Challenge Cup quarter-final
FT: Ulster 41-24 La Rochelle (20:00 BST)
Ulster will face either Benetton or Exeter Chiefs in the last four
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Ulster 24-10 La Rochelle
Ulster dominating the possession stakes early in the second period and Jacob Stockdale has hit a torpedo kick from the edge of his own 22 that goes all the way into the La Rochelle 22 for an Ulster ball!
Ulster 24-10 La Rochelle
Half-time replacement for Ulster. Bryn Ward is on for Nick Timoney.
Ulster 24-10 La Rochelle
Back under way in Belfast
Ulster 24-10 La Rochelle
There goes the whistle for half-time.
Ulster are deserved leaders and will fancy their chances of progressing if they score first after the break.
La Rochelle may have something to say on that
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Judicael Cancoriet (conv. Diego Jurd) (40 mins)
La Rochelle finish the half strongly with a try from close range from the number seven Cancoriet.
Conversion by Jurd is successful.
That will give the French side some hope for the second period.
Ulster 24-3 La Rochelle
Zac Ward is back on to the field, and his absence did not prove to be destructive at all for the hosts.
Last play of the half now, a scrum for La Rochelle inside the Ulster 22.
Ulster 24-3 La Rochelle
Andy Gray
BBC Sport NI at the Affidea Stadium
That Werner Kok tackle that led to the initial penalty was celebrated like a try.
It was massive from the wing, who has become a fan favourite in Belfast.
Down to 14, that feels significant.
Cormac Izuchukwu (conv. Nathan Doak) (38 mins)
Patience pays off for the men in white. After a normal of false starts it is the lock Izuchukwu who dots down from the base of a ruck.
What a way to celebrate his 50th Ulster cap.
Nathan Doak with a superb conversion from the right.
Ulster 17-3 La Rochelle
Penalty Ulster again five-metres out as La Rochelle guilty of pulling down a maul.
Ulster 17-3 La Rochelle
Penalty Ulster.
La Rochelle guilty of going straight to ground in a ruck and Jack Murphy kicks into the right-hand corner.
Ulster 17-3 La Rochelle
La Rochelle win a scum and go right. They look to have a man extra on the wing but Stuart McCloskey manages to get a hand on the ball in a tackle to dislodge it and it will be a scrum to the hosts now.
A sigh of relief rings around the Affidea.
Ulster 17-3 La Rochelle
Another penalty to the French side, this time they tap from 10 metres out. This could be difficult to defend for the hosts, especially a man down.
Ulster 17-3 La Rochelle
Bad news for Ulster as Zac Ward, the try scorer, is sent off for 10 minutes for a lift above the horizontal in a ruck.
La Rochelle kick to the corner.
Ulster 17-3 La Rochelle
Another huge hit from James Hume in midfield, but advantage was being played to the French side and it will be there penalty 40-metres pout from the Ulster goal to the right.
Tom O'Toole (conv. Nathan Doak) (25 mins)
Ulster pick up the points from this visit into the 22.
From the scrum a number of drives see them close in on the line and eventually it is that man O'Toole who leaps over from close range.
Doak again makes no mistake from the tee.
Ulster 10-3 La Rochelle
Straight from the kick-off La Rochelle get caught behind their line, and it is a scrum five metres out for Ulster
Ulster 10-3 La Rochelle
Superb kick from out-half Diego Jurd, and La Rochelle back to within a score of Ulster.
Ulster 10-0 La Rochelle
Ulster guilty of hands on the deck and La Rochelle win a penalty 40-yards out.
They point to the posts with the wind at their back.
Ulster 10-0 La Rochelle
Great hands from Zac Ward in the air to claim a high kick.
Iain Henderson is smashed in the tackle two phases later however, and La Rochelle win a penalty turnover on halfway.
Ulster 10-0 La Rochelle
The last five minutes have been largely played in the middle of the park. The wind is really picking up again here, blowing in to the faces of the Ulstermen.
How big a role will that play in the outcome of this game?