Guinness PRO12: Ulster thump Zebre 33-13 at Kingspan Stadium
Last Updated: 14/09/14 11:21pm
Ulster racked up the first win of their Guinness PRO12 campaign on their home debut by putting Zebre to the sword 33-13, despite a shaky first half for interim coach Les Kiss' side.
The Irish side crossed the Italians' line five times, with Nick Williams, Craig Gilroy, Robbie Diack, Andrew Trimble and Dan Tuohy all touching down, which gave them their second consecutive try bonus point.
Samuela Vunisa scored Zebre's try but they were ultimately outclassed by Ulster, who drew 32-32 at Scarlets last week.
Ulster hit the ground running and although the Italians survived a late first half Ulster onslaught the home side went into the break leading 19-10.
Ulster began the second half defending their line and then had to make do with 14 men in the 55th minute after Ricky Andrew was yellow-carded for hitting Brendon Leonard when the Zebre scrum-half was in mid-air.
Still, Ulster had the wherewithal to score when, off a scrum, Paul Marshall broke right and fed Trimble, who stormed in at the right corner for Ulster's bonus-point score.
Just before Andrew returned came the score of the night when Ian Humphreys superbly gathered a ball on the touchline and launched Trimble through the middle. He linked with Best and with the ball recycled, Humphreys chipped for Tuohy to score.
Humphreys added the conversion to take Ulster's lead to 33-10, which became 33-13 with 10 minutes to go as Kelly Haimona kicked a second penalty.
