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Ulster halt Edinburgh win streak
By Jack Davies
Ulster ended Edinburgh's six-match Pro14 winning run with a 32-20 victory in the Scottish capital to keep their own play-off hopes alive.
Edinburgh have swept aside all in their path since losing to Glasgow Warriors in December, although they were beaten by Cardiff Blues in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals last weekend.
And they were unable to regain the winning feeling on their return to domestic action, with John Cooney starring for the Irish province with a contribution of 17 points.
With the exception of a second-half penalty try, Duncan Weir accounted for the sum of Edinburgh's final tally, in a result that draws Ulster within eight points of their opponents in Conference B as the regular season nears its conclusion.
Ulster have three matches remaining - one more than third-placed Edinburgh - with an automatic European Champions Cup spot also on the line.
The Ospreys, meanwhile, strengthened their grip on Conference A's Champions Cup play-off spot with a bonus-point win against Connacht - their main rivals for that berth.
The Welsh region ran in five tries to produce a 39-10 victory at the Liberty Stadium.
Dan Biggar kicked 14 points in his final home fixture before joining Northampton Saints at the end of the season.
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Agree with Wilson B- at best. And that is down to skilled individual players who know how to play the game - not a cohesive squad who know their roles and game plan. For those who claim that takes time to develop, the process is to keep the game plan simple at first and add layers as the squad gels and settles in to the new systems. Lack of progress against the rush D, lack of penetration and innovation in the mid-field, basic skill errors and loose forwards coming second in most big games all still evident in game 14 of the season. Hard to see significant measureable progress.
Go to commentsKeep telling yourself that. The time for a fresh broom is at the beginning - not some "balanced, incremental" (i.e. status quo) transition. All teams establish the way forward at the beginning. This coaching group lacked ideas and courage and the players showed it on the pitch. Backs are only average. Forwards are unbalanced and show good set piece but no domination in traditional AB open play. Unfortunately, Foster - Mark 2. You may be happy with those performances and have some belief in some "cunning plan" but I don't see any evidence of it. Rassie is miles ahead and increasing the gap.
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