Wing Zac Ward says Ulster must bring their “A game” into Saturday’s second Challenge Cup Pool 3 match in Cardiff.
The Irish province started their European campaign with a thumping 61-7 win over Racing 92 in Belfast while Cardiff lost at Stade Francais.
However, Cardiff came from 19-0 down to win the last match between the sides in the United Rugby Championship in October 2024, and, just like Ulster, have only lost one United Rugby Championship match this season.
Ward, who scored two tries in the win over Racing, said the trip to Cardiff is “going to be really tricky”.
“They had our number last season in the URC and we’re definitely going over there to right a few wrongs,” said the 27-year-old, who added that new attack coach Mark Sexton has allowed the players to “express themselves”.
“Both teams want to win, especially in Europe, and we know how important wins are, especially away from home.
“We had a really good start on Friday night against Racing and we’ll take the positives forward. It will be a different challenge playing against a really good Cardiff side so we’ll need to be on our A game.”
