A bonus point in the bag for Richie Murphy's men on opening night. That is nothing to be sniffed at and they played some lovely, ambitious rugby.

It wasn't perfect and there will be some work-ons in training next week but they will enjoy that result this weekend.

You can read Jonathan Bradley's match report here but from us tonight it's goodbye!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and we will see you soon! Thanks for spending your Friday night with us!

Ulster Head Coach Richie Murphy speaking to Premier Sports:

"It is a great start but we will have to tighten things up for Edinburgh next week.

We have been trying through pre-season to get our outside backs involved and we did that tonight.

Zac Ward was brilliant tonight. He still has things to learn but he is a real weapon."

Ulster Head Coach Richie Murphy speaking to Premier Sports:

"We struggled with depth last year but our availability is getting better and that will drive us on.

We have been building up to this for a few weeks and the lads showed some good composure. It wasn't perfect but we are happy overall"

Tom O'Toole speaking to Premier Sports:

"It was great to be back playing at home under the lights and we really enjoyed ourselves out there. Still some bits to work on ahead of going to Edinburgh next week.

We have an idea of what they will bring having payed them in pre-season and we are still hurting from the defat at the end of last season so we will look to put that right."

Stuart McCloskey speaking to Premier Sports:

"We're happy with the bonus point win but there is definitely still lots to work on.

I was delighted to play alongside James Hume again. He is one of the best in the world in his position."

Man of the Match Zac Ward speaking to Premier Sports:

"It was a lot of fun. We're delighted to finish off the hard work of the pack.

Dragons made it difficult but we were patient and eared our scores.

We responded well to their early try and kept our cool and played our game."

Certainly things to work on for Richie Murphy but that is to be expected on opening night. Putting up six converted tries and some of the ambitious, if not always accurate, rugby was lovely to watch.

The Dragons' lightning start seems a long time ago but they contributed to an entertaining night at the Affidea Stadium.

All in all, a successful return to competitive action for Ulster.

We are well into the red on the clock but Ulster go to the corner for one more go.

Matthew Dalton has a bit of a scrap with Tinus De Beer all the while having his shirt over his head!

Boxing blind there!

Zac Ward has been awarded the Man of the Match award. He has been influential in Ulster's attack all evening and is looking sharp already.

Five minutes left at Affidea Stadium. Ulster look as though they are going to see this one out.

Ulster waste good field position with an overthrown lineout ten metres from the Dragons line.

Both sides have left some points out there despite sharing eight tries so far but that can perhaps be blamed on opening night rustiness.

A brilliant kick out of hand from Tinus De Beer is played by Jack Murphy when he didn't have to and it gives the visitors a lineout deep in the Ulster red zone.

They go quick and scrum half Rhrodri Williams goes over but the offload off the deck from Huw Anderson is ever-so-slightly forward and Ulster win a scrum penalty to clear their lines.

A warning shot with a quarter of an hour to go that shows this game is not in the bag yet for Richie Murphy's men.

Nathan Doak gets a bit of white line fever as he the scrum half goes for the line when he had some of his big men steaming around the corner.

He is held up and the Dragons can clear their lines with a goal line dropout.

A roar from the home crowd as Jarno Augustus comes off the bench for his debut, replacing David McCann.

Strong Ulster ruck defence sees them win two turnovers in quick succession at the breakdown. That will certainly please new Defence Coach Willie Falloon who was a proponent of that himself in his pomp!

Wyn Jones thought he had barged over but the TMO showed he was short of the line so scrum down Dragons on the five metre line.

The visitors think they have scored but have they been held up?