Ulster survive a major scare on the opening day of the new United Rugby Championship season as they recover from a 10-point deficit to beat Zebre 40-36.
Ulster survived a major scare on the opening day of the new URC season as they recovered from a 10-point deficit to beat Zebre 40-36 in Parma.Jacob Stockdale and Tom Stewart both crossed twice for Ulster, Jake Flannery and Michael Lowry the other scorers.
The visitors drew level when Flannery went over from a few yards out and Nathan Doak kicked the extras, as he did with each of Ulster's first-half tries. Again Ulster responded, Michael Lowry collecting a clever off-load from David McCann and jinking his way over. Ulster gave up two successive maul penalties and while Prisciantelli was off-target with a penalty attempt, the next touchdown of a frenetic first half was not far away.
Head coach Dan McFarland responded by introducing a raft of replacements off the Ulster bench and his charges moved to within three points when they breached the Zebre defences, Stewart dotting down under the posts after collecting an off-load from Stewart Moore and Doak making sure of the additional two points.
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