Joey Carbery is finding his bearings in Bordeaux

Ex-Munster and Leinster fly-half, Joey Carbery made the move to French side Bordeaux Begles in the summer and has got his Champions Cup campaign with the French Top 14 side off to a flying start after getting the nod for the number 10 jersey in the starting XV this week.

The Begles trailed 19-14 at the break, but thanks to a hefty boost from the bench put 21 points on the Ulstermen by the time the final whistle was blown at the Kingspan Stadium..

The 29-year-old kicked two conversions, then gave way for Matéo Garcia in the 64th-minute, but admits it was Ulster who were on-form in the opening half.

"It was a very challenging first-half I think. It was a really tough wind to play into and then obviously our discipline let us down a little bit," Carbery told RTÉ Sport.

"Really proud of the boys, how we showed up in the second half and we put our things together, which is great.

Despite what seemed like a heroic turnaround in tactics, according to Carbery, there were no major half-time dressing room pep-talks from head coach Yannick Bru.

"Not much, not much (was said), Carbery added.

"Just stop giving penalties away, get into the game a bit more, hold on to the ball...delighted with the result, delighted with the five points.

It was the second-half where the Begles got into their stride, putting three tries on the scoreboard within ten minutes. The Irish international feels once they calmed themselves after the early Ulster attack they were able to flow.

"I think it was quite frantic in pieces, so I think we needed a bit of a calm head and then just our flow of the game, we got into the game and everything started to click.

"We know what we can do, we just needed the opportunities to do it.

"I think being patient enough to know that