The Tigers side packed with Lions starts, found Ulster a handful in the opening exchanges but play was stopped after Toby Flood clashed with Dan Tuohy in the 7th minute and it was a quarter of an hour before the match resumed.
When it was restarted Tuohy was shown a yellow card for using his forearm. Ryan Lamb replaced Flood.
James McKinney missed a penalty attempt in the 28th minute but he made amends three minutes later when Leicester failed to release at the breakdown.
Ryan Lamb made it 3 points apiece with a penalty in the 31st minute after Roger Wilson had been pinged for a high tackle.
Ulster continued to make chances with Andrew Trimble and Luke Marshall making good runs deep into the home 22. In the 41st minute the Leicester defence turned the ball over and attacked from their own line. In a sweeping move, the ball was flashed wide where it finally found the hands of Niall Morris who sprinted clear to score. Lamb added the extras to take the Tigers 10-3 clear.
Leicester increased their advantage four minutes later with David Mele crossing for an unconverted try in the left hand corner.
Lamb brought the half to a close with a penalty to take the Tigers into an 18-3 halftime lead.
The second half was rather stop start with both sides finding it difficult to get clean ball from first phase, but it was the Tigers who struck again with Anthony Allen sprinting clear in the 47th minute to score. Lamb added the conversion to take Leicester 25-3 clear.
Ulster had some decent play in the next 15 minutes with Robbie Diack and Andrew Trimble make good ground on a number of occasions.
Jerome Schuster was yellow carded for the Tigers for slowing the ball at a ruck on the Leicester line in the 60th minute and Ulster opted for a 5-metre scrum. The ball was secured and moved open with Chris Henry managing to force his way over for the score. Paddy Jackson added the extras to take the score to 25-10.
Leicester had the final say with the last play of the game Sebastian de Chaves scoring in the left hand corner for an unconverted try to leave the final score 30-10 to the Tigers.
When it was restarted Tuohy was shown a yellow card for using his forearm. Ryan Lamb replaced Flood.
James McKinney missed a penalty attempt in the 28th minute but he made amends three minutes later when Leicester failed to release at the breakdown.
Ryan Lamb made it 3 points apiece with a penalty in the 31st minute after Roger Wilson had been pinged for a high tackle.
Ulster continued to make chances with Andrew Trimble and Luke Marshall making good runs deep into the home 22. In the 41st minute the Leicester defence turned the ball over and attacked from their own line. In a sweeping move, the ball was flashed wide where it finally found the hands of Niall Morris who sprinted clear to score. Lamb added the extras to take the Tigers 10-3 clear.
Leicester increased their advantage four minutes later with David Mele crossing for an unconverted try in the left hand corner.
Lamb brought the half to a close with a penalty to take the Tigers into an 18-3 halftime lead.
The second half was rather stop start with both sides finding it difficult to get clean ball from first phase, but it was the Tigers who struck again with Anthony Allen sprinting clear in the 47th minute to score. Lamb added the conversion to take Leicester 25-3 clear.
Ulster had some decent play in the next 15 minutes with Robbie Diack and Andrew Trimble make good ground on a number of occasions.
Jerome Schuster was yellow carded for the Tigers for slowing the ball at a ruck on the Leicester line in the 60th minute and Ulster opted for a 5-metre scrum. The ball was secured and moved open with Chris Henry managing to force his way over for the score. Paddy Jackson added the extras to take the score to 25-10.
Leicester had the final say with the last play of the game Sebastian de Chaves scoring in the left hand corner for an unconverted try to leave the final score 30-10 to the Tigers.
The sides will meet in this season’s Heineken Cup, with Ulster hosting the Tigers at Ravenhill on 11th October. Tickets for that game go on sale on Monday 2nd September and are available from ulsterrugby.com/tickets.