A dramatic late try with the clock well in the red from David Shanahan ensured that Ulster opened their United Rugby Championship season with a 20-19 win over champions Glasgow Warriors.
Tries from British and Irish Lions duo Jack Conan and Robbie Henshaw did the damage for Leinster in a hard-earned 21-17 win over Ulster at the RDS Arena.
If you needed more evidence of the Leinster schools' system influence at Ulster Rugby, then look no further than the lastest three players to sign contract extensions.
Leinster have rung 13 changes to their starting XV after last weekend's loss, but retention of Johnny Sexton means a new role for Ross Byrne.
The movement of players from Leinster to the other provinces has at times been a source of frustration for the club.
South African Marcell Coetzee was a one-man wrecking ball in Italy on Monday night as try-hungry Ulster bullied Zebre in the PRO14.
The Ulster match-day squad has been named to take on Glasgow Warriors in Round 5 of the Guinness PRO14 at Kingspan Stadium on Monday, and it's full of international talent.
Dan McFarland is keeping changes to a minimum at Ulster after an indefinitely suspended season where they qualified for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals and lie in second in their PRO14 conference.