Ulster 46 The Borders 5
Ulster easily registered their seventh Celtic League win to stay top of the table after crushing The Borders at Ravenhill.
The home side scored six tries as Borders fell to their seventh league defeat and stand-in out-half Paddy Wallace scored 16 points from five conversions and two penalties.
The game was over as a contest before half time by which time Ulster had already scored a bonus point from crossing the visitors' line four times.
After turning round 32-0 in front, Ulster could only manage two further tries in a second half which they continued to dominate. Ulster, playing with the elements, struck first with a well-worked try from Bryn Cunningham.
Paddy Wallace, standing in following the late withdrawal of Adam Larkin, kicked the conversion to give Ulster a 7-0 lead after seven minutes.
Two well-struck Wallace penalties followed before Ulster struck again with a 25th-minute score from Ryan Constable which was again converted by Wallace to make it 20-0 to the home side.
Ulster further stretched their lead when skipper Andy Ward smashed over for an unconverted try three minutes after the half hour and on half-time the home side registered their bonus point when Constable got over for his second. Wallace converted and Ulster led 32-0 at the break.
Ward crossed for his second 17 minutes after the restart which Wallace again converted to take it to 39-0. The Borders did get on the scoreboard with a late breakaway consolation try from Nikki Walker which Tanner Vili failed to convert.
Ulster, though, finished the night with an injury-time score from replacement hooker Paul Shields. Wallace landed his fifth conversion to complete the scoring.