Ulster pip Connacht on penalties in inter-provincial final thriller

Both provinces certainly battled like there was something significant on the line, even if it was only bragging rights in the end.

WINNER, WINNER: Odhran Murdock of Ulster scores the winning penalty, past Connacht goalkeeper Connor Gleeson. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Ulster 2-23 (31) Connacht 4-15 (31) (Ulster win 2-1 on penalties)  

Odhran Murdock, a Tailteann Cup final winner with Down at Croke Park in July, kicked a dramatic winner for Ulster at the end of a chaotic penalty shoot-out to secure the inter-provincial title.