Ulster's hopes of a top four Magners League play-off spot took a dent at the Parc y Scarlets tonight as they suffered a 25 - 8 defeat to the Llanelli Scarlets, despite having controlled substantial portions of the game.

Ulster Ravens managed to hold on under considerable London Welsh pressure in the final 10 minutes to claim an important victory putting them joint top with the Londoners.

Tonight at Ravenhill Ulster narrowly missed out on a victory to herald the beginning of new CEO Shane Logan's tenure, sharing the points with the Newport Gwent Dragons in a pulsating 22 - 22 draw.

This afternoon at the Recreational Ground Ulster claimed an historic 28 - 10 victory over Bath, the first on English soil, but narrowly missed out on Heineken Cup quarter-final qualification, Stade Francais making the last eight by a single point.

A man-of-the-match display from Isaac Boss on the occasion of his 100th cap spurred Ulster to a 21 - 13 victory over Edinburgh tonight at Ravenhill, and kept the dream of Heineken Cup qualification very much alive.

Ulster got 2010 off to a flying start tonight at Ravenhill, getting the better of inter-pro rivals Munster by 15 points to 10 after a virtuoso first-half performance had seen two scintillating tries from Simon Danielli.

A Leinster try each side of half-time put paid to a spirited Ulster effort in this season's interprovincial Boxing Day tie, with the current European Cup holders winning 15 - 3 this evening in Dublin.

Ulster finally got to square up to Stade Francais this afternoon, a day late and in Paris rather than Brussels, but it was the French who froze out the game, running out comfortable victors by 29 points to 16.

This afternoon's Heineken Cup clash saw Ulster remind Stade Francais exactly why the French side dread coming to Ravenhill, Brian McLaughlin's men running out fully-deserving victors by 23 points to 13.