Keatley kicked a penalty for the visitors' first score on 18 minutes but Fijian wing Nagusa burst beyond the Connacht defence seconds later for another converted Ulster touchdown.

BBC: Ulster 53-13 Connacht

But Ulster were not to be denied and a minute after Cullen's heroics, Trimble found Steinmetz on a cutback run off the left wing and the Kiwi burst through to score under the posts and give David Humphreys a straightforward two-pointer.

BBC: Paul Steinmetz gave Ulster the perfect start at Ravenhill