We definitely tried a bit too hard at times but the upside is that there was no shortage of effort against what was obviously quality opposition.

Don't worry about ticker. He's got plenty.

The best bit about Fergus' situation was seeing the big fellow running around. For a first game back he understandably looked a bit rusty but the main thing is he played.

Ulster seemed to get their tries effortlessly whereas we had to work for ours.

Edinburgh are on the way forward finally and partly because we have a good Chief Executive and good Human Relations bosses.

That was probably the best start we made all season but then we became disjointed with our scrum being put under a bit of pressure.