Colourful Stade get an Irish notch
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:59
The Andy Warhol-clad Stade Français recorded their first victory in their last four attempts at Ravenhill on Saturday, with a 26-10 Heineken Cup victory over the Ulstermen.
The visitors scored 16 unanswered points in the first half, including two drop-goals from Argentinean poster-boy Juan Martin Hernandez.
Flyhalf Niall O'Connor opened the scoring in the second half for the hosts with a penalty, while France international No.2 Dimitri Szarzewski added to Stade's tally with a score.
Ireland centre Paddy Wallace scored Ulster's only try of the game in the second half, but with Stade's Lionel Beauxis adding further nails in the Irish coffin with an impressive kicking display, the game belonged to the French side.
Saturday's win has given Stade a fantastic start to their 2008/09 campaign, with games against British greats Scarlets and Harlequins to follow.
Scorers:
For Ulster:
Tries: Wallace
Con: O'Connor
Pen: O'Connor
For Stade Français:
Tries: Bousses, Szarzewski
Cons: Beauxis 2
Pen: Beauxis
Dgs: Hernandez 2, Beauxis
Teams:
Ulster: 15 Bryn Cunningham, 14 Clinton Schifcofske, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Paddy Wallace, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Niall O'Connor, 9 Isaac Boss, 8 Robbie Diack, 7 Keiron Dawson, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Ryan Caldwell, 4 Ed O'Donoghue, 3 BJ Botha, 2 Rory Best (captain), 1 Tom Court.
Replacements: 16 Nigel Brady, 17 Justin Fitzpatrick, 18 Carlo Del Fava, 19 Matt McCullough, 20 Cillian Willis, 21 Ian Humphreys, 22 Paul Steinmetz
Stade Français: 15 Lionel Beauxis, 14 Julien Arias, 13 Guillaume Bousses, 12 Brian
Liebenberg, 11 Julien Saubade, 10 Juan Martin Hernandez, 9 Noel Oelschig, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Pierre Rabadan, 6 Mauro Bergamasco, 5 Simon Taylor, 4 Arnaud Marchois, 3 David Attoub, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Rodrigo Roncero.
Replacements: 16 Mathieu Blin, 17 Sylvain Marconnet, 18 Pierre Vigouroux, 19 Juan Leguizamon, 20 Terry Bouhraoua, 21 Mathieu Bastareaud, 22 Djibril Camara.
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch judges: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales) Jonathan Mason (Wales)
