The RaboDirect PRO12 reached a record-breaking midway point to the regular season after the conclusion of round 11 – Luciano Orquera’s perfect 9 from 9 penalty goals in Aironi’s 27-13 win over Benetton Treviso set a new record for an individual; Murrayfield saw a record RaboDirect PRO12 home crowd for Edinburgh beating the attendance set […]
Ulster Rugby fairly felt the presence of their World Cup players unlocking the potential to produce a solid performance for the Ravenhill fans and the entire province. Below is a selection of local media links to video highlights and reports. Also many thanks to Rob Irwin (Ulster 99 squad) for acting as the InTouch Rugby […]
John Afoa will go straight into the starting line up for Ulster’s RaboDirect PRO12 game against Connacht on Saturday. The New Zealand World Cup winner arrived in Belfast on Wednesday and will make his debut at tight head prop in place of Declan Fitzpatrick. The 28 year old, signed from the Auckland Blues in March, […]
The extended squad boats a full complement of international players this week with Irish internationals Rory Best and Stephen Ferris, who were rested last week as part of the IRFU’s Player Management Programme, named along with All-Black John Afoa who will jet into Belfast on Wednesday and who is set to feature during Saturday’s match […]
Round 6 of the RaboDirect PRO12 kicks off on Friday night with games in Scotland, Wales and Ulster. In Scotland, Glasgow Warriors, who so far have had a great start to their season winning two away games, now have to defend their home turf against Newport Gwent Dragons who have recorded one win and one […]
Ulster U18 bounced back from last week’s loss away to Munster to defeat Connacht 10-3 at Ravenhill on Saturday afternoon… Connacht only field one team at U18 level which is a combination of their schools and youth players. By the time they arrived in Ravenhill on Saturday they had already played Ulster Schools, Munster Schools, […]
Round 4 of the RaboDirect PRO12 kicks off on Friday night with the champions and current leaders, Munster, travelling to the team they deposed from the top of the table, Cardiff Blues. CLICK HERE For 12 page PDF Review Of Stats For every TEAM Munster’s defensive record is such that they haven’t conceded a try […]
Ulster Women completed their Inter-provincial series on Saturday afternoon with a 15-12 win against Connacht at Ballymoney RFC. Ulster dominated the opening exchanges and first half tries by Laura Nichol and Sorcha Chipperfield put the home team into a 10 – 0 lead. A second half try by Poppy Cleal was enough to see Ulster […]
Table toppers. Cardiff Blues, kick-off the RaboDirect PRO12 Round 3 fixtures when they visit third placed Ulster at Ravenhill on Friday night. Both teams have a 100% winning record so far this season, the only difference between them being the 2 try bonus points Blues have collected – the only team to do so. CHECK […]