Ulster Rugby v Racing 92

MARTY MOORE: IT’S PAYBAC

m7 vr;-hbm] |o |_; ঞ]_|_;-7 ruorķ b|Ľv evident that he believes both he individually, -m7 |_; |;-l -v - 1oѴѴ;1ঞˆ;ķ _-ˆ; 1ol; om in leaps and bounds since the defeat last October. ľ ‹ Cuv| ]-l; ‰-v |_; Cuv| †uor;-m weekend against Leicester,” he begins, “and then we had Racing the next weekend, so it ‰-v v|u-b]_| bm|o |_; _;-| o= |_; -1ঞom =ou l; ‰b|_ vol; 0b] ]-l;v Cuv| †rĺ “We all, as a squad, realise we’ve come a long ‰-‹ bm ru;‚‹ l†1_ ;ˆ;u‹ -u;- vbm1; |_;mķ vo to do what we did over there for large parts of the game was very encouraging to look back on this week.” oou; u-bv;v - ˆ-Ѵb7 robm| ŋ |_; Cm-Ѵ v1ou; -| the La Defense Arena obscures the fact that Ulster led by 12 points to 3 at the end of the Cuv| t†-u|;uķ -m7 0;‚;u;7 |_;bu orrom;m|v in terms of metres gained throughout the 80 minutes. ; 1omঞm†;vĹ ľ); v|-u|;7 ‰;ѴѴ oˆ;u |_;u;ĺ We went ahead early and even when we ‰;m| 7o‰m |o ƐƓ l;m Ő-[;u - ‹;ѴѴo‰ 1-u7 =ou Nick Timoney), we actually scored and then defended very well. “So it’ll be nice to hopefully pay them back for |_-| ]-l; |_bv ঞl; -| _ol;ĺĿ

Recent experience of packing down against the likes of wily hooker Camille Chat and the 20-stone prop Census Johnston should 0;m;C| oou; -m7 _bv =;ѴѴo‰ =uom|Ŋuo‰;uvķ |_;m ŋ 0†|ķ _; 1om1;7;vĹ ľ!-1bm] 7o v|u;|1_ you, so we need to be very wary this week and contain their danger men in the pack. “They’re very big guys, but I don’t think it’s a physicality thing. It’s more the way they play the game – it’s quite loose, and you have to be prepared for that. ľ$;-lv Ѵbh; !-1bm] _-ˆ; -m -l0bঞom |o rѴ-‹ the game at a high pace. We have a similar -l0bঞomķ ‰; Ѵbh; |o rѴ-‹ -m ;Šr-mvbˆ; -m7 very fast game, so when you get two sides that come up against each other with a similar pace in mind, you really feel that intensity. It was evident when we played them over there, so hopefully we can do the same this ‰;;h;m7ķ 0†| ‰; 1-m 1om|uoѴ |_bm]v 0;‚;uĺĿ Moore, an experienced European campaigner with three Champions Cup seasons under his belt at Leinster and two at Wasps, also believes that PRO14 sides are seeing the u;‰-u7v o= - lou; 1olr;ঞঞˆ; 7ol;vঞ1 1olr;ঞঞomķ ‰_;m |_; †uor;-m ]-l;v 1ol; round. “The PRO14 is closer to the European game week in week out,” he explains, “which is great

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