Springboks to test Ruan Pienaar’s fitness this week but he is a big doubt for Ireland clash

South Africa’s Ruan Pienaar leaves the field during their Rugby Championship match against New Zealand’s. He has struggled to recover from that knee injury. South Africa will put Ulster scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar through his paces in training this week before making a decision on both his availability for Saturday’s test with Ireland and the remainder […]

THE IMPACT ZONE! What Makes GREAT TACKLES. What Happens When Player A Collides with Ball Carrier Player B. The science behind great tackles.

B J Botha the Ulster Prop was pictured by John Dickson in these images completing a text book big hit tackle. Its truly frightening! The fact that its text book implies that there are similar sets of circumstances that occur in tackle after tackle. Player A runs into player B and we can analyse whats […]

Ruan Pienaar’s Release Date Confirmed

Springbok Ruan Pienaar will officially become an Ulsterman on the 1st September 2010. Ruan is currently part of the South Africa squad taking part in the Tri-Nations tournament and while his Ulster contract will commence on the 1st September 2010 he will be available for the Springboks if selected in the 22 for the final […]