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12th Dec 2015

Ulster made history with dominant Champions Cup victory over Toulouse in Belfast

38-0

Darragh Murphy

Ulster not only outclassed Toulouse on Friday night but they made some history in the process.

For the first time ever, the French side failed to register a single point in Europe as Ulster rampaged to a 38-0 victory at the Kingspan Stadium.

Les Kiss’ troops ran in five tries against the Top 14 high-flyers, securing a bonus point with little resistance.

Luke Marshall beats Vincent Clerc to score a try 11/12/2015

Nick Williams, Andrew Trimble, Luke Marshall, Stuart McCloskey and Chris Henry all touched down for the hosts with Paddy Jackson providing four conversions and a penalty.

Substitute Ian Humphreys scored the final conversion to round out an almost flawless performance.

Williams opened the scoring in the 22nd minute after powering his way over from a lineout with Jackson converting and adding a penalty to make it 10-0.

A view of the final score 11/12/2015

Ulster led 17-0 at the break after Trimble crossed and the lead was extended early on in the second when Marshall collected a Ruan Pienaar cross-field kick to give Jackson the chance to make it 24-0, which he duly did.

The bonus point arrived when McCloskey went over and the rout was completed with just minutes on the clock after Henry made it 36-0 and Humphreys added the extras.

The bonus point win gives a serious boost to Ulster’s chances of qualification.

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