Honeymoon over quickly for Les Kiss as pressure all on Ulster

New Ulster coach Les Kiss accepts the pressure is on his side to deliver victory in their Champions Cup opener away to French side Oyonnax on Saturday.

This is the hosts’ first-top flight game in elite European competition and Kiss knows how vital a win will be given the challenge posed by Pool One’s other big guns— Saracens and Toulouse.

“It scares me, in a way,” laughed Kiss of the challenge this weekend. “Oyonnax fought hard to get into Europe last year.