La Rochelle break Ulster hearts with last gasp win

Joel Sclavi crashed over with the clock in the red as Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle came from behind to break Ulster hearts at the end of a low-scoring Champions Cup encounter

ARM WRESTLE: Jeffery Toomaga-Allen of Ulster is tackled by Georges Henri Colombe of La Rochelle during the Heineken Champions Cup Pool B Round 3 match between La Rochelle and Ulster at Stade Marcel Deflandre in La Rochelle, France. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Prop Joel Sclavi crashed over with the clock in the red as Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle came from behind to break Ulster hearts at the end of a hard-fought and low-scoring Champions Cup encounter played in dreadful conditions at Stade Marcel Deflandre.

The visitors had been on course for a 3-0 win, courtesy of Nathan Doak’s 64th-minute penalty, before the Argentinian front row - who had been on since the 10th minute following an injury to Thierry Paiva - scored beside the posts following a long period of relentless La Rochelle second-half pressure.