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Ulster leave it late to deny Treviso second away victory
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Christian Lealiifano kicked a crucial late conversion to give Ulster a dramatic 23-22 win and deny Benetton Treviso a second Pro14 victory of the season.
Before their win in Edinburgh in September, Treviso had not won on the road in the competition against a team other than Zebre since May 2013.
But they came agonisingly close to another shock result at the Kingspan Stadium, where an Andrew Trimble try two minutes from time set up Lealiifano to clinch a last-gasp triumph for Ulster.
The Italian side trailed 13-9 at half-time but rallied after the break to move into a 22-16 lead with the help of a Robert Barbieri touchdown.
However, Trimble and Lealiifano combined to deny the spirited visitors, although Leinster edged ahead of Ulster into second in Conference B thanks to a thumping 54-10 win against the Dragons.
The men from Newport moved into a 10-0 lead before conceding 54 unanswered points, Isa Nacewa scoring two of the victors' tries.
In another clash between Welsh and Irish sides, Cardiff Blues held off a late Connacht charge to win 36-30 and climb above their visitors to fourth in Conference A.
The day's early kick-off saw the Cheetahs strengthen their grip on third in Conference A with a 33-13 win against Edinburgh in Bloemfontein.
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
Go to commentsYeah nar, should work for sure. I was just asking why would you do it that way?
It could be achieved by outsourcing all your IP and players to New Zealand, Japan, and America, with a big Super competition between those countries raking it in with all of Australia's best talent to help them at a club level. When there is enough of a following and players coming through internally, and from other international countries (starting out like Australia/without a pro scene), for these high profile clubs to compete without a heavy australian base, then RA could use all the money they'd saved over the decades to turn things around at home and fund 4 super sides of their own that would be good enough to compete.
That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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