European Club Rugby : Stade Francais Paris v Ulster Rugby

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Stade Francais Paris v Ulster Rugby

Stade Francais Paris	29 - 16	Ulster Rugby
Stade Jean Bouin, Paris Att: 3,700
Referee: Chris White
Sunday 20th December 2009, 15:00
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Match report

Stade Francais bounced back from their defeat to Ulster last weekend win a win at Stade Jean Boin.

The French side ran in 29-16 winners and in doing so, they extend their lead in Pool 4 to four points and now sit in the box seat for quarter-final qualification.

The fixture was hastily rearranged after heavy snowfall meant yesterday’s scheduled game in Brussells had to be cancelled.

And, in front of their home fans, Stade Francais turned up the heat on Ulster to record what could be a win that turns their Heineken campaign around.

But it was Ulster, through their extravagantly bearded fly half Ian Humphreys started the scoring with a penalty after just two minutes but Beauxis didn't waste time levelling matters.

The Top 14 team seized the initiative five minutes later with French hooker Dimitri Szarzewski going over for the games opening try.

Leading 10-3 the home side seemed pretty confident during the early exchanges. Humphreys pulled back three points after a quarter of an hour but three penalties from Beauxis over the course of the next 15 minutes helped the French side out to a 13 point lead.

A third Humphreys penalty just before the break made it a 10 point game.

Both sides made a number of early changes in the second half but it was the French side who where the first to add to their score in the second period as Beauxis added a penalty on the hour mark.

Stade Francais then wrapped up the victory six minutes later when hooker Benjamin Kayser, on as a replacement, dotted down to give them a 29-9 lead.

Ulster centre Andrew Trimble grabbed a consolation try for the visitors ten minutes from time but the four vital Heineken Cup Pool 4 points were destined to go the way of the French team

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Stade Francais Paris

Ulster Rugby

Pos

Player

Pos

Rodrigo Roncero (capt)

Replacements

Penalty Tries

First half timeline
2	Ulster Rugby	Penalty kick - I Humphreys
4	Stade Francais Paris	Penalty kick - L Beauxis
9	Stade Francais Paris	Try - D Szarzewski
10	Stade Francais Paris	Conversion - L Beauxis
14	Ulster Rugby	Penalty kick - I Humphreys
16	Stade Francais Paris	Penalty kick - L Beauxis
22	Stade Francais Paris	Penalty kick - L Beauxis
32	Stade Francais Paris	Penalty kick - L Beauxis
35	Ulster Rugby	Penalty kick - I Humphreys
Second half timeline
50	Ulster Rugby	Substitution - I Whitten on for T Nagusa
51	Stade Francais Paris	Substitution - B Kayser on for D Szarzewski
55	Stade Francais Paris	Substitution - J Haskell on for M Bergamasco
56	Ulster Rugby	Substitution - D Pollock on for W Faloon
60	Stade Francais Paris	Penalty kick - L Beauxis
60	Ulster Rugby	Substitution - R Caldwell on for D Tuohy
66	Stade Francais Paris	Try - B Kayser
66	Ulster Rugby	Substitution - A Kyriacou on for N Brady
66	Ulster Rugby	Substitution - B Young on for T Court
67	Stade Francais Paris	Conversion - L Beauxis
68	Stade Francais Paris	Substitution - A Marchois on for T Palmer
69	Ulster Rugby	Try - A Trimble
70	Ulster Rugby	Conversion - I Humphreys
71	Ulster Rugby	Substitution - D Fitzpatrick on for B Botha
77	Stade Francais Paris	Substitution - M Bergamasco on for M Gasnier
77	Stade Francais Paris	Substitution - G Messina on for G Bousses

Results so far

Stade Francais Paris

Date	Stage	Opposition	Score
23/1/10	Pool 4	Edinburgh	L 7-9
16/1/10	Pool 4	Bath Rugby	W 15-13
20/12/09	Pool 4	Ulster Rugby	W 29-16
12/12/09	Pool 4	Ulster Rugby	L 13-23
18/10/09	Pool 4	Bath Rugby	W 29-27
10/10/09	Pool 4	Edinburgh	W 31-7

Ulster Rugby

Date	Stage	Opposition	Score
23/1/10	Pool 4	Bath Rugby	W 28-10
15/1/10	Pool 4	Edinburgh	W 21-13
20/12/09	Pool 4	Stade Francais Paris	L 16-29
12/12/09	Pool 4	Stade Francais Paris	W 23-13
17/10/09	Pool 4	Edinburgh	L 13-17
9/10/09	Pool 4	Bath Rugby	W 26-12

Previous Heineken Cup meetings

Date	Stage	Home	Score	Away
Sun 20th Dec 09	Pool 4	Stade Francais Paris	29 - 16	Ulster Rugby
Sat 12th Dec 09	Pool 4	Ulster Rugby	23 - 13	Stade Francais Paris
Sat 24th Jan 09	Pool 4	Stade Francais Paris	24 - 19	Ulster Rugby
Sat 11th Oct 08	Pool 4	Ulster Rugby	10 - 26	Stade Francais Paris
Sat 11th Dec 04	Pool 6	Ulster Rugby	18 - 10	Stade Francais Paris
Sat 4th Dec 04	Pool 6	Stade Francais Paris	30 - 10	Ulster Rugby
Sat 24th Jan 04	Pool 1	Stade Francais Paris	13 - 10	Ulster Rugby
Fri 12th Dec 03	Pool 1	Ulster Rugby	22 - 20	Stade Francais Paris
Fri 2nd Nov 01	Pool 2	Ulster Rugby	19 - 16	Stade Francais Paris
Sat 27th Oct 01	Pool 2	Stade Francais Paris	40 - 11	Ulster Rugby
Sat 9th Jan 99	Semi Finals	Ulster Rugby	33 - 27	Stade Francais Paris

Heineken CupHistory

Stade Francais Paris

2008/09 - Pool 4

2007/08 - Pool 3

2006/07 - Quarter Finals

2005/06 - Pool 3

2004/05 - Runners up

2003/04 - Quarter Finals

2001/02 - Quarter Finals

2000/01 - Runners up

1999/00 - Quarter Finals

1998/99 - Semi Finals

Ulster Rugby

2008/09 - Pool 4

2007/08 - Pool 2

2006/07 - Pool 5

2005/06 - Pool 4

2004/05 - Pool 6

2003/04 - Pool 1

2002/03 - Pool 6

2001/02 - Pool 2

2000/01 - Pool 3

1999/00 - Pool 3

1998/99 - Champions

1997/98 - Pool B

1996/97 - Pool C

1995/96 - Pool B

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