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Ulster Rugby
Leicester Tigers
HT 12 - 0
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Saturday 24 January 2015 European Rugby Champions Cup
Round 6 Pool 3 Kingspan Stadium
Att: 15,659 Ref: Pascal Gauzère Assis Ref 1: Cyril Lafon Assis Ref 2: Stephane Boyer TMO: Philippe Bonhoure CC: Iain Goodall

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267

Overview

Match Centre - Preview - Current Standing A v B

Standings

3

2

Positions on Jan 24, 2015

Match Centre - Preview - H2H

Head to Head

7

Wins

5

Draws

0

Match Centre - Preview - Form Guide

Recent form

L
W
L
L
L
W
L
W

Season so far

Match Centre - Preview - Season So Far A v B

Total Tries

16

12

Metres Gained

1954

2137

Passes

755

780

Tackles Made

670

615

Penalties Conceded

68

53

Turnovers Won

68

53

Tournament record

Match Centre - Preview - Tournament Record (Team A)

Played 177 (87 home, 90 away)
Wins 88 (61 home, 27 away)
Losses 86 (25 home, 61 away)
Draws 3 (1 home, 2 away)
Average points 22
Biggest win 59 - 3
Heaviest defeat 3 - 56

Match Centre - Preview - Tournament Record (Team B)

Played 179 (94 home, 85 away)
Wins 109 (72 home, 37 away)
Losses 66 (20 home, 46 away)
Draws 4 (2 home, 2 away)
Average points 26
Biggest win 90 - 19
Heaviest defeat 12 - 80

PREVIEW: Tigers not giving up on quarter-final dream

Tuesday 20th January 2015

12:00 am (GMT)

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Leicester a retrouvé des ambitions pour son dernier match de poule en Ulster après sa victoire bonifiée vendredi dernier face aux Scarlets (40-22). Mais seul un succès en Irlande pourrait lui offrir une chance de poursuivre l'aventure. - 22/01/2015 14:58

Leicester a retrouvé des ambitions pour son dernier match de poule en Ulster après sa victoire bonifiée vendredi dernier face aux Scarlets (40-22). Mais seul un succès en Irlande pourrait lui offrir une chance de poursuivre l'aventure. - 22/01/2015 14:58

Leicester Tigers travel to the Kingspan Stadium knowing they need maximum points from their final Pool 3 match to have any hope of reaching the Champions Cup quarter-final.

The Tigers looked dead and buried after losing to reigning champions Toulon in round four, but their bonus-point 40-23 win over the Scarlets last weekend has reignited their hopes. Director of rugby Richard Cockerill told his players they need 10 points from theri last two games to stand any chance of getting through and that was a great start.

Another maximum points victory over Ulster this weekend would move them to 18 points in the pool and in with a chance of making the knock-out stages for the 13th time in their history.

“The knock-out stages of Europe are where every team wants to be, you want to test yourself against the best so it would be huge for the club if we could qualify,” said Argentinean international prop Marcos Ayerza.

“We are full of confidence at the moment. It’s not been the best of pool stages because we have not been very consistent but when we have need to step up in Europe or in the Premiership we have performed well in the big games.

“We know that when we are firing on all cylinders then we can be one of the best teams in Europe. We can be the masters of our destiny in many ways if we go to Ulster and put in an excellent performance.”

Ulster’s European campaign may be over but they put a brave performance in against Toulon last weekend, despite conceding 60 points.

They managed to score four tries against the two-time champions and Argentina international Ayerza is not underestimating the challenge they face.

He added: “Ulster are an attacking side, not many sides will go to Toulon and score four tries.
“The Irish supporters are incredible and there will be a big atmosphere there despite them not being able to qualify. They will expect there side to finish on a high but we have to try and stop that.

“But Ravenhill is always a tough place to go, I really think there are not many tougher places in world rugby but we know what we have to do.”

Match Facts

  • Ulster have won all three of their home meetings with Leicester, in fact all but one of the seven games between these two clubs have been won by the home side on the day.
  • The last three meetings between the sides, all of which have been at the pool stage, have seen a losing bonus point claimed.
  • Ulster are aiming to avoid losing a fifth loss this season, the last time this occurred was in 2007/08.
  • Leicester have won 16 lineouts per game on average in the tournament, more than any other team.

Match Centre - Preview - Lineups

J. Payne

15

M. Tait

T. Bowe

14

A. Thompstone

N. Morris 69'

D. Cave

13

V. Goneva

L. Marshall

12

S. Bai

C. Gilroy

11

M. Benjamin

I. Humphreys

10

F. Burns

R. Pienaar

9

B. Youngs

S. Harrison 69'

C. Black

B. Ross 74'

1

M. Ayerza

. Rizzo 55'

R. Best

R. Herring 74'

2

T. Youngs

L. Ghiraldini 55'

W. Herbst

3

L. Mulipola

F. Balmain 55'

A. O'Connor

L. Stevenson 65'

4

G. Kitchener

F. Van Der Merwe

5

G. Parling

S. De Chaves 3'

I. Henderson

N. McComb 58'

6

T. Croft

M. McComish

C. Ross 45'

7

J. Salvi

R. Wilson

8

J. Crane

R. Barbieri 55'

Replacements

R. Herring

R. Best

16

L. Ghiraldini

T. Youngs

A. Warwick

N. McComb

17

M. Rizzo

M. Ayerza

B. Ross

C. Black

18

F. Balmain

L. Mulipola

L. Stevenson

A. O'Connor

19

S. De Chaves

G. Parling

C. Ross

M. McComish

20

R. Barbieri

J. Crane

N. McComb

I. Henderson

21

S. Harrison

B. Youngs

P. Marshall

22

O. Williams

M. Allen

23

N. Morris

A. Thompstone

REPORT: Cave hat-trick shoots down Tigers

Saturday 24th January 2015

12:00 am (GMT)

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Une très décevante défaite en Ulster (7-26) a mis un terme aux espoirs de Leicester de retrouver un quart de finale européen. L'Ulster

Une très décevante défaite en Ulster (7-26) a mis un terme aux espoirs de Leicester de retrouver un quart de finale européen. L'Ulster

Centre Darren Cave ended Leicester Tigers hopes of Euro glory with his hat-trick of tries in Ulster’s victory in Belfast.

There was a try bonus point for good measure as the Ulsterman blew the English giants hopes of a European Rugby Champions Cup quarter-final place out of the water in no uncertain manner.

The Tigers needed a bonus point win themselves to keep themselves in with any chance of qualification, but they failed to even win the game and Cave’s first half brace of tries put paid to any ambitions the Tigers had in Europe this season.

Ulster, who had won only one of their Pool 3 games, were a different proposition to the side which had struggled so badly in Europe during this campaign.

The home side also maintained their record of never having lost to Leicester at home to the English side.

Coach Richard Cockerill has implored his players throw the kitchen sink at Ulster to ensure they got a bonus point win.

But Ulster, who only had pride to play for, had other ideas and set their stall out early doors with their trademark physicality in defence and attack.

The Tigers lost key lineout general Geoff Parling when the lock limped off early on adding to England coach Stuart Lancaster’s second row injury problems.

Lancaster is already without Northampton’s Courtney Lawes ahead of the Six Nations due to injury and will be hoping Parling’s injury is not serious.

But Leicester’s hopes of starting with a bang were hit early on when they conceded a try to the home side.

Centre Cave crossed for a try in the corner after the Tigers defence buckled under the pressure exerted by Ulster after a series of attacks on the visitor’s line.

The Tigers had plenty of ball and territory against the Ulsterman but they failed to breach a formidable defensive effort by the home side.

Things went from bad to worse for the English giants when Cave crossed for is second try after a superb break by fly-half Ian Humphreys.

Cave ran in under the posts and Springbok scrum-half Ruan Pienaar converted to make it 12-0 at half-time to Ulster.

Cave crossed for his third try just after the break to add to the Tigers misery and to put paid to any hopes of Euro silverware.

Wing Craig Gilroy crossed for Ulster fourth bonus point try before Wing Adam Thompstone crossed for a consolation try for the Tigers.

LIVE - TEST - Commentary

Match Commentary
74
Replacement Off: C. Black On: B. Ross
74
Replacement Off: R. Best On: R. Herring
71
Yellow Card W. Herbst
69
Replacement Off: B. Youngs On: S. Harrison
69
Replacement Off: A. Thompstone On: N. Morris
65
Replacement Off: A. O'Connor On: L. Stevenson
61
Replacement Off: N. McComb On: A. Warwick
61
Yellow Card C. Black
58
Replacement Off: I. Henderson On: N. McComb
55
Replacement Off: J. Crane On: R. Barbieri
55
Replacement Off: L. Mulipola On: F. Balmain
55
Replacement Off: M. Ayerza On: M. Rizzo
55
Replacement Off: T. Youngs On: L. Ghiraldini
54
Conversion F. Burns
53
Try A. Thompstone
51
Conversion R. Pienaar
49
Try C. Gilroy
45
Replacement Off: M. McComish On: C. Ross
45
Yellow Card V. Goneva
44
Conversion R. Pienaar
42
Try D. Cave
38
Conversion R. Pienaar
38
Try D. Cave
20
Missed Conversion I. Humphreys
19
Try D. Cave
3
Replacement Off: G. Parling On: S. De Chaves

Match Page - Summary

Score Summary
Ulster Rugby
Leicester Tigers

Tries

D. Cave 19’ , 38’ , 42’

C. Gilroy 49’

A. Thompstone 53’

Conversions

R. Pienaar 38’ , 44’ , 51’

F. Burns 54’

Yellow cards

C. Black 61’

W. Herbst 71’

V. Goneva 45’

Match Page - Timeline

Timeline

FT

-

Substitute 74'

C. Black

B. Ross

-

Substitute 74'

R. Best

R. Herring

-

Yellow card 71'

W. Herbst

-

Substitute 69'

B. Youngs

S. Harrison

-

Substitute 69'

A. Thompstone

N. Morris

-

Substitute 65'

A. O'Connor

L. Stevenson

-

Substitute 61'

N. McComb

A. Warwick

-

Yellow card 61'

C. Black

-

Substitute 58'

I. Henderson

N. McComb

-

Substitute 55'

J. Crane

R. Barbieri

-

Substitute 55'

L. Mulipola

F. Balmain

-

Substitute 55'

M. Ayerza

M. Rizzo

-

Substitute 55'

T. Youngs

L. Ghiraldini

267

Conversion 54'

F. Burns

265

Try 53'

A. Thompstone

260

Conversion 51'

R. Pienaar

240

Try 49'

C. Gilroy

-

Substitute 45'

M. McComish

C. Ross

-

Yellow card 45'

V. Goneva

190

Conversion 44'

R. Pienaar

170

Try 42'

D. Cave

120

Conversion 38'

R. Pienaar

100

Try 38'

D. Cave

-

Missed conversion 20'

I. Humphreys

50

Try 19'

D. Cave

-

Substitute 3'

G. Parling

S. De Chaves

Attack

Match Report - Team Stats (Attack)

36%

64%

37%

63%

Metres Gained

305

473

Tries

4

1

Carries

84

143

Defenders Beaten

16

28

Clean Breaks

9

12

Passes

107

190

Offloads

8

7

Turnovers Conceded

8

11

Defence

Match Report - Team Stats (Defence)

Tackles

158

83

Missed Tackles

28

16

Turnovers Won

7

6

Kicking

Match Report - Team Stats (Kicking)

Conversions (%)

75%

3/4

100%

1/1

Penalty goals (%)

0%

0/0

0%

0/0

Drop goals (%)

0%

0/0

0%

0/0

Kicks From Hand

26

18

Metres gained from kicks

0

0

Average metres per kick

0

0

Breakdown

Match Report - Team Stats (Breakdown)

Rucks (%)

95%

59/62

98%

119/122

Mauls (%)

83%

5/6

100%

6/6

Maul metres gained

0

0

Turnover in ruck or maul

0

0

Set Plays

Match Report - Team Stats (Set Piece)

Lineouts (%)

79%

11/14

94%

15/16

Scrums (%)

100%

4/4

86%

6/7

Restarts (%)

0%

0/2

0%

0/7

Discipline

Match Report - Team Stats (Discipline)

Penalties Conceded

13

6

Yellow Cards

2

1

Red Cards

0

0

Match Page - Player Performance

Key

M Metres Gained
Ca Carries
Pa Passes
Tk Tackles
MT Missed Tackles
TOW Turnovers Won
TAs Try Assists
O Offloads
CB Clean Breaks
Ulster Rugby M Ca Pa Tk MT TOW TAs O CB
15 Jared Payne 36 7 6 7 0 0 0 1 0
14 Tommy Bowe 13 6 4 4 2 0 0 2 0
13 Darren Cave 44 6 2 8 2 0 0 0 3
12 Luke Marshall 16 5 2 18 2 0 0 0 0
11 Craig Gilroy 63 8 2 8 1 1 0 2 2
10 Ian Humphreys 15 5 22 6 6 0 0 1 0
9 Ruan Pienaar 8 4 56 6 3 1 0 0 0
1 Callum Black Bronson Ross 74' 10 3 1 10 0 0 0 0 1
2 Rory Best Rob Herring 74' 11 6 3 10 0 1 0 0 1
3 Wiehahn Herbst 0 1 0 9 3 0 0 0 0
4 Alan O'Connor Lewis Stevenson 65' 5 2 1 10 0 0 0 0 0
5 Franco Van Der Merwe 22 10 4 12 4 1 0 1 0
6 Iain Henderson Neil McComb 58' 6 6 0 8 1 1 0 0 0
7 Mike McComish Clive Ross 45' 22 3 1 8 0 1 0 1 2
8 Roger Wilson 34 9 3 13 0 0 0 0 0
Replacements
16 Rob Herring Rory Best 74' 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
17 Andy Warwick Neil McComb 61' 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
18 Bronson Ross Callum Black 74' 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Lewis Stevenson Alan O'Connor 65' 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
20 Clive Ross Mike McComish 45' 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
21 Neil McComb Iain Henderson 58' 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 Paul Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Michael Allen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leicester Tigers M Ca Pa Tk MT TOW TAs O CB
15 Matthew Tait 84 13 8 2 1 2 0 1 3
14 Adam Thompstone Niall Morris 69' 19 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 1
13 Vereniki Goneva 22 12 1 6 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seremaia Bai 34 12 3 2 3 0 0 1 0
11 Miles Benjamin 71 12 6 3 0 0 0 1 1
10 Freddie Burns 45 6 38 5 1 1 0 0 2
9 Ben Youngs Sam Harrison 69' 29 6 88 3 2 1 0 0 2
1 Marcos Ayerza Rizzo 55' 2 3 0 6 3 1 0 0 0
2 Tom Youngs Leonardo Ghiraldini 55' 16 8 1 8 0 0 0 0 0
3 Logovi'i Mulipola Fraser Balmain 55' 15 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
4 Graham Kitchener 11 6 3 6 0 0 0 0 0
5 Geoff Parling Sebastian De Chaves 3' 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Tom Croft 23 8 3 13 0 0 0 0 1
7 Julian Salvi 8 6 4 5 2 0 0 0 0
8 Jordan Crane Robert Barbieri 55' 18 10 3 6 1 1 0 0 0
Replacements
16 Leonardo Ghiraldini Tom Youngs 55' 22 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 1
17 Michele Rizzo Marcos Ayerza 55' 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Fraser Balmain Logovi'i Mulipola 55' 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Sebastian De Chaves Geoff Parling 3' 5 5 1 8 1 0 0 0 1
20 Robert Barbieri Jordan Crane 55' 11 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Sam Harrison Ben Youngs 69' 2 1 17 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 Owen Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Niall Morris Adam Thompstone 69' 23 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0

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