COACH WILL BE PLEASED; HEINEKEN CUP: ULSTER 25 BOURGOIN 24 Andy's late winner is boost for absent Matt.Byline: By JACK ROSE ULSTER recorded only their second home win of the season in dramatic fashion last night. Ireland centre Andrew Trimble Andrew Trimble (born 20 October 1984) is an Irish rugby union footballer from Coleraine, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. He attended Coleraine Inst, where he competed in the Ulster Schools Cup. crossed the Bourgoin line with two minutes of normal time remaining to give the side - and a relieved Ravenhill crowd - what could be a crucial morale boost to their crumbling season. With both sides well out of contention for Heineken Cup qualification, Ulster restored some pride after registering their first win in Europe this season. They fought back from looking well out of contention to snatch a valuable result before they go to Gloucester next week for their final Pool Two clash. The evergreen David Humphreys produced an inspiring performance, something that will have encouraged new coach Matt Williams Matt Williams can refer to different people:
And Ulster hauled themselves back into the game with second half tries from Tommy Bowe Thomas John (Tommy) Bowe (born 22 February 1984) is an Irish rugby union footballer from Monaghan, Ireland. He plays on the wing for Ulster and Ireland. He also represented Monaghan minors at Gaelic football. and Paul Marshall before Trimble snatched the result, all three of which were converted by Humphreys. Ulster's cause was helped by Bourgoin having three players sent to the bin and having to play from the 53rd minute on with only 14 players on the field. Prior to that the visitors had taken a try bonus when Augusto Petrilli had crossed for their fourth try in the 57th minute. In the end, they had to be content with two losing bonus points. The visitors crossed the line three times in the opening half, the pick of the scores being the second in the 20th minute. When winger Mathieu Nicolas brought off a clever offload To remove work from one computer and do it on another. See cooperative processing. that left the Ulster defence flat-footed and saw full-back Florian Denos put in a grubber kick The Grubber kick is a type of kick in rugby or codes of football with an oval ball which results in the ball moving along the ground. The point of the grubber is to make the ball roll and tumble across the ground, making it hard for the defending team to pick up the ball on Ulster's 22 metre line to dive on the ball as it rolled over the line. Indeed, Bourgoin - showing great imagination and skill with the ball in hand - opened their account in the first minute when Ulster's midfield defence opened up and allowed winger Jean Francois Coux to make the left corner. Humphreys brought Ulster back with a fifth-minute penalty and added another, eight minutes later, to give the home side a 6-5 lead. It did not last though and Denos' clever try duly arrived which was then added to in injury time when Julien Frier intercepted a Paul Marshall pass off the deck. He took the ball just short of the try line where hooker Remy Vigneaux touched down under the posts. Coux converted and the visitors trotted off behind a 16-7 lead. Bowe's try gave Ulster something to chase before Marshall's try and Trimble's heroics secured the win. CAPTION(S): BACKS TO THEIR BEST: Try hero Andrew Trimble and Tommy Bowe celebrate the late victory over Bourgoin at Ravenhill last night; YES: Humphreys' crowd salute |
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