The Irish Mail on Sunday

Shock defeat for Ulste

- By Frank Kent

ULSTER suffered a surprise Guinness PRO14 defeat as they came unstuck 27-23 against Italian opponents Zebre at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi.

Despite leading at the interval, Ulster conceded 21 second-half points and had to be content with a losing bonus point.

Zebre took an early lead through a Carlo Canna penalty, but Ulster responded with an Andrew Trimble try that John Cooney converted.

A second Canna strike narrowed the gap, but Ulster appeared to have breathing space by halftime as two Cooney penalties opened up a 136 advantage.

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