Robert Baloucone's hat-trick fires Ulster to stunning win in Toulouse

Baloucoune's triple - two of them coming early in each half and his third 13 minutes from time via an interception deep inside his own 22 - were complemented by a short-range blast over from replacement Andy Warwick just before the hour.

Ulster's Robert Baloucoune celebrates their win over over Toulouse at Stadium de Toulouse 

A Robert Baloucoune hat-trick ensured Ulster return to Ravenhill for the second leg of their round-of-16 tie against Toulouse with a 26-20 advantage after the defending champions were reduced to 14 players for 70 minutes.

But the URC side were forced to deal with an unlikely late onslaught after Romain Ntamack's 78th-minute score dragged Toulouse right back into a tie they looked to be out of.