Toulouse snatch dramatic late win to knock Ulster out of Champions Cup

Toulouse turned the tables on Ulster and dramatically booked their place in the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals by beating their 14-man opponents 30-23 at the Kingspan Stadium to seal a 50-49 aggregate win.

Tries from Thomas Ramos, Romain Ntamack and skipper Antoine Dupont, along with three conversions and three penalties from Ramos, tipped the scales Toulouse’s way.

However, the key moment in the contest came in the 64th minute when replacement prop Tom O’Toole was red-carded for a dangerous hit on Anthony Jelonch.

Ulster had led several times after bringing a 26-20 lead back from the first leg in France. Ethan McIlroy scored two tries for them, with John Cooney kicking both conversions and three penalties in a game they led 20-17 at half-time.

First blood was drawn by the visitors, with a second-minute penalty being kicked by Ramos after Jelonch won a breakdown. From the kick-off, Robert Baloucoune was yellow-carded for hitting Jelonch in the air.