Seven-try Ulster devastate Edinburgh

Edinburgh 3 Ulster 41

Edinburgh’s Celtic League hopes were dealt a devastating blow as a slick Ulster outfit ran in the tries at Meadowbank.

A dour first-half struggle saw the visitors forge ahead through an Adam Larkin penalty before Ryan Constable’s converted try on the stroke of half-time gave the score a more realistic look.

However, it might have been different but for three squandered penalty shots from home fly-half Ally Warnock.

Instead the Irishmen stepped up a gear after the break and put the issue beyond doubt with a trio of touchdowns in quick succession, all converted by Larkin.

Constable notched his second while wingers Tyrone Howe and James Topping were the other Ulstermen to breach a ragged Edinburgh defence.

There was still time for Constable to complete his hat-trick with the best score of the night, converted by Larkin, who rubbed salt in the Gunners’ wounds with a late penalty.

Assistant Edinburgh coach Hugh Edwards groaned: “We’re desperately disappointed to lose the game but against a side of Ulster’s quality we made far too many mistakes in attack and defence.”