Powerful Charles Piutau puts on super show for Ulster

Ulster 29 Northampton Saints 19: It may have been only a pre-season workout, but Ulster’s All Black export Charles Piutau showed what a prodigious talent he is.
Powerful Charles Piutau puts on super show for Ulster
Sat, 27 Aug, 2016 - 01:00
Jim Stokes

Piutau scored one try, set up two others while Louis Ludik, Rob Herring and Jacob Stockdale also scored. Young left wing Robert Lyttle banged over three conversions and a penalty in the first half.

But it was the New Zealand star who just exuded sheer class throughout as Ulster defeated a full-bodied Northampton squad at the Kingspan last night.

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