TOM COURT TO MAKE 150th APPEARANCE Ulster loosehead prop, Tom Court, will make his 150th appearance for Ulster in tomorrow evening’s RaboDirect PRO12 match against Cardiff Blues at the Arms Park (kick off 18:30). Court starts in the front-row alongside hooker Rob Herring and tighthead prop John Afoa. Johann Muller captains Ulster in the second-row […]
It has been a frustrating season for Tommy Bowe. Following the highs of the Lions series win in the summer, the Ulster winger has been restricted to just seven matches so far this season due to injury. Now, however, approaching the business end of the season and having scored three tries in three matches, Bowe […]
Olding to start at fullback for Ulster against Cardiff Blues – TEAM NAMED HERE Ulster Head Coach, Mark Anscombe, has made two personnel changes and one positional switch to the team that beat Montpellier last Saturday for tomorrow night’s game against Cardiff Blues at Ravenhill (kick off 19:05). Jared Payne moves from fullback to outside […]
With a pause in the international matches, the RaboDirect PRO12 takes centre stage again this weekend, with games in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. First up on Friday night table toppers Ulster welcome Zebre to Ravenhill. The leaders will be keen to get back to their winning ways having suffered only their second defeat in this […]
Tommy Bowe will make his hugely anticipated return to Ulster colours when he lines out on the right wing against Cardiff in Friday evening’s RaboDirect PRO12 clash (7.05pm kick off). The Cardiff Arms Park fixture will see Ulster return to action following the tragic circumstances of last week’s postponement of the clash with Zebre in […]
The RaboDirect PRO12 champions, in line with all other professional rugby union tournaments throughout the world, will be decided by a Play-Off. The competition is one of the latest tournaments to adopt this method of choosing their champions – South Africa’s Currie Cup final was first contested in 1939, whilst the French can trace their […]
The end of the 2011/12 RaboDirect PRO12 season is fast approaching, and the first team to claim a place in the Play-Offs has been confirmed; Leinster, with an unassailable lead of 73 points, have booked themselves a home slot and number 1 seeding. Their opponents are still undecided, and with just seven points separating the […]
The pick of the round must be the game at Musgrave Park on Saturday night, when third place Munster take on fourth placed Glasgow Warriors. Both teams are level in the table on 56 points, defeat for either could leave the way open for fifth placed Ulster, just one point behind on 55, to leapfrog […]
The top of the table clash between Munster and Leinster must be the pick of this weekend’s Rabodirect PRO12 Round 19 games. Having lost their impressive unbeaten run to Ospreys last week, Leinster will want to avoid a second defeat that could cut their lead at the top of the table and potentially affect their […]