From far and wide across Ulster, referees of all grades and ages flocked to Shaws Bridge to listen to Ireland’s head of referee development, David McHugh from Munster. CLICK HERE FOR Lots Of PICTURES In the teeming rain, David delivered a master class in positioning and movement to the active referees and onlooking referee assessors. […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 19th November 2011. Once again a few midweek games were played midweek before a full list of fixtures on Saturday 19th November. Regent House continued their recent run of good form when they hosted a very committed Bangor Grammar School team on Wednesday 16th. Regent House played into […]
Paddy Wallace will miss the trip to Welford Road after he had an operation to repair tendon damage in his thumb. The injury was picked up last weekend against Clermont Auvergne and is likely to keep the centre on the sidelines for 6-8 weeks. Nevin Spence is promoted to the starting XV in his place […]
The training session included a select list of players joined by Cookstown RFC I XV who relished the opportunity to play against some of the best players around. To view the pictures on the night CLICK HERE (pictures and interview compiled by Daron Patterson Photography) & the coaches interview is below: bring on the training […]
Leading Belfast law firm, Millar McCall Wylie have extended their sponsorship of the Ulster Branch Junior Cup competition for a further two seasons (2011-12 and 2012-13) Partner Conor Wylie made the draw for the semi-final of this season’s competition along with Laurence Caldwell, President of the IRFU Ulster Branch at Ravenhill on Tuesday evening The […]
Ulster have no fresh injury worries ahead of their Heineken Cup Pool 4 match at Welford Road on Saturday. They started their campaign with an impressive 16-11 win over Clermont Auvergne at the weekend but there are no casualties from the bruising encounter. John Afoa is unavailable this week after he returned to act as […]
“Ulsters steadying victory over Connacht last week provided the springboard for a much more rugged and stylish performance against a star studded high specification Clermont team. Indeed the quality of play enriched by our internationals playing well backed by solid forward and backline aggression and competitiveness left me convinced of the potential of this ulster […]