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Sat 09 Sep 2008Ulster's new dawn obscured in the rain
RUGBY MAGNIER'S LEAGUE Ulster 9 Llanelli 16:SUMMER CAME and went - or then again, did it? - but on a night when you wouldn't have put the cat out this was not the start to a new dawn which Matt Williams, the Ulster players and a big Ravenhill crowd would have wanted.
Ultimately, for all Ulster's spirit and effort, Llanelli were the polished and clinical all-round team, mastering the conditions with a more secure performance in most facets of the game, notably lineout, restarts and defence, to kickstart their own new era under Nigel Davies with their first league win in Belfast in six attempts.
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