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Ulster back row David McCann believes the province will be “hard to deal with” if they can achieve greater consistency across games.<\/b><\/p>\n
Richie Murphy’s side have made a strong start to the season, winning five of their first games of the 2025-26 campaign in all competitions. <\/p>\n
They thumped Racing 92 by a score of 61-7 in the Challenge Cup on Friday night but seven of their nine tries came after half-time and they carried just a 14-7 lead into the turn. <\/p>\n
McCann believes small alterations made a “massive difference” as the game progressed.<\/p>\n
“I actually don’t think we were that bad. We were just maybe half a second off,” he said of the first-half showing.<\/p>\n
“But we switched that up, showed ball focus, early to the breakdown, winning all the scraps, and you saw how that just allows us to play our game. <\/p>\n
“When we attack like that, we’re hard to deal with. I think if we can start to pair that together with 80-minute performances like that, we’re going to be hard to deal with.”<\/p>\n
After a break for the November Test window, Ulster have won the first two contests of a run of 10 games in 10 weeks.<\/p>\n
With a trip to Cardiff in the Challenge Cup to come on Friday, followed by three interprovincial derbies in the United Rugby Championship, Richie Murphy’s side have found form in a key period of the season.<\/p>\n
“I think momentum’s huge but [there is a] general belief in what we’re doing,” added McCann.<\/p>\n
“When we defend well, we get the ball back, and then when we get the ball back, I think everyone knows what our attack looks like now.<\/p>\n
“So it’s that belief that’s huge at the moment. There’s obviously some big games coming up, so it’ll be good to see how we go.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n