Lock Neil McComb was the hero for Ulster as he raced over for a match-winning try three minutes from the end to give new coach Mark Anscombe a winning start.

CONNACHT brought a nine match losing run to an end by notching their ninth victory on French soil on Saturday when they shocked a Bayonne side who needed to win to stay in the hunt for a quarter-final spot in the Amlin Challenge Cup.

DAVID WALLACE spent another training session on the touchlines yesterday as medical staff continue monitoring an ankle problem, which coach Eddie O’Sullivan has described in the past as “chronic”.