Toulouse 23 Ulster 25

Ulster kept their hopes of Champions Cup quarter-final qualification alive by completing back-to-back victories over Toulouse at Stade Ernest Wallon.

The Irish province’s scrum-half, Ruan Pienaar, crossed for the sole try in the opening 40 minutes, when Paddy Jackson and Sébastien Bézy traded penalties to make it 10-3 to the visitors at the break.

Bézy cut the gap to four points with another three-pointer after the interval, but then wing Andrew Trimble notched his 24th European Cup try. Stuart McCloskey broke through the Toulouse line, before Pienaar and Franco van der Merwe teamed up to find Trimble, who touched down in the corner.

Toulouse centre Gael Fickou then crossed the whitewash to narrow the gap again and after a Bézy conversion and successful penalty, the hosts were ahead by a solitary point at 16-15.

However, in keeping with the topsy-turvy nature of the match, Ulster responded with a Jackson penalty and a converted try from centre Luke Marshall to seal victory despite Toulouse No.8 Louis Picamoles’ consolation score which was also goaled.

Ulster fell one point short of a quarter-final spot, as they were beaten twice by eventual winners Saracens in the pool stages.

Remember, you can watch the Toulouse-Ulster quarter-final live on Channel 4, BT Sport, FR2, Virgin Media and beIN SPORTS.

As the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals approach, including Toulouse’s tie with Ulster Rugby on April 5, we look back at a memorable match between the two teams in 2015.