Ulster scrape home

Ulster prevailed by just three points in a dreary and unspectacular Guinness Pro12 contest in Belfast over a defiant Connacht. A match with its Inter-Pro connotations and its holiday staging never lived up to its billing.

And coaches Neil Doak and Pat Lam will know displays of this quality will keep a Top Four spot in the league a distant ambition, though Ulster, by virtue of this win, move back into that group.