Pienaar feeds McKinney and Penney takes the bosh up the centre. Wallace with a lovely pop to Ricky Andrew who makes 20 metres on the left.

bravissimo

Half time here in Belfast and the home side 1 point clear. Zebre doing very well under the conditions . A lot of mistakes by both sides as a result of the conditions and with a beautiful try by Jared Payne half way through the first half we know what Ulster are capable of. Ulster's quick defence has hindered Zebre's advance and a lot of the game is being played around the half way line. An entertaining second half in store, stay with us

Ulster Hooker Niall Annett seeks medical attention as he falls badly on his knee. However he seems ok to play on, and referee gets the game back underwear with a scrum

Rain descends here in Ravenhill. Slippery ball and ground means a lot of scrums to come

Pienaar feeds the scrum on their own 5 metre line

Zebre back on the attack and Ulster are forced to defend numerous pick and go phases on their own try line. Some lovely forward work by the Italians

Superb individual try by Jared Payne. Beginning on the half way Line Payne shrugs off the first defender, side steps the next and sprints the final metres before diving for the line. Brilliant try by the New Zealander

The ref is a tool. What's happening with in from off side, lying in the wrong side, ffs sort it out

TMO brought into action as Ulster penalised for stamping. Muller the one singled out however Mike McComish was also involved.