Ulster stay afloat after riding tide of emotion

By DARAGH SMALL
Ulster 20pts
Tries: Best 28, Stockdale 35, Timoney 45
Conversions: Cooney 50
Penalties: Cooney 46
La Rochelle 13pts
Tries: Bales 43
Conversions: Bales 9, 16
Penalties: Bales 44

Try! Jacob Stockdale scores seven minutes after Rory Best, below, had crossed
PICTURE: Getty Images

ULSTER captain Rory Best says emotion played a huge factor in motivating Ulster to go top of their pool with a brilliant victory over La Rochelle at Kingspan Stadium.
Best and Jacob Stockdale scored the first-half tries as Ulster held a 20-13 lead at the interval.
But they looked to be in troub...

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