Ulster -v- Dragons RTE 2 : BBC2

LeeroyJones

Ulster: 15 Jared Payne, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Luke Marshall, 11 Rory Scholes, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Roger Wilson, 7 Sean Doyle, 6 Robbie Diack, 5 Iain Henderson, 4 Johann Muller (capt), 3 Ricky Lutton, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Callum Black.
Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Tom Court, 18 Adam Macklin, 19 Lewis Stevenson, 20 Mike McComish, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Stuart McCloskey, 23 David McIlwaine.

Dragons: 15 Rhys Jones, 14 Matthew Pewtner, 13 Pat Leach, 12 Ashley Smith (c), 11 Ross Wardle, 10 Steffan Jones, 9 Richie Rees, 8 Lewis Evans, 7 Nic Cudd, 6 Jevon Groves, 5 Cory Hill, 4 Matthew Screech, 3 Bruce Douglas, 2 T. Rhys Thomas, 1 Owen Evans.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Williams, 17 Hugh Gustafson, 18 Duncan Bell, 19 Rob Sidoli, 20 Ieuan Jones, 21 Wayne Evans, 22 Jason Tovey, 23 Jack Dixon.

LeeroyJones

Ulster 3-0 up

molloyjh

That was an awful support line from Rees.

King_of_Kingz

Nice break from Cave to set up that try

Buer

Can't wait to see Payne at Leinster next season.

Taco Corp

nice from Payne, can't wait to see him in blue

Buer

Captain_Hindsight wrote: »

nice from Payne, can't wait to see him in blue

We should be friends.

molloyjh

Very simple try. Massive hole in the defensive line. Lovely pass from Payne though.

King_of_Kingz

Jared Payne looks like he could become a worthwhile option when he's eligible lads, possible centre option? read in various places that he is decent there but I have not seen as much of him as I would like to be able to offer an opinion?

ScissorPaperRock

Great vision from Payne there

jacothelad

I'm in a B&B in snowy Glencoe on my way up to the N.W. Highlands for two weeks of walking and music in pubs. No iPlayer and no Sky. Sky Go only shows Sky channels I think. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Buer

TB has looked very sharp. Is he certainly ruled out of the rest of the 6N by Schmidt?

Donnielighto

Bowe lookin powerful.

Buer

jacothelad wrote: »

I'm in a B&B in snowy Glencoe on my way up to the N.W. Highlands for two weeks of walking and music in pubs. No iPlayer and no Sky. Sky Go only shows Sky channels I think. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Not missing anything too exciting yet. Dragons looking porous. Scrum for Ulster looking strong; if they kept the ball in they'd pick up penalties.

Payne looking very slick, Bowe is sharp.

And Ulster get penalty at first scrum they leave the ball in at.

Tox56

Dragons are ridiculously good at the breakdown for such a crap team

Some great leaps from Tommy Bowe for a guy who's been out since November

accidentprone1

Scrums have been great - none going to ground yet? Really makes for a better game.

Buer

That was a very odd advantage over call. Ulster went through a couple more phases and gained a few yards only.

Tox56

Ah Jesus not another concussion for luke marshall

molloyjh

Not Marshall!!!! Damn it.....

Buer

Uh oh. Luke Marshall getting treatment for what looks like a blow to the head. He looks in trouble.

ScissorPaperRock

F*** is that Marshall down?

Kanrith

Ah no...

vienne86

Looks very groggy. Feck it anyway.

Buer

Diack accidentally kicked him in the head. He is very wobbly. Looks like a very likely concussion. McCloskey on for debut.

Tox56

That's a terrible sign, looked completely out of it

DDC1990

Marshall needs to take a while out of the game. These constant concussions could endanger his life.

Taco Corp

hopefully only a precaution but he's a few too many concussions at this stage

aimee1

Looked like he got a boot and a knee in the head. If it is concussion it could be season over again

bilston

DDC1990 wrote: »

Marshall needs to take a while out of the game. These constant concussions could endanger his life.

He took six months out last season!

DDC1990

Tommy Booooooooooowwwe! :P

Kanrith

G'wan Tommy!

molloyjh

Tommy Boooooowwwwwweeeeeeeee!!!!!

ThisRegard

Tommy BOWWWE.!

molloyjh

Nice move, great line from Bowe and timed perfectly.

vienne86

Good man Tommy! Great try.

This could be a rout. Ulster playing great stuff.

Buer

Tommy Boooooowe.

Opposition are muck but the guy is proven class. He'll make it hard to ignore him.

Grimebox

Hmmmm bit of celebration/somersault from Bowe :pac:

DDC1990

Joe Schmidt will take note of that dive at the end.

Poor attitude from Bowe...

ScissorPaperRock

Lovely!

Buer

Superb ball off the top from Muller made that move as it was a really sloppy throw.

Kanrith

Wow!

molloyjh

Again. G'wan Tommy!

TBP before half time????

DDC1990

Tommy Booooooooweeeee again!

Zebo and Bowe on the wings for Italy.

Buer

Eh...yeah. This will make things very interesting for Irish selection.

Kanrith

How is he so sharp after this long out?

vienne86

Tommy Bowe again!

Dragons are woeful. Dreadful defending.

jacothelad

Buer wrote: »

Tommy Boooooowe.

Opposition are muck but the guy is proven class. He'll make it hard to ignore him.

Should he change his name to ZeBowe?

accidentprone1

Absolutely fantastic set-up by Cave there.

molloyjh

Kanrith wrote: »

How is he so sharp after this long out?

In fairness Dragons are woeful.....

Tox56

Irish wingers really need to work on their try scoring celebrations. A pretty lame attempt from Bowe for his first after Zebo's pathetic effort a few weeks ago

ScissorPaperRock

Was that Cave with the offload? It was a beauty