Ulster suffer more pain at the hands of a clinical French team as Bordeaux score 26 unanswered points in the second half to win a thrilling Investec Champions Cup pool encounter in Belfast.

Bordeaux's Marco Gazzotti is shown a yellow card for a clinical ploy to slow down the ball. With a one-man advantage, Ulster ramp up the pressure on their French opponent and it eventually make it count as Nick Timoney spins around, bamboozling the Bordeaux defence, before diving for the line! Ulster now lead as Doak nails a tricky conversion.

The Ulster boss saluted his side’s effort but admitted ‘we’re probably not quite there yet’ against top European opposition.

French side Bordeaux-Begles made it two straight wins in the Champions Cup with a 40-19 victory over Irish province Ulster on Saturday to top the powerful Pool 1, with Leicester climbing to second by thrashing the Sharks 56-17 English champions Northampton stunned South African franchise Bulls in Pretoria 30-21 in Pool 3 and Leinster eked out a 15-7 home win over Clermont for a second straight victory to top Pool 2.