The new season has arrived for the USRFR referees and our elite panel are in action in the Rabobank Pro 12. This week we are represented in two matches: Leinster vs Ospreys at Royal Dublin Society Referee: tba Assistant referees: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), Michael Black (USRFR) Television match official: Brian Macneice (Ireland) Assessor: Michael Carroll […]
2013 – 2014 RaboDirect PRO12 Launch in Belfast Andy Irvine, Chairman of the RaboDirect PRO12 today launched this year’s competition in Belfast at the Titanic Experience in the presence of Belfast City dignitaries and all 12 Clubs’ captains and coaches. This year’s (2013-2014) competition will kick on the 6th of September with Scarlets playing the […]
Bangor RFC played Benetton Treviso on Tuesday in Italy in front of 2200+ people, Treviso though they were playing a premiership side so it was their I XV professional Rabo team – Bangor Team captain and manager Ricky Armstrong comments click the link below to play and then go to about 2 hours 8 minutes […]
Unlucky Ulster came so close to glory this afternoon at a sunkissed RDS, falling just short of an excellent Leinster side to finish runners-up in the 2012/ 13 RaboDirect Pro 12. Mark Anscombe’s men played catch-up all the way through the final after conceding as early as the third minute, but thanks to pinpoint kicking […]
RaboDirect PRO12 Final Preview After twenty-two rounds and two Play-Off games, the 2012/13 RaboDirect PRO12 season wraps up on Saturday with the final at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) ground, appropriately between 1st and 2nd seeds, Ulster and Leinster. European Challenge Cup holders Leinster have made it through to their 4th straight RaboDirect PRO12 final, […]
Ulster’s superior craft, drive and organisation overcame the Scarlets tonight at Ravenhill in the RaboDirect Pro12 play-off, propelling Mark Anscombe’s side to Dublin for the winner-takes-all final in two weeks’ time. The match was won within the first 50 minutes of play, as scores from Tommy Bowe, Robbie Diack and Tom Court blew the visitors […]
Ulster Head Coach, Mark Anscombe, has made four changes and one positional switch to the team that defeated Cardiff last weekend, for Friday night’s RaboDirect PRO12 play-off against Llanelli Scarlets at Ravenhill (kick off 19.45). Ireland internationals Paddy Jackson, Tom Court, Declan Fitzpatrick and Dan Tuohy all return to the side, while Ruan Pienaar switches […]