Ulster hopes sinking fast

Gloucester 55 Ulster 13

The Pool Six standings show Mark McCall’s side in third place, just a point behind Gloucester, but in this case the statistics hide the truth. Ulster’s performance at Kingsholm on Saturday was so poor that it’s difficult to imagine them winning any of their remaining pool games.

Perhaps they’ll put up some sort of a fight in their remaining Ravenhill fixtures against Stade Francais and Gloucester but the quality just isn’t there to seriously challenge the top two.