Ulster rounded off this season's Heineken Cup campaign with a comprehensive defeat of the Gwent Dragons at Ravenhill on Friday night.

Setting out to make amends for their Round 1 defeat at the hand of Mike Ruddock's team at Rodney Parade, Ulster kept a clean sheet, solid defensive work preventing any scores from the opposition.

Ulster scored all their points in the first half of the match. and hooker Paul Shields got the crowd going after just 5 minutes when he crossed the try line. Humphreys couldn't convert but 13 minutes later scored a try of his own - like his try against Stade Francais last week, he chipped and chased the ball almost the length of the pitch and crossed the line to a standing ovation from the fans.

Tyrone Howe added Ulster's third try on the half-hour mark. Humphreys conversion and another three points from a penalty kick brought the home side's tally to 22 points.

Unfortunately Ulster failed to notch up a fourth try which would have given them a bonus point and there was some concern over Heineken Man of the Match David Humphreys, who was forced to leave the field on 62 minutes due to injury.
Coach Alan Solomons and Captain Andy Ward were both pleased to have ended this season's Heineken Cup campaign on a high note and are looking forward to the resumption of the Celtic League next Friday night at Ravenhill.

Elsewhere in Pool 1, Stade Francais defeated Leicester 26 - 13 at Welford Road to ensure their passage to the quarter-finals stages of the tournament. Ulster finish up in third place.

Ulster: B Cunningham, Topping, Mallon, Steinmetz, Howe, Humphreys, Doak, Kempson, Shields, Moore, Longwell, McCullough, Ward, N Best, R. Wilson.

Replacements: Sexton,S Best, Mustchin, Brosnihan, Campbell, Larkin; Wallace.

Dragons: P Montgomery; N Brew, H Luscombe, A Marinos, B Breeze; C Warlow, R Jones; R Snow, P Young, R Thomas, I Gough, P Sidoli, R Oakley, J Ringer, M Owen.
Replacements: S Jones, A Black, C Anthony, R Beattie, G Baber, S Winn, S Tuipulotu.