Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 84 Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 19 Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster) 18 Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 62 Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 9 Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster) 12 Jared Payne (Ulster) 7 Ireland Coaching Team name Rugby World Cup Squad The Ireland national coaching team have named their 31 player squad for the Rugby World Cup 2015 […]
45 Players named in Ireland Training Squad The Ireland National Coaching Team have named a 45 man Training Squad. The squad will commence preparations at the end of June and will play in a four Test match Guinness Summer Series across August and September. Paul O’Connell has been named captain of the squad Ireland Head […]
Darren Cave to captain Ulster for the first time Darren Cave will captain Ulster for the first time when the province take on Newport Gwent Dragons in the Guinness PRO12 at Rodney Parade on Sunday afternoon (kick off 16:00). The 27 year-old has played 154 times for Ulster and leads a team aiming to make […]
Ireland team named for second Test against Argentina Ahead of the second and final Test of the summer tour, the Ireland coaching team has made eight personnel changes and one positional switch to the side that beat the Pumas 29-17 in Resistancia last Saturday. Rob Kearney starts at fullback with both wings, Andrew Trimble and […]
Ireland Squad announced for Summer Tour of Argentina The Ireland coaching team have named a 30 player squad for the two Test tour of Argentina in June. The squad will fly to Buenos Aires on Sunday 1st June the day after the Rabodirect Pro 12 final between Leinster and Glasgow Warriors. The squad which is […]
CAVE TO START AT INSIDE CENTRE Darren Cave will start at inside-centre for Ulster in the RaboDirect PRO12 match against Ospreys at Ravenhill tomorrow night (kick off 19:35). Cave played at 12 for the Irish Wolfhounds in the victory over England Saxons at Kingsholm last week. He will be partnered in midfield by Jared Payne […]
Ireland Head Coach Joe Schmidt has backed Ulster’s Darren Cave after the centre rang the former Leinster coach to explain his words were taken out of context in an interview. The Belfast Telegraph, under the heading My face doesn’t fit with Ireland, said that Cave was “fed up with being snubbed by Ireland – and […]
Ulster centre, Darren Cave, has agreed a new two year contract with the club that will see him remain at Ravenhill until atleast the summer of 2015. A product of Ulster’s Academy system, Cave has played 89 times for his Province, scoring 20 tries since making his debut in 2007. The 25 year old, a […]
Darren Cave comments on what it means to Ulster players to hear all about the many many Ulster grassroots successes & Michael Lawton has added his name to the history books of Dungannon RFC. He scored 403 points this season across all competitions scoring 18 tries along the way. A truly phenomenal athlete Michael was […]