Ulster have been victorious in all competitions so far this season, and will no doubt want to maintain that unbeaten record as the RaboDirect PRO12 breaks for the Autumn Internationals. In Scotland third placed Glasgow Warriors face a Newport Gwent Dragons team currently residing at the wrong end of the table, and Warriors will be […]
In a game played midweek, Sullivan Upper entertained Dalriada School in a game that was postponed on Saturday 6th October. The Dalriada team travelled as a team full of confidence following their impressive start to the season. However, the Sullivan Upper team was not lacking in confidence and they had prepared well for this game. […]
As the focus turns to Europe for the next couple of weeks, victories for Ulster and Scarlets last Friday night saw them retain their positions as the top two in the RaboDirect PRO12 table, closely followed into the Play-Off Zone by two of last year’s qualifiers, Glasgow Warriors and Leinster. With just over a quarter […]
Note: following the death of Ulster’s Nevin Spence at the weekend, the fixture between Zebre and Ulster, scheduled to be played on Friday 21 September, has been postponed. As Round 4 of the RaboDirect PRO12 opens, a Welsh Region still tops the table, however it is not last season’s winners, Ospreys, but their opponents on […]
The Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ squad has been working hard throughout the summer period with coaches, Richard Hedley and John Andrews, working closely with Ulster Rugby staff including Gary Longwell and Brian McLaughlin. The players had their first run out in a four session game against the Ulster Club’s U18 squad at the Mid Ulster […]
The RaboDirect PRO12 will have more than a million good reasons to celebrate this weekend when the gates for the season break through the seven figure mark in record time. There has been a growth of 6.2% in attendances over the course of the season at the RaboDirect PRO12 games as fans have flocked to […]
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 […]