Ulster and the Scarlets produced one of the all-time URC matches today, with Ulster running out 55-39 victors away to the Welsh side.
It was as if the two sides had a pre-match agreement, and decided that they would both go all out in attack for 80 minutes.
In total there were 12 tries scored, seven for Ulster and five for Scarlets, with John Cooney bagging himself an eye-catching 30 points in the process.
Alan O'Connor, Marty Moore, and Cooney scored first half tries for the province, before Matty Rea, Billy Burns, Tom O'Toole, and Cooney added to the tally in the second half.
For the Scarlets, Jonathan Davies, Ryan Conbeer, Vaea Fifita, and Dafydd Hughes all crossed the whitewash at Parc y Scarlets.
Social media lit up in awe of the end-to-end match, which will no doubt increase the ever growing popularity of the league.
Ulster vs Scarlets
Sweeping move from @scarlets_rugby! 🧹 #BKTURC #URC | #SCAvULS pic.twitter.com/5gzklD3VE6
— BKT United Rugby Championship (URC) (@URCOfficial) September 24, 2022
If you're not watching #SCAvULS right now you are missing some Best League action and then some.
— Three Red Kings (@threeredkings) September 24, 2022
Not sure how accurate my stats are.
But I think there have been 2,000 linebreaks so far from the Scarlets and Ulster.
Don't quote me though.— Paul Williams (@thepaulwilliams) September 24, 2022
Scarlets v Ulster is insane. Both sides refusing to let the ball die.
— Linebreak Rugby 🏳️⚧️🚂✊ (@LinebreakRugby) September 24, 2022
Right, I'm off.
I hope you all enjoy the second half of Scarlets-Ulster.
You lucky...people.
What a first half that was.
Looking forward to catching up with it tonight.— The Loose Head (@TheLooseH) September 24, 2022
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Luke Marshall started in the centre once again as he continues his resurgence in the white jersey. He also spoke earlier in the week of his injury troubles which have plagued his career.
“The first part of it was frustrating because I didn’t fully rupture the ACL, we tried rehabbing it from November to the end of that first season but to no avail.
“Initially I was thinking I’d be back in a couple of months because it was just a sprained ACL but it just dragged on and people were wondering when you were going to be back.
“We didn’t want to go down the surgery route but I just couldn’t get back to train. There wasn’t really an option at that stage, we saw a different surgeon in London and he said ‘let’s do it again’. That was probably the hardest bit. Once I got to the end of the season and talked to the surgeon, at least there was clarity.”
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