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Challenge Cup

Ulster score 61 in European Challenge Cup romp over Racing 92

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Northern Ireland , United Kingdom - 5 December 2025; Zac Ward of Ulster celebrates after scoring a try during the EPCR Challenge Cup match between Ulster and Racing 92 at Affidea Stadium in Belfast. (Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Ulster scored nine tries in a 61-7 European Challenge Cup demolition of Racing 92 at Affidea Stadium.

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Racing struck a seventh-minute blow when Antoine Gibert picked off a James Hume pass and converted his own try.

Ulster responded with tries for Jacob Stockdale and Rob Herring, and Racing never recovered after Vladi Ashvetia and skipper Will Rowlands had scores disallowed following video reviews.

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It was one-way traffic after the interval as Ulster turned their 14-7 lead into total domination.

Tom O’Toole drove over from close range, and Tom Stewart broke away to secure the bonus point.

Fabien Sanconnie went to the sin bin for clattering Stewart off the ball. Scott Wilson and Jake Flannery added tries for a rampant Ulster before Zac Ward and Stockdale both completed braces.

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JJ 45 days ago

Is the referee OK? It seemed only one of his arms was working. I switched over after 10 minutes. Just a farce.

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Eric Elwood 46 days ago

Great second half from Ulster. They really tired racing out in the first half. A few heavyweights missing too. Scott Wilson at tight head looking a beast. Andy Farrell is aware I hope.

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Dave Didley 46 days ago

As impressive as it was surprising. They moved through the gears nicely.


Agree fully on Wilson. Really stood out.

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Bob Salad II 2 minutes ago
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Yeah, I'm guess I’m happy, but I think there’s definitely room for depth. There’s Pollock and CCS, but I’m not convinced Borthwick sees either as nailed on starting 8 backups.

My view of the national team has more and more become framed by the idea of succession planning. If you think of the Jones era, he pretty much had his squad dialed in and it seemed to be extremely difficult for new players to break in or if they did, but made mistakes, you’d never hear from them again.



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cw 4 minutes ago
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First, let’s acknowledge that the Boks played outstanding all of field rugby in Wellington. Second, the ABs won the first half with some solid defence and sufficient scrum and line out parity. Third, the line outs fell apart with McAllister unable to hit his targets in the second half. Fourth, bigger picture, the ABs scored 87% of their tries from set piece in the red zone (including the two first half outstanding tries against the Boks in Auckland) - that speaks to set piece dominance. By comparison the other top 5 teams scored about 50% of their tries from the set piece. It also suggests over reliance on it - NBs article a month back shows this. Finally I don’t think we should confuse form in some games with capacity. The ABs can now call on some of the biggest men in the game to play and a raft of 110-120kg mobile locks and flankers to match both the Boks and the French. And this is where Cotter showed what you can do with proper forward coaching - he transformed an average Blues pack into a behemoth. His time in the NH could be very useful in collaboration with Joseph who can bring the all of field intensity game.

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PMcD 6 minutes ago
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He would have been getting that feedback from Eddie Jones (without question) and I think Steve Borthwick and Lee Blackett are pretty clear in their feedback but I’m not too sure who would be giving him that sort of feedback at Quins, especially with the turnover of head coaches during that period.

I couldn’t see that feedback coming from Roc Nation, or his family - so you can see how things have stalled over the last 2 years.



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SC 22 minutes ago
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In 2023 and 2024 the All Black scrum had parity with the Springboks with the same front row as 2025 except Lomax and Williams were healthy in 2023 and 2024 while they had injuries in 2025.

NZ does not have the front row depth as Springboks, but the 4 best props (Looseheads- Williams & DeGroot, Tightheads- Lomax & Newell) and 2 best hookers (Taylor & Taukeo’aho) are the equal at scrum time to the Springbok test props when healthy.



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je 26 minutes ago
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Really dislike having to rely on foreign second row ‘enforcers’ Willemse, Meafou & Staniforth. Can’t France produce their own?

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NB 40 minutes ago
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Show me in a post, no need to be so defensive.

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PMcD 40 minutes ago
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It always surprised me how early the contracted player negotiations started (especially for the best players) being Nov-Jan.

Is that typically when they negotiate with coaches, so they know the player wish-list. It does feel a bit of a missed opportunity when coaches have to wait a season to start shaping their squad.



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SC 41 minutes ago
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You could make those exact same arguments for Vern Cotter, who has had far more recent success winning a Super Rugby title two seasons ago at Blues and reaching the semi-final last season (upsetting the#1 seeded Chiefs in Hamilton in QF before losing to Crusaders at Christchurch as all do since 1998).

Any success Joseph has had coaching has been with Tony Brown as his genius and innovative attack coach. Without Brown last season as head coach with Highlanders, the team finished dead last and regressed from the previous season under Clarke Dermody.



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NB 44 minutes ago
The tale of two 10s: Why Marcus Smith cannot live in the past

True but even a move to another club in the Prem might have been better. Put him in the care of Chris Boyd and Sam Vesty at Northampton and you prob get a diff Marcus.

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NB 45 minutes ago
The tale of two 10s: Why Marcus Smith cannot live in the past

Surely he has to be seeing it in relation to his own potential, or the potential Eddie saw in him as a teenager?

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NB 46 minutes ago
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Faz is a true leader, even on that 2013 tour of Aussie with the Lions Paul O’Connell said he was driving the team.

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PMcD 47 minutes ago
Uncapped duo two of the big winners in Ireland's Six Nations squad

Edogbo is an absolute unit but the back row is starting to look a bit thin on the bench.

It wouldn’t surprise me if they play McCarthy, Edogbu and play Beirne at 6, who will also contest the lineouts.



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unknown 48 minutes ago
'England are not short of second-rows. But they do not have another Itoje'

I think that this shows the gap between a very good player in the PREM, and someone who can step up to Test level. I like Ewells as a player, but have always felt that he’s not quite at the level of a Joe McCarthy for physicality or a Flament for pace and mobility .. or an Itoje for both.

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NB 48 minutes ago
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Agreed and if he was talking about international possibilities months ago it means he’s already halfway out!

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NB 52 minutes ago
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I don’t think Marcus is too dissimilar to SFM in fact Miz. So with Tony Brown in their coaching team I can see him succeeding with the Boks.

The reason George Ford is still around is [1] because his basics are so sound, and [2] he has also always been able to think his way thru changes in the game and remain current!



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Nickers 54 minutes ago
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If the Blues had gone back to back, or at the very least not had an abysmal season I think you would be right. They did better than the Highlanders obviously but considering the number of ABs they have in key positions you would expect them to.

I would love to see Cotter in the coaching team. He has the exact kind of CV you would expect from an ABs assistant. Add in Schmidt who has experience as head coach of a tier one team, something Henry and Shag both had too, and you get the best coaching team in my opinion.



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PMcD 1 hour ago
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Ewels obviously had his issues in the past but he’s really improved his game since, was playing his best stuff for Bath and I was delighted that he got a chance to write a new chapter last summer (and move on from the red cards).

He’s been a bit unfortunate with this latest infection issue. I was told he had lost a bit of muscle as a result, so will need some time to rehabilitate but don’t know how accurate that was. It didn’t sound very pleasant.



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Nickers 1 hour ago
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I loved watching those games. The ABs would not have scored those tries.

Razor’s game plan is very conservative and not the traditional ABs DNA. He would actually make an exceptional England coach. ABs under Razor look a bit like the Boks under Coetzee. Still a good team with great players but not doing what they are good at and prone to terrible performances and low morale.



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Nickers 1 hour ago
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Minus the Top 14 finalists of course who won’t play in that game.

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Tom 1 hour ago
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Sorry… you're saying France have picked a squad for the Six Nations and omitted Penaud?

Result.



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