By RONAN O’BRIEN
JOHN Cooney kicked a last-minute penalty to give Ulster victory over Scarlets in Belfast following a tight opener at Kingspan Stadium.
Scarlets looked like claiming an away win to start the competition after Rhys Patchell got them off to a great start with an early try, but Cooney’s five penalties gave Ulster the win.
“We knew it was going to be a tight affair,” said Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac.
“At half-time we were in that game and I thought we stayed in the arm wrestle pretty well. But then we lose men and we had the opportunit...