{"id":439417,"date":"2026-05-08T23:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439417\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:11:08","slug":"stormers-deny-14-man-ulster-at-death-in-thrilling-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439417\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormers deny 14-man Ulster at death in thrilling draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wing Werner Kok scored a hat-trick as Ulster drew a URC thriller with league leaders Stormers 38-38 in Belfast.<\/p>\n<p>Kok went over in the fourth minute for a try that Nathan Doak converted, but Stomers immediately levelled as Evan Roos crossed and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu added the extras.<\/p>\n<p>Ulster were reduced to 14 when Iain Henderson was punished for a croc roll, with the second-row forward&#8217;s yellow card upgraded to a 20-minute red after bunker review.<\/p>\n<p>Stormers took advantage with Feinberg-Mngomezulu scoring 10 points in seven minutes, but Ulster were ahead 21-7 at the break as Kok accepted Doak\u2019s perfect pass out wide and Ward Zac profited from a smart lineout move. Doak landed two conversions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"8 May 2026; Michael Lowry of Ulster celebrates after scoring his side's fourth try during the United Rugby Championship match between Ulster and DHL Stormers at Affidea Stadium in Belfast. Photo by Ramsey Cardy\/Sportsfile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/00245621-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nMichael Lowry celebrates after scoring Ulster&#8217;s fourth try<\/p>\n<p>Leolin Zas thought he had restored the Stormers lead three minutes after the break, but Mike Lowry had been tackled in the air and the try was ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>Two minutes later Lowry raced over in the corner for Ulster\u2019s bonus-point try, but Stormers rallied again with tries for Imad Khan and Feiberg-Mngomezulu, who took his personal haul to 21 points.<\/p>\n<p>Kok\u2019s third try levelled matters at 31-31 and it looked as if Ulster were home and dry after Eric O\u2019Sullivan scored and Jurie Matthee was shown a yellow card.<\/p>\n<p>But Stormers refused to yield and a penalty try in the final seconds left Ulster awaiting confirmation of a top-eight finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wing Werner Kok scored a hat-trick as Ulster drew a URC thriller with league leaders Stormers 38-38 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-439417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}