Rúaidhrí O'Connor

Now, they had to deal with the heat as well.

I know the weather's better in Montpellier than it is in Belfast,

You know, it's just easier when you're getting momentum in your carry when you're on the front foot at all times.

Ulster, like, had to go under the post and regroup so many times.

I'm sure Nick Timoney, who I thought was absolutely brilliant in the press conference here afterwards.

It's a good figurehead for this team, isn't it?

It really is, and he's one of the best players on the pitch as well.

Like, he kept taking the fight to them.

But I thought, you know, he's run out of things to say.

Like, what do you keep doing?

Like, anyone who's played rugby has probably been in that situation once or twice where you just keep conceding and it's not going your way, and it's so soul-destroying.

I thought...

So it's a disappointing end to what was at times a thrilling season for Ulster, at times a season that promised a lot.

If they'd beaten Leinster the night that Leinster went up there, they would have been really in the hunt for a top two finish in the URC.

They obviously went for this competition.

They beat some good teams en route.

Their performance against Exeter was very good.

La Rochelle sent over a bit of a dummy team, but they still put them to the sword.

And yet they've come away with nothing.

It's a young group.