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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Luke Jennings

Ulster star labeled as 'the Erling Haaland of rugby' after breaking league record

Tom Stewart of Ulster is quickly emerging as rugby's Erling Haaland after writing himself into the record books.

On Friday night, the hooker made it back-to-back hat-tricks, breaking the previous United Rugby Championship try-scoring record.

The 22-year-old touched down three times to ease Ulster to a 40-19 victory over the Dragons and edge the province into the top two of the URC standings, and on course for a home quarter-final and potentially semi-final.

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