{"id":369060,"date":"2011-04-04T07:31:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T07:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/ulster-edge-home-against-scarlets\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T07:31:07","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T07:31:07","slug":"ulster-edge-home-against-scarlets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/ulster-edge-home-against-scarlets\/","title":{"rendered":"Ulster edge home against Scarlets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"142.5\">\n<div readability=\"34\">\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/82f9752a66_court512.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Ravenhill action\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- embedding script --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- companion banner --><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tan error occurred while processing this directive\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ulster move into second place in the Magners League with a victory over the Scarlets at Ravenhill<\/p>\n<p>        <!-- END - caption -->\n    <\/div>\n<p><!-- empty related-stories for Wide -->                      <\/p>\n<p>Ulster moved into second place in the Magners League with a hard-earned win over the Scarlets at Ravenhill.<\/p>\n<p>Ulster led 13-6 at half-time thanks to an Ian Humphreys try and two penalties and a conversion by Ruan Pienaar to two penalties by Stephen Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Davies scored a try but Humphreys crossed for his second touchdown which Pienaar converted.<\/p>\n<p>Replacement Aaron Shingler ran in for a late try and Rhys Priestland converted but Ulster hung on to win.<\/p>\n<p>It was Ulster&#8217;s sixth successive win but the result dealt irreparable damage to the Scarlets&#8217; play-off hopes.<\/p>\n<p>The Scarlets controlled the game early on and Jones landed his first penalty after eight minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Pienaar missed with a long-range attempt and also with another penalty effort from close range.<\/p>\n<p>Humphreys showed a searing burst of pace to score his first try under the posts in the 25th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Scrum-half Pienaar provided the pass and his half-back partner sold an outrageous dummy before racing over to score.<\/p>\n<p>Pienaar converted to move Ulster four points ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Trimble accepted an Adam D&#8217;Arcy pass and almost got over in the corner but Ben Morgan prevented a certain score with a last-ditch tackle.<\/p>\n<p>Jones scored his second penalty from in front of the posts but Pienaar responded with his first successful penalty attempt from close range to restore the home side&#8217;s four-point advantage.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"33\">\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/917d4258atthew_rees.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Scarlets captain Matthew Rees\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- embedding script --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                <!-- caption --><\/p>\n<p>Referee killed Scarlets, says captain Matthew Rees<\/p>\n<p>        <!-- END - caption -->\n    <\/div>\n<p>A Pienaar penalty from near the left touchline made it 13-6 to Ulster at the interval.<\/p>\n<p>Davies outpaced the Ulster defence to run in for a try in the first minute of the second period but Priestland missed the conversion.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Turnbull was then sin-binned for illegal use of the boot on 49 minutes but the Scarlets enjoyed a period of superiority which they were unable to convert into points.<\/p>\n<p>In the 64th minute Simon Danielli made a break but he was tackled by Davies as he made for the visitors&#8217; line.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Court recycled the ball and Pienaar provided the offload to Humphreys who went over for his second try of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Pienaar converted to extend his side&#8217;s advantage to nine points.<\/p>\n<p>With three minutes remaining Pienaar&#8217;s wayward pass was collected by Shingler and he shrugged off an attempted tackle by Humphreys to cross the line.<\/p>\n<p>Priestland converted and Scarlets picked up the consolation of a losing bonus point.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ulster:<\/strong> A D&#8217;Arcy; A Trimble, N Spence, P Wallace, S Danielli; I Humphreys, R Pienaar; T Court, R Best (capt), BJ Botha, J Muller, D Tuohy, R Diack, W Faloon, P Wannenburg. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements:<\/strong> P McAllister for Botha (60), T Barker for Diack (71), C Henry for Faloon (63).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not used:<\/strong> A Kyriacou, D Fitzpatrick, P Marshall, I Whitten, C Gilroy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tries:<\/strong> Humphreys 2; <strong>Pens:<\/strong> Pienaar 2 <strong>Cons:<\/strong> Pienaar 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scarlets: <\/strong>Rhys Priestland; Gareth Maule, Regan King, Jon Davies, Morgan Stoddart; Stephen Jones, Tavis Knoyle; Iestyn Thomas, Matthew Rees (capt), Rhys Thomas, Lou Reed, Rob McCusker, Josh Turnbull, Johnathan Edwards, Ben Morgan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements: <\/strong>Emyr Phillips for Rees (76), Rhodri Jones for Thomas (71), Peter Edwards for R Thomas (69), Aaron Shingler for Edwards (72), David Lyons for McCusker (63), Daniel Evans for Jones (41), Scott Williams for Davies (63).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not used: <\/strong>Martin Roberts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tries:<\/strong> Davies, Shingler; <strong>Pens:<\/strong> Jones 2; <strong>Con:<\/strong> Priestland<\/p>\n<p><strong>Referee: <\/strong>Graham Knox (Scotland).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attendance<\/strong>: 8,646<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/12892628.stm\" title=\"Ulster edge home against Scarlets\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ulster edge home against Scarlets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Please turn on JavaScript. 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