“So we go in at half-time 10-12 having pretty much 70 per cent of possession,” says Connacht head coach Stuart Lancaster. “A lot of credit has to go to them for how they finished the game and at the end we were hanging on there.”SCORING SEQUENCE – 24 mins: Treacy try, Gilbert con, 7-0; 30: Gilbert pen, 10-0; 34: Ward try, Murphy con, 10-7; 41: Ward try, 10-12. 48: Kok try, Murphy con, 10-19; 52: Penalty try, 10-26; 67: Jansen try, Gilbert con, 17-26; 76: Devine try, Gilbert con 24-26; 80: Murphy pen 24-29. CONNACHT: S Gilbert; D Ryan, C Forde, B Aki, F Treacy; J Carty, B Murphy; D Buckley, D Heffernan, F Bealham; J Joyce, D O’Connor; J Murphy, C Prendergast, S Jansen. ULSTER: J Stockdale; W Kok, J Hume, S McCloskey, Z Ward; J Murphy, C McKee; S Crean, T Stewart, S Wilson; H Sheridan, C Izuchukwu; D McCann, N Timoney, J Augustus.

Source: The Irish Times December 28, 2025 14:10 UTC