Christian Lealiifano proves the ace for Ulster

Wallaby fly-half Christian Lealiifano played the most important role since his comeback from a bone marrow transplant after he contacted Leukaemia just over 12 months ago when he helped Ulster to a dramatic victory over defending champions Scarlets.

He took over the kicking duties from his excellent half-back partner John Cooney in the 71st minute to level the game as Scarlets looked to steal the home side’s deserved thunder. But with a couple of minutes remaining he landed the conversion of replacement John Andrews’ try to topple the Guinness Pro14 table toppers.

Ulster, suffering somewhat due to a lack of fuel in the ball-carrying department, particularly when flanker Jean Deysel, a late cry-off on Thursday evening, joined the powerful number 8 Marcel Coetzee on the injured list.