A try from Ulster scrum-half Andy Matchett nine minutes before the end was the decisive score in this A interprovincial played at the Galway Sportsground on Saturday.

Ulster led 12-10 at the interval, through tries from John Gardiner and Matchett, and a conversion by Bryn Cunningham. Connacht had had an early try by Diarmuid Reddan.

Connacht A: R Southam (Suttonians); I Burke (Galwegians), R Corrigan (Lansdowne), E Molloy (Buccaneers), D Finnegan (Wanderers); O Cobbe (Wanderers), D Reddan (Galwegians) Capt; R Ward (Old Belvedere), B Jackman (Clontarf), D Little (UCG), M O'Neill (Blackrock College), J Duffy (Galwegians), J Casserly (Galwegians), F Fitzgerald (St Mary's College), B Keaney (Corinthians). Replacements: S Sexton (London Irish) for E Molloy half-time; O Ennis (Skerries) for D Lyttle half-time; F Butler (Corinthians) for J Casserly, 73 mins.

Ulster A: R Collins (Collegians); A Hood (Dungannon), D Rumney (Malone), A Clarke (Dungannon), S Carroll (Malone); B Cunningham (Bective Rangers), A Matchett (Ballymena); C Keown (Portadown), M Patton (Dungannon), R Irwin (Ballymena), M Rea (Malone), M Lightbody (Portadown), J Gardiner (Instonians), K Gallick (City of Derry), K McKee (Instonians) Capt. Replacement: I Gray (Ballymena) for S Carroll, half-time.

Referee: G Bennett (Mar).