Ulster head coach Richie Murphy mentioned his aspect “had been a bit wasteful at occasions” throughout their 28-12 United Rugby Championship victory over Zebre in Parma.
Regardless of the house aspect being decreased to 14 males after Simone Gesi’s straight crimson card simply earlier than the half-hour mark, it was a decent and tense match.
The bonus-point win strikes Murphy’s aspect as much as third place within the URC desk as they return to profitable methods forward of their Problem Cup fixture towards Ospreys on the Affidea Stadium.
“We anticipated it to be actually bodily over right here and that’s what we obtained,” Murphy mentioned.
“I suppose the crimson card early within the sport gave us a bit extra of a bonus and I assumed from our standpoint, we now have to take care of the ball higher as we had been a bit wasteful at occasions.
“However very joyful to get 4 tries. Coming over right here is all the time very troublesome.”
Participant of the Match Werner Kok, who scored the bonus-point strive, believed that the turning level within the sport was the beginning of the second half.
Ulster scored three tries after the restart with Rob Herring, Zac Ward and Kok all in a position to cross the road.
“We stopped enjoying after they went all the way down to 14 and we tried to regroup once more and the boys caught collectively and performed as a crew,” Kok mentioned.
“I believe the power from the kick-off [in the second half] was the turning level. The boys caught in there and that was the turning level for me.”
