Ulster's Robert Baloucoune in action against the Lions at Ellis Park. Photograph: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images
URC, round five: Lions 49 Ulster 31
Ulster tasted defeat for the first time in this URC campaign as a second-half surge from the Lions saw them home in a high-scoring encounter in the heat of Johannesburg.
Though the hosts, whose bench possessed more power than that of the northern province, ended up with seven tries, Ulster came away with a bonus point after a helter-skelter game, crossing the whitewash on five occasions. Robert Baloucoune was in exceptional form for the visitors, bagging a hat-trick of tries.
The Lions had seven poi
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