Ulster fall to Warriors at Ravenhill
Six penalties from flyhalf Dan Parks and a late Thom Evans try was enough to help potential title-challengers Glasgow Warriors to a 25-13 win over Ulster at Ravenhill on Friday night.
The home side led 13-6 at half time having made the most of a Jon Welsh yellow card for Glasgow. The Warriors prop spent ten minutes in the bin on Friday night and during his time off the pitch the home side capitalised, scoring their only try of the match through international No.1 Tom Court.
Parks opened his account just six minutes into the match but missed with his second attempt after 12 minutes.
Ulster kicker Ian Humphreys levelled the scored after 15 minutes before, with half an hour gone, Court put Brian McLaughlin's men well clear.
A late Parks penalty narrowed the gap to just seven points at the break.
The second half then was a frustrating affair for McLaughlin and his team. Held scoreless themselves, the Irish side conceded four penalties and a Thom Evans try in the second preiod.
The Scorers
For Ulster
Tries: Court
Pen: Humphreys 2
Cons: Humphreys
For Glasgow Warriors
Try: Evans
Pen: Parks 5
Cons: Parks
The Teams:
Ulster: 15 Clinton Schifcofske, 14 Timoci Nagusa, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Ian Whitten, 11 Simon Danielli, 10 Ian Humphreys, 9 Isaac Boss, 8 Chris Henry (captain), 7 Willie Faloon, 6 David Pollock, 5 Ryan Caldwell, 4 Dan Tuohy, 3 Declan Fitzpatrick, 2 Andy Kyriacou, 1 Tom Court
Replacements: 16 Nigel Brady, 17 Bryan Young, 18 Ed O'Donoghue, 19 Thomas Anderson, 20 Paul Marshall, 21 Niall O'Connor, 22 Jonny Shiels
Warriors: 15 Bernardo Stortoni, 14 Alex Dunbar, 13 Max Evans, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Thom Evans, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Mark McMillan, 8 Richie Vernon, 7 John Barclay (captain), 6 Kelly Brown, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Tim Barker, 3 Moray Low, 2 Dougie Hall, 1 Jon Welsh
Replacements: 16 Fergus Thomson, 17 Kevin Tkachuk, 18 Dan Turner, 19 Calum Forrester, 20 Chris Cusiter, 21 Colin Gregor, 22 Peter Murchie
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
Assistant referees: Dudley Phillips (Ireland), Paul Haycock (Ireland)
TMO: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)