Magners League: Brian McLaughlin has named a 29 man squad for Friday’s crucial match against the Cardiff Blues at Ravenhill on Friday (KO 19.05). Andrew Trimble, Paddy Wallace and Tom Court all return to the Ireland 6 Nations squad ahead of their showdown with Scotland. Ian Humphreys is named despite his late withdrawal from the […]
BBC Sport video Highlights – CLICK HERE UTV Sport Reaction – CLICK HERE BBC Sport reaction – CLICK HERE Ulster (15-9): Adam Darcy; Craig Gilroy, Nevin Spence, Ian Whitten, Simon Danielli; Ian Humphreys, Ruan Pienaar; (1-8): Bryan Young, Nigel Brady, Declan Fitzpatrick, Johann Muller (capt), Tim Barker, Chris Henry, Willie Faloon, Pedrie Wannenburg. Replacements: Andi […]
Brian McLaughlin has named his starting XV and replacements for the Magners League clash with the Ospreys on Sunday. Youngster Craig Gilroy will make his fourth appearance when he starts on the right wing. Gilroy has notched up an impressive 5 tries in his first 3 games. With Paddy Wallace on 6 Nations duty with […]
The Ulster Ravens travel to play London Welsh at Old Deer Park this Saturday in the British & Irish Cup competition looking to bounce back from a 20—25 defeat last weekend to Neath and Belfast’s Shaws’ Bridge venue. Ulster’s youngsters led 17-3 at the half-time break but were overpowered in the second half by a […]
Ulster Coach Brian McLaughlin has named his starting XV and replacements to face Biarritz in the Round 2 Heineken Cup pool game this Sunday at the Parc des Sports Aguilera (ko 4pm local time). The starting XV shows four changes of personnel and one positional switch from that which defeated Aironi 30-6 in the opening […]
Week six and test day is upon us. As I expected Alan crushed all previous scores – 70% increase in 2 arm swing test; one arm shoulder press by 40%; clean & press sandbag by 35% So sport specific training works! Thats all you need to know. Train as you play, move within a full […]
PLAYER: ALAN WHITTEN CLUB: INSTONIANS RFC POSITION: PROP HEIGHT: 6ft 4 WEIGHT: 111kgs 6 Week Training Blog – Predict The Results Competition Its been a roller-coaster and its now official, Alan has destroyed the improvement goals he and Claire Withers set almost 6 weeks ago. He is stronger and leaner! Predict How Much? In week […]
“This week we had a great session and were able to increase the weight on the renegade row to 16kg instead of 12kg. All other exercises are looking great and on the clean and press Alans technique is looking smoothe. Training for a sport is not an easy task and it needs to be specific […]
Below – blog notes from week 4. “After Alan’s holiday it was back to business and sweating in the gym. Alan has had a good break and the recovery time should leave him fully charged for not only our training but his clubs pre season training. As he trains twice a week with his club, […]
“Alan’s progress is great and I am noticing an improvement on his KB technique. He has taken on all new teaching points and is becoming a KB addict!” Claire Withers Quite a comment from the Personal Trainer bringing alan through this 6 week programme. This weeks workout included Warm – recap of bell drills. Alan […]