Richie Murphy has admitted that Ulster will have to up their game for Friday’s home European Challenge Cup quarter-final with La Rochelle. “The whole idea of being in the last 16 is to get the last eight,” said Murphy. “So we're in the last eight, but we've got work to do and we've got a week's prep now to lead into La Rochelle. “We were just a little bit too loose, discipline-wise a couple of rash decisions caused us problems and with the ball in hand, things that were sticking well early on in the season at the moment are just a little bit tricky, but we'll get back to where we want to be. The 19-year-old fly-half dusted himself down to kick a penalty and pull La Rochelle level at 18-all just after the hour.

Source: Irish Examiner April 06, 2026 07:35 UTC