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Match Report | Ulster 40 Glasgow 15

9th November 2020
Ulster are unbeaten after five games in the Guinness PRO14, after putting in an assured performance against Glasgow Warriors at Kingspan Stadium on Monday evening, winning 40-15. The visitors were first to draw blood, with Number Eight TJ Ioane driving over to score his first try for the club and Pete Horne adding the conversion. Ulster were quick to respond, with John Andrew tucking the ball under his arm and rumbling over off the back of a driving Ulster maul. John Cooney nailed the conversion. Glasgow took the lead in the 20th minute with Horne slotting a penalty, but once again, Ulster capitalised from an attacking line-out shortly after, when Marcell Coetzee muscled his way over the whitewash. Cooney added the two. Ulster began to turn the screw when Sam Carter drove over in the 37th minute, just seconds after his first attempt wasn’t deemed to be grounded over the line. Cooney was accurate with the extras. The Ulster men collected the try-bonus point on the stroke of half-time, through John Cooney who found a gap to cross the Glasgow line, and then converted his own score. Ten minutes into the second half, Michael Lowry went on the attack and sent a beautiful pass out to John Andrew on the wing, who offloaded back inside to send Sean Reidy over in the corner. Matt Faddes was next to score, after a bone-crunching tackle from Marcell Coetzee caused the attacking Glasgow player to lose the ball. The winger kicked the ball up field and scored under the posts, with Cooney slotting the conversion. Glasgow pulled one back through hooker, Grant Stewart, capitalising on having an extra man after Lowry was shown yellow for attempting to intercept the ball but his knock-on was deemed deliberate. The Warriors built up a sustained period of pressure in the final quarter, but the well-drilled Ulster defence were able to handle what the visitors threw at them to close out the game. Full-time score: Ulster 40 Glasgow 15

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SCORERS

Ulster Tries: John Andrew, Marcell Coetzee, Sam Carter, John Cooney, Sean Reidy, Matt Faddes Cons: John Cooney (5) Glasgow Tries: TJ Ioane, Grant Stewart Cons: Horne Pens: Horne

LINE-UPS

Ulster (15-9) Michael Lowry, Craig Gilroy, Luke Marshall, Stewart Moore, Matt Faddes, Ian Madigan, John Cooney; (1-8) Eric O'Sullivan, John Andrew, Marty Moore, Kieran Treadwell, Sam Carter (CAPT), Matty Rea, Sean Reidy, Marcell Coetzee. Replacements: Adam McBurney, Kyle McCall, Gareth Milasinovich, Alan O’Connor, Marcus Rea, David Shanahan, Bill Johnston, Ethan McIlroy. Glasgow Warriors (15-9) Glenn Bryce, Ratu Tagive, Robbie Fergusson, Stafford McDowall, Niko Matawalu, Pete Horne, Sean Kennedy; (1-8) Aki Seiuli, Grant Stewart, Enrique Pieretto, Rob Harley, Kiran McDonald, Ryan Wilson (CAPT), Tom Gordon, TJ Ioane. Replacements: Johnny Matthews, Alex Allan, D’arcy Rae, Lewis Bean, Hamish Bain, Fotu Lokotui, Caleb Korteweg, Brandon Thomson.

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