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Ulster head coach Richie Murphy says he is optimistic that the back injury which caused Iain Henderson to withdraw from the starting line-up for Friday’s <\/b>47-13<\/b> United Rugby Championship win over Benetton shortly before kick-off is “not too serious”.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Irish province will be hoping for positive news about the Ulster captain with Friday’s European Challenge Cup opener at home to Racing 92 in mind.<\/p>\n
“He [Henderson] had actually got through the week training really well and was feeling good, but he landed in a line-out just before the game and got a back spasm, so, hopefully not too serious,” Murphy told BBC Sport NI after the game.<\/p>\n
Hooker Rob Herring was withdrawn after coming on as a replacement during the game but the Ulster coach explained that move was “precautionary”.<\/p>\n
“He came on, he rolled his ankle a little bit, so rather than leave him out there limping around on the front row, you can replace him, so we got him out of there.”<\/p>\n
Ulster recovered from a 13-12 half-time deficit to secure a comprehensive victory over their Italian opponents, scoring seven tries in the process.<\/p>\n
Murphy said he was content enough with his side’s first-half performance despite their arrears at the interval but demanded his charges be more clinical after the break.<\/p>\n
“I thought we were pretty much in control, yet we ended up coming in one point down at half-time so the message was very simple, that we felt like we were doing the right things, to keep doing it, and just a little bit around our accuracy.<\/p>\n
“I think we definitely left probably 14 points out there. I suppose the early parts of the game, as we haven’t played in five weeks, they played last weekend, which probably gives them a little bit of an advantage.<\/p>\n
“But I was really satisfied with the second half, I thought we played some amazing rugby, and loved the way, after coming in at half-time, how they reacted.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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