RaboDirect PRO12 - Galway, 14 April 2012, 17:15 local, 16:15 GMT
Connacht (13) 26 - 21 (16) Ulster (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Connacht  Score  Ulster
0 start of first half start of first half
3 Nikora - penalty goal 3 - 0
10 Nikora - try 8 - 0
11 Buckley - sub on
Wilkinson - sub off
13 Ofisa Treviranus - sub off
O'Connor - sub on
18 Loughney - yellow card
20 8 - 3 Jackson - penalty goal
24 8 - 6 Jackson - penalty goal
30 Duffy - try 13 - 6
35 13 - 13 Marshall - try
Jackson - conversion
37 Pienaar - sub on
Marshall - sub off
39 13 - 16 Jackson - penalty goal
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
43 O'Halloran - try 18 - 16
44 Nikora - conversion 20 - 16
53 20 - 21 Jackson - try
Court - sub off
Macklin - sub on
55 Griffin - sub on
Fa'afili - sub off		 Diack - sub off
Birch - sub on
56 Humphreys - sub off
Gilroy - sub on
61 Nikora - penalty goal 23 - 21
63 Swift - yellow card Stevenson - yellow card
68 Kyriacou - sub on
Brady - sub off
McAllister - sub off
Black - sub on
70 O'Donohoe - sub on
F Murphy - sub off
72 Birch - yellow card
73 Nikora - penalty goal 26 - 21
74 McComb - sub off
Henderson - sub on
80 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Connacht won by a margin of 5 points
 
Ground name Galway Sportsground

Teams

Connacht Ulster
Tries Nikora (10), Duffy (30), O'Halloran (43) Tries Marshall (35), Jackson (53)
Cons Nikora (44) Cons Jackson (35)
Pens Nikora (3, 61, 73) Pens Jackson (20, 24, 39)
    Team
15 FB
Gavin Duffy
14 W
Tiernan O'Halloran
13 C
Kyle Tonetti
12 C
Henry Fa'afili
11 W
Fetu'u Vainikolo
10 FH
Miah Nikora
9 SH
Frank Murphy
1 P
Brett Wilkinson
2 H
Ethienne Reynecke
3 P
Ronan Loughney
18
4 L
Michael Swift
63
5 L
Mike McCarthy
6 F
John Muldoon
7 F
Ray Ofisa Treviranus
8 N8
George Naoupu
    Replacements
16
Dermot Murphy
17 R
Denis Buckley
18
Rodney Ah You
19
Mick Kearney
20 R
Johnny O'Connor
21 R
Paul O'Donohoe
22
Matthew Jarvis
23 R
Eoin Griffin
    Team
15 FB
Stefan Terblanche
14 W
Ian Whitten
13 C
Nevin Spence
12 C
Paddy Jackson
11 W
Adam D'Arcy
10 FH
Ian Humphreys
9 SH
Paul Marshall
1 P
Paddy McAllister
2 H
Nigel Brady
3 P
Tom Court
4 L
Lewis Stevenson
63
5 L
Neil McComb
6 F
Mike McComish
7 F
Willie Faloon
8 N8
Robbie Diack
    Replacements
16 R
Andy Kyriacou
17 R
Callum Black
18 R
Adam Macklin
19 R
Iain Henderson
20 R
Alistair Birch
72
21 R
Ruan Pienaar
22
Mike Allen
23 R
Craig Gilroy

Match stats

Connacht   Ulster
3 Tries 2
1 from 1 Conversion goals 1 from 1
3 from 3 Penalty goals 3 from 3
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
15 Kicks from hand 14
109 Passes 106
90 Runs 73
236 Metres run with ball 244
Attacking
60% Possession 40%
4 Clean breaks 3
13 Defenders beaten 13
6 Offloads 2
70 from 73 (95.9%) Rucks won 53 from 56 (94.6%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
7 Turnovers conceded 13
Defensive
76/13 Tackles made/missed 90/14
85.4% Tackling success rate 86.5%
Set pieces
6 won, 2 lost (75.0%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 2 lost (77.8%)
13 won, 2 lost (86.7%) Lineouts on own throw 4 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
11 Penalties conceded 10
2/0 Yellow/red cards 2/0

Conn stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Duffy 1/0 5 5/0/4 39 1 2 0 2 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
W O'Halloran 1/0 5 0/1/7 40 1 2 1 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Tonetti 0/1 0 0/5/5 7 0 1 0 0 7/3 0/0 0 0/0
C Fa'afili 0/0 0 0/5/7 10 0 2 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Vainikolo 0/0 0 1/0/5 19 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Nikora 1/0 16 5/27/2 5 1 1 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH F Murphy 0/0 0 3/46/4 0 0 1 0 0 2/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Wilkinson 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Reynecke 0/0 0 0/1/4 13 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Loughney 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 2 1/0
L Swift 0/0 0 0/2/6 3 0 0 1 0 7/0 2/0 0 1/0
L McCarthy 0/0 0 0/4/6 9 0 0 1 0 7/0 9/0 1 0/0
F Muldoon 0/1 0 0/4/7 11 0 2 1 0 5/1 1/0 0 0/0
F Ofisa Treviranus 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Naoupu 0/0 0 1/4/12 54 1 2 2 1 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Buckley 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
(R) O'Connor 0/0 0 0/1/8 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) O'Donohoe 0/0 0 0/9/2 8 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Griffin 0/0 0 0/0/4 14 0 0 0 2 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Ulst stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Terblanche 0/0 0 5/6/8 49 0 0 0 1 0/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Whitten 0/0 0 0/5/3 8 0 0 1 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Spence 0/0 0 0/1/8 75 2 5 0 2 8/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Jackson 1/0 16 2/14/8 31 0 0 0 0 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
W D'Arcy 0/0 0 1/3/7 8 0 2 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Humphreys 0/0 0 2/13/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Marshall 1/0 5 2/21/1 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P McAllister 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Brady 0/0 0 0/2/2 1 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Court 0/0 0 0/1/6 1 0 0 0 0 8/0 1/0 1 0/0
L Stevenson 0/0 0 0/1/2 5 0 0 0 1 7/1 2/0 3 1/0
L McComb 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 2 8/0 0/1 1 0/0
F McComish 0/0 0 0/1/7 2 0 1 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Faloon 0/0 0 0/2/5 11 0 0 0 3 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Diack 0/0 0 1/3/5 18 0 0 0 2 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Kyriacou 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Black 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Macklin 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Henderson 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Birch 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 1/0 2 1/0
(R) Pienaar 0/0 0 1/31/3 13 0 1 0 1 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Gilroy 0/0 0 0/1/3 19 1 4 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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