Bordeaux win the line-out and are now camped on the Ulster line.

It seems a matter of time!

Ulster now knock it forward and Bordeaux have it back.

We're only played 15 minutes but the players look knackered in the afternoon heat. The kick chases are already slower than they were.

Michael Lowry with another try-saving tackle!

This time to deny Yoram Moefana who had burst into the 22.

Ulster turn it over from the ruck and they how have the ball in the Bordeaux half.

Jonathan Bradley
BBC Sport NI Journalist at the Stade Chaban Delmas

Ulster have clearly come in with a plan to kick early and often.

Their execution out of hand is going to need to be better, though.

Bordeaux have already shown themselves to be lethal on the counter.

They need a couple of bites at it, but Ulster gather the throw on their own line.

John Cooney, who will be playing in France next year, lands a good clearance and play is now up to halfway.

Ulster win the throw but then it's lost in the tackle and the hosts come racing forward.

Penaud is almost in again down the right wing, but Michael Lowry puts in a big tackle to drag the wing's foot into touch.

Maxime Lucu lands a superb kick into touch from his own 22, which brings play deep inside the Ulster half.

He showed he wasn't a bad replacement for Antoine Dupont, and he's putting on a kicking clinic here.

Ulster are putting a lot of boot to ball here, but a couple of sloppy kicks hand possession back to the hosts.

Tony McWhirter
1999 Ulster European Cup winner on BBC Sounds

He makes it look so easy.

There's a bit of kick tennis in midfield, just to get you in the mood for Wimbledon.

Luke Pearce is hot on the whistle today.

That's a third penalty against the team attacking the ruck, and this time Ulster have an opportunity to clear from their own 22.

Jacob Stockdale gathers Joey Carbery's kick and he makes 20 metres into the Bordeaux half, but James McNabey gives away the penalty for holding on.

Maxime Lucu spots space and blasts it into the Ulster half, and Ward has to be alert to race back and dot the ball down in his own try area.

Ulster win the throw and Josh Cooney sticks the ball in the air.

It's well gathered by Zac Ward is there again to clatter into his man.

That's more like it from Ulster.

Romain Buros spots a gap and darts towards the line but he's chopped down.

The hosts then infringe at the ruck and Ulster win the penalty, and Jack Murphy thumps it clear.

That's not the start Ulster would have wanted.

James Hume spills the ball forward from the kick-off and the hosts will have a scrum in the Ulster 22.

England's Luke Pearce is the man in the middle today.

Off we go!

Can Ulster cause a huge upset in France?

Tommy Seymour
Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio Ulster

I'd love a close game but I expect Bordeaux to pull away in the final quarter.

Here come the teams.

Bordeaux are in their navy and burgundy home jersey, while Ulster are in their traditional all-white strip.