Dan McFarland hails Ulster's character in Munster win

Dan McFarland praised the resilience of his Ulster players as they headed into the international break on the back of a first win at Thomond Park in eight years.

Ulster put a tough trip to South Africa behind them with a 15-14 victory in Limerick, their fifth win in six BKT United Rugby Championship games this season.

Jordi Murphy and Tom Stewart scored from lineout drives in the opening 13 minutes before a late James Hume score on his return from injury gave Ulster a 12-point lead at the interval.

Ulster failed to score a single point in the second half, however, as indiscipline and inaccuracy allowed Munster back into the contest.

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Donncha O'Callaghan and Darren Cave discuss Ulster's narrow win over Munster

Jack Crowley kicked two penalties and he had the chance to give his side the lead when Shane Daly scored their only try on 66 minutes, but his touchline conversion hit the post as the visitors held on to end the first block of URC fixtures on a winning note.

"We're thrilled to win here," Ulster head coach McFarland told RTÉ Sport. "There is a reason why we haven’t won here since 2014 and that’s because it’s so tough.

"Ultimately we did score three tries but, I’m not going to say we were lucky but it was a tight one and Munster could easily have taken it. I thought they played very well."

Ulster arrived back in Ireland on Monday after their tour of South Africa was derailed by a stomach bug that swept through the squad and led to the cancellation of their game against the