Ulster Rugby vs Connacht

PRO12 PREVIEW

ULSTER V CONNACHT GUINNESS PRO12 2016/17 ROUND 11 AT KINGSPAN STADIUM

CURRENT STANDINGS 5 8

LAST TIME 30 25 07.10.16 SPORTSGROUND

HEAD TO HEAD

ULSTER FORM GUIDE

CONNACHT FORM GUIDE

37 30 6 1

37 6 30 1

WIN

DRAW LOST

WIN

DRAW LOST

PLAYED WINS LOSSES DRAWS

LAST 3 MATCHES

LAST 3 MATCHES

CURRENT FORM

Ulster Rugby’s 35-23 victory over The Blues in Cardiff in round 10 of the Guinness PRO12 ended a three game losing run in the Championship. The Ulstermen’s only defeat in their last nine fixtures in Belfast was by a single point to Munster in the PRO12 on 28 October. Connacht have suffered just one reversal in their last four fixtures: 17-32 to Wasps in Coventry in round 3 of the European Champions Cup. Connacht have not won away from home in the PRO12 since a visit to Edinburgh on 4 March. Connacht beat Ulster 30-25 in Galway in round 6 and have not recorded back-to-back victories over the Ulstermen since 1997-98, whilst they have not been victorious in Belfast since November 1960.

MATCH PREVIEW

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

ULSTER

CONNACHT SCORERS

DATE

VENUE

U C SCORERS

07.10.16 Sportsground

25 30

Craig Gilroy T Paddy Jackson 2C/2P Rory Best T Jared Payne T Paddy Jackson C/2P Rory Best T Paddy Jackson C/P Nick Williams T

Jack Carty T/2C/2P James Connolly T Cian Kelleher 2T

01.04.16 Kingspan Stadium

18 10 Craig Gilroy T

Caolin Blade T Shane O'Leary C/P

26.12.15 Sportsground

10 3

AJ MacGinty P

11.04.15 Sportsground

27 20

Craig Gilroy T Rory Best T

Matt Healy T Tiernan O'Halloran T

Tommy Bowe 2T Ruan Pienaar C Louis Ludik T

Jack Carty C/P Miah Nikora C/P

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