Cooney: 'To see us not performing as well as we could I found a bit difficult'

TURNED A NEW LEAF: Ulster scrum-half John Cooney turned a new leaf after a tough start to the season. Pic: Shaun Roy/Sportsfile

Ulster’s John Cooney is determined to do all he can to lift the northern province out of the doldrums starting today by winning the European Challenge Cup quarter-final at Clermont Auvergne.

Cooney and his teammates will be looking to back up last weekend’s last 16 triumph over a horribly ill-disciplined Montpellier and bring much-needed propulsion to what has been a tumultuous season at the Kingspan Stadium.