Captain’s challenge sets up Sullivan’s winner

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By JOHN FALLON

Ulster ..............24
Connacht ........26
CONNACHT coach Andy Friend is not convinced the new laws being trialled are going to work even though his side benefitted from one of them.
Eoghan Masterson used a ‘captain’s challenge’ deep into stoppage time to win a penalty after scrum-half Kieran Marmion was stripped on the ground by Michael Lowry and from the resultant penalty they worked a match-winning try for Peter Sullivan in the 84th minute.
Ulster had used their ‘captain’s challenge’ to investigate if replacement Abraham Papali&rsq...

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