Cathal Forde again impresses as understaffed Ulster fall just short
victories, and it looked for long periods that Ulster would prevail. They had recorded a 22-20 win over Connacht at Christmas, before losing their URC play-off quarter-finals to Connacht. That was a game Ulster’s Dan McFarland described as their worst of the season, and with “history around that”, McFarland arrived in Galway seeking revenge. They came mightily close, but having led 3-20 within minutes of the resumption of the second half, Connacht scored 19 points without reply.
And, although Connacht dominated possession and territory in a frantic opening, they spurned a great opportunity to score when fullback Tiernan O’Halloran produced a superb break before Jarrad Butler was hauled down just shy of the line. It would be the closest Connacht would come to scoring a try, and instead were reliant on a Jack Carty penalty after 20 minutes when Ulster’s McCann was penalised at the breakdown.
It got even better for Ulster immediately after the restart scrumhalf Shanahan was in support to claim a second try, thanks to a porous Connacht defence which Ben Moxham exposed, extending the lead to 20-3.
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