Ulster grind it out as Pienaar makes Castres pay penalty

Castres 8 Ulster 9

Mon, 21 Jan, 2013 - 00:00

Jim Stokes

Well, it did! Big time.

Instead of hosting one of the other seven big guns at what would have been a newly-refurbished Ravenhill, Ulster are on the flight to London in the quarter-finals against Saracens after a nerve-jangling finale in the pool stages.

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Courts Rugby Place: Belfast Place: Ravenhill Place: London Place: Thomond Park Place: Edinburgh Place: Vicarage Road Place: Wembley Place: MK Stadium Place: Newlands Stadium Place: Cape Town Place: Stade Pierre-Antione Place: France Place: Ruan Person: Pienaar Person: Mark Anscombe Person: Anscombe Person: Mark McCall Person: Jonny Bell Person: Michael Bradley Person: Remi Lamerat Person: Ruan Pienaar Person: Chris Henry Person: Henry Person: Paddy Jackson Person: Rory Best Person: Best Person: Ruán Person: Lamerat Person: Kockott Person: Bernard Person: Evans Person: Baikeinuku Person: Garvey Person: Tales Person: Forestier Person: Rallier Person: Peikrishvili Person: Rolland Person: Samson Person: Babillot Person: Faasalele Person: Wannenburg Person: Andreu Person: Bonn Event: Heineken Cup Organisation: Ulster Organisation: Castres Organisation: Northampton Organisation: Saracens Organisation: Toulon Organisation: Leicester Organisation: Saracens’Organisation: Ireland Organisation: Wales

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