Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
ON THIS FEBRUARY 27 DAY
Ospreys
1959: The Boston Celtics scored 173 points against Minneapolis. It remains the National Basketball Association (NBA) highest score in any game not needing overtime.
1990: Cambridge United became the first Fourth Division side for 14 years to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after beating Bristol City.
1991: Tony Adams played his first game for Arsenal following his release from prison. He led the team to a 1-0 win over Shrewsbury in the FA Cup.
2001: The British Horseracing Board and Jockey Club announced that racing in Britain would be suspended for seven days due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
2011: Birmingham beat Arsenal 2-1 to win the Carling Cup final, Obafemi Martins scoring their late winner after a mix-up between Laurent Koscielny and goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
Ulster 21 7
DAVE MURPHY
JOHN COONEY shone again as Jacob Stockdale made his comeback in Ulster’s three-try win over Ospreys.
Cooney and John Andrew scored for Ulster, while a penalty try gave them the key Conference A victory, but there was no bonus-point win for Dan Mcfarland’s side.
Ulster got off to the worst possible start last night when Rhys Webb charged down Ian Madigan’s kick and
Keelan Giles gathered the loose ball to score. Just before half-time they got themselves back in the game.
Nick Timoney was the architect with a break out of his own 22, while Cooney applied the finish, and converted to leave it 7-7 at the interval.
After a year out injured Robert Baloucoune replaced Stockdale at half time, and Ulster looked brighter on the resumption, with Andrew mauling over and Cooney converting to make it 14-7.
Dan Evans was then sin binned and Ulster were awarded a penalty try for a deliberate knock-on.