Union Bordeaux Bègles travels to Ireland this Saturday to challenge Ulster during the 2nd day of the Champions Cup. A meeting that the UBB playing master, Matthieu Jalibert, will not play.
16:40 – 23′ – UBB dominated in all sectors
Yannick Bru’s men are struggling to survive in the face of the power of the Irish forward pack and lack of concentration on transmissions. For the moment Ulster are much more dashing in this meeting
16:38 – 19′ – Try for Ulster (14-7)
While Ulster was 2 meters from the UBB goal, Nick Timoney made a sublime fake pass which caught everyone behind. The Irishman flattens the leather without problems. The essay is transformed by Doak
16:34 – 17′ – Gazzotti receives a yellow card
Marko Gazzotti receives a yellow card for a second irregular tackle in less than 15 minutes, the third row leaves his team with fourteen for 10 minutes
16:31 – 15′ – Lucu slip
Magnificent push from the forward group for the UBB, this would have benefited Maxime Lucu, but the captain slips in his race
16:29 – 13′ – Depportere presses the Irish defense
Great work from Depportere, helped by Damian Penaud to press the opposing defense. This resulted in a very good scrum in the Ulster camp.
16:25 – 9′ – UBB pierced
Magnificent breakthrough from Jude Postlethwaite at the heart of the UBB defense, the Ulster full-back gains valuable meters for his team. Bordeaux-Bègles is in danger again
16:22 – 7′ – Ulster reaction (7-7)
Ulster thanks to a nice sequence of pick and go manages to quickly equalize through the three-quarter center Cormac Izuchukwu. Nathan Doak does not hesitate against the posts to give Ulster two more points. 7-7
16:19 – 3′ – Tatafu’s try
What a start for the visitors! First try for the UBB, it is the Japanese International Tatafu who flattens in the Northern Irish goal following a penalty. Joey Carbery effortlessly transforms the try. 7-0 for UBB
16:16 – Here we go!
The referee at the start of the match between Ulster and Union Bordeaux-Bègles
16:13 – A revamped Ulster team
Compared to Sunday’s match against Toulouse, Richie Murphy made 10 changes to his starting fifteen. The main captains were rested last week.
16:12 – Point in the standings
After one day, three teams are at the top of Pool 1: Stade Toulousain, Sharks and Union Bordeaux Bègles
16:06 – Buros back in a week
Romain Buros, the UBB fullback, injured in the thigh during the last meeting of the French team, could be back next week in the Bordelais squad. The team will be traveling to Castre
15:59 – An Italian on the whistle
It is the transalpine referee Gianluca Gnecchi who will direct the meeting this afternoon between Ulster and Bordeaux-Bègles
15:53 - Yannick Bru perfectionist
Despite a very good start to the season (2nd in Top 14 with a success against leader Toulouse) and a promising success against Leicester (42-28) last week, UBB manager Yannick Bru is not satisfied enough of the performance of its players during the last outings “We are happy to have taken five points against Leicester, but we are aware of having performed below our potential. We scared ourselves especially in the first half. We will have to improve a lot of things to claim to be something in Belfast.”
15:47 – Ulster in search of confidence
The Northern Irish team is having a very difficult start to the season as it occupies 10th place in the Union Rugby Championship. In the Champions Cup, during the first day, Aidan Morgan’s teammates were defeated by Stade Toulousain (61-21)
READ MORE
Belgium
