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Connacht ran in seven tries as they started their European Challenge Cup campaign with a comfortable 43-12 victory over Zebre in a wind-swept Galway.
Alessandro Fusco touched down for Zebre's second try before Boyle completed his double late in the game. Mullins brought up his hat-trick and Cordero also touched down before Fusco took Zebre into double figures. The competition will see second string sides from each of the four provinces meet each other home and away between November and May in an effort to give those not featuring regularly in the United Rugby Championship game-time through the season.
Ulster will start their campaign by welcoming Connacht to Ballymacarn Park, the home of Ballynahinch RFC, on 22 November with Humphreys adding it is hoped the competition will benefit All-Ireland League clubs."It is anticipated that as the competition progresses over the coming seasons these fixtures won’t clash with Energia All-Ireland League fixtures for the most part, thus potentially also offering players from the club game with an opportunity to impress.
"There are things we need to be way better at - like overplaying in our area and not looking after the ball well enough at those times which caused us a lot of trouble – in fairness to Connacht they capitalised on that - but we're delighted with the win.""To get a couple of maul tries is big for us, something that Ulster would have been built on back in the day, but we haven’t been able to capitalise on those in the past while.
"We’re working really hard as a team to fix up the few areas where we probably let ourselves down in South Africa. We know it’s a really big challenge this weekend but the boys are ready to step up."Irish-qualified Morgan cites a desire to further develop his game as one of the reasons for his move from New Zealand to Ulster.
“I know Josh really well. He’s a top player, a really skilful first five and a really good ball carrier too," reflected Morgan.Nick Timoney is tackled by Ruan Venter of the Lions in the URC game between the sides at the end of September
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