Cardiff 23

Ulster 13

A STUNNING CARDIFF BLUES comeback in the last 10 minutes caught Ulster off-guard and saw the Irish province slump to a 10-point in Wales.

Two tries in the final 10 minutes, from Rhys Patchell and Aled Summerhill, proved decisive as the home side bagged their first win in their last three matches.

A converted Craig Gilroy try just after half-time put Ulster in the driving seat, ahead 13-6. But the home side clawed their way back into it through a Patchell penalty, before their heroics in the closing stages.

The first half was a cagey affair with a Patchell penalty Cardiff’s sole response to Ulster captain Paddy Jackson’s two.

Patchell brought Cardiff level with a penalty just after the break before Gilroy finished off an excellent Sam Arnold break for the game’s first try. Jackson added the extras as Ulster looked to take command.

But that was their last score of the game and Cardiff eventually made them pay.

The results sees Ulster stay in fourth spot, although they are now eight points behind leaders Connacht and just four clear of Edinburgh and Munster.

Ulster scorers: Tries: Gilroy, Conversions: Jackson; Penalties: Jackson (2).

Cardiff scorers: Tries: Patchell, Summerhill; Conversions: Patchell (2); Penalties: Patchell (3).

Ulster: Stuart Olding; Craig Gilroy, Luke Marshall (Cave ’6), Sammy Arnold (Scholes ’69), Jacob Stockdale; Paddy Jackson (c), Ruan Pienaar (Marshall ’78); Callum Black (McCall ’48), John Andrew, Bronson Ross (Lutton ’41); Pete Browne, Franco van der Merwe (Wilson ’65); Robbie Diack, Chris Henry (Reidy ’78), Nick Williams.

Replacements not used: Jonny Murphy

Cardiff: Dan Fish (Evans ’59); Blaine Scully, Aled Summerhill, Rey Lee-Lo, Tom James; Rhys Patchell, Tomos Williams (Jones ’65); Brad Thyer (Davies ’74), Matthew Rees (Dacey ’67), Salesi Ma’afu (Filise ’41); Jarrad Hoeata (Cook ’74), James Down; Josh Turnbull, Ellis Jenkins, Manoa Vosawai (Navidi ’61).

Replacements not used: Garyn Smith

Referee: J Lacey (IRFU)

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