How have 'belief and clarity' improved Ulster?

In the final game last season, Edinburgh ran out 47-17 winners at the Hive. There was to be no repeat this time around.

In a game that had been rescheduled from Story Amy in October, on paper Ulster looked a weaker side on Friday than they would have been on the original date last year.

The same, of course, can be said of Edinburgh who were without key wings Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe, but it was the hosts who led 19-14 at half-time thanks to tries from Ross Thompson, Harry Paterson and Wes Goosen.

Ulster had hit back through Charlie Irvine and the returning Juarno Augustus, but the second half was a chaotic affair as Harry Sherdian was sent off, but Murphy's side rallied and scored tries through Jake Flannery, Scott Wilson and Conor McKee to take an unlikely lead.

When Harri Morris was then also sent off for a wild and reckless challenge on Cormac Izuchuwku, Ulster were able to stretch their legs to win in impressive fashion, with Ben Carson's score the icing on the cake.

"I thought we adapted pretty well and some of the tries we scored in the second half were excellent," Murphy added.

"The belief was what I really enjoyed tonight and we're delighted. This is a really tough place to come.

"That's what you see, isn't it [the confidence]? We were pretty harsh at half-time and we felt that we were a little bit off.

"The lads came out and delivered in the second half. We didn't let them off the hook."