Ulster escape with a vital 19-17 URC victory over Cardiff thanks to John Cooney's last-minute penalty.
In a dramatic closing 15 minutes the lead changed three times and Cardiff thought they had secured the win, only to see what would have been Theo Cabango's hat-trick score ruled out.
Before the first quarter was up both sides had lost an influential figure to injury, Ulster's James Hume carried from the field with a leg injury on 18 minutes after Cardiff full-back Cam Winnett had been forced into an even earlier early departure. Dave Ewers getting held up over the line was the closest Ulster came to a try in the opening 40. Cardiff, perhaps, will have been disappointed only to lead 7-6 at the break.Ulster turned to fly-half Billy Burns at half-time, the Munster-bound number 10 replacing Jake Flannery.
The home side's cause was not helped by Stockdale getting sent to the sin bin for a deliberate knock-on, but the Irish winger would return with his side seven points better off than when he left. With two minutes remaining Cabango thought he had won it for Cardiff, and completed his hat-trick in the process but, as De Beer lined up the conversion attempt, referee Mike Adamson was halted by his TMO.
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