Brian McLaughlin has named Paul Marshall and Pedrie Wannenburg in the starting line up for Ulster’s RaboDirect PRO12 clash with the Ospreys at Ravenhill on Friday (kick off 7.05pm). Marshall is included at scrumhalf, with versatile South African Ruan Pienaar moving to outhalf and Ian Humphreys dropping to the bench. Pienaar has played in the […]
It is said in life what comes around, goes around. This can also be true in terms of life in rugby football. In a Schools’ Cup Semi-Final game played in 1992 featuring Wallace High School and Methodist College, quite a few of the players on that occasion are still involved in Rugby Football in a […]
Alistair Magowan comments on the medallion Game Sullivan Upper v Wallace High – Awesome respect to these guys who volunteer their services and recently ensured that the 4th roudn of the schools’ cup had touch judges for the first time. Below is also a list of Ulster Rugby referees officiating at major international games!!!!!!!!!!! Major […]
With schools enjoying a well-deserved mid-term break, there were not many rugby games played at 1stxv level on Saturday 18th February. The exception was the remaining Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Bowl game featuring Portadown College and Down High School which had been postponed on Saturday 11th. This game took place at Chamber’s Park, home of […]
Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin believes the 21-14 loss to Cardiff was an opportunity miss and believes his side weren’t clinical enough: “The difference between the two sides tonight is that they took their chances and we didn’t take ours. We squandered too many opportunities and we didn’t respect the rugby ball enough. We got turned […]
Brian McLaughlin has made four personnel and three positional changes for Ulster’s important RaboDirect PRO12 clash with Cardiff on Friday (kick off 7.05pm). Paddy Wallace, Tom Court and Chris Henry have been released from Ireland duty and they go straight into the starting XV along with Nigel Brady, who replaces Andi Kyriacou. Brady, Court and […]