ULSTER head coach Dan McFarland defended his side’s decisions to kick for the corner in the first half rather than go for goal to build a score.
“When they’re down to 14 men and you kick to the corner, if you can’t score tries then you are not going to be a good enough team to win in Clermont, it’s as simple as that.
“If we had taken advantage of those opportunities and scored, which we were more than capable of doing, we would have had a much better chance of going on and winning the game. If we’d have kicked three points there…...