In the NFL, head coaches will often speak of the need to play ‘complementary football’, wherein a team’s defensive unit must be sufficiently effective to give its offensive unit a chance to win a game, and vice versa. Fitting that their attack became more fluid towards the end of that stretch, because Ulster were pissing into the wind. Still, there is cause to simply draw a line under last season and not explore its troughs too deeply. This season feels like a fresh start for Ulster. There’s a fine line between baseline success and serious failure for Ulster this season, and that line divides eighth and ninth in the URC table.