Mark McCall was happy with Ulster's response after the break
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Ulster coach Mark McCall was delighted with the second half performance which earned the champions a 31-16 win in the Magners League opener at Ravenhill.
"The win was everything but I was also happy with aspects of the display, particularly in the second half when the players really upped it," he said.
"We were a little bit rusty in the first half.
"To win the second half 20-0 against a very good Scarlets team is a great start to the season."
He added: "The Scarlets had a better pre-season than us in terms of the competitive games they've had already.
"We were delighted with the energy levels, the workrate and some of the skill levels in the second half and we put them under some real pressure - tactically we were very good."
Strong finishes to games are becoming something of an Ulster trademark and a quality which helped them to the league title.
"Like last season we proved we are a good last quarter team," said McCall.
"The team is mentally strong and makes good decisions during those times but we are physically good as well.
"We worked very hard on our scrums this week and our set-pieces were very good - overall our forward effort was tremendous.
"The crowd was great. Saturday night rugby is something new so to have 8,500 people making such noise and providing wonderful support was great."
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