 9. Kieran Marmion (Caolin Blade 1\u2032); 1. Denis Buckley (Peter McCabe 51\u2032), 2. Tom McCartney (Shane Delahunt 57\u2032), 3. Finlay Bealham (Conor Carey 57\u2032), 4. Ultan Dillane, 5. Quinn Roux (James Cannon 70\u2032), 6. Sean O\u2019Brien (Colby Fainga\u2019a 70\u2032), 7. Jarrad Butler (captain), 8. Paul Boyle.<\/p>\n

Referee: Andrew Brace [IRFU].\u00a0<\/p>\n

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