Ulster Rugby fairly felt the presence of their World Cup players unlocking the potential to produce a solid performance for the Ravenhill fans and the entire province. Below is a selection of local media links to video highlights and reports. Also many thanks to Rob Irwin (Ulster 99 squad) for acting as the InTouch Rugby […]
John Afoa will go straight into the starting line up for Ulster’s RaboDirect PRO12 game against Connacht on Saturday. The New Zealand World Cup winner arrived in Belfast on Wednesday and will make his debut at tight head prop in place of Declan Fitzpatrick. The 28 year old, signed from the Auckland Blues in March, […]
New Zealand World Cup winner John Afoa will arrive in Belfast this week (Wednesday). Ulster Rugby announced last March that Afoa would be joining the club on a two and a half year contract following the conclusion of the Rugby World Cup and will be included in the Ulster match day squad for this Saturday’s […]
Ulster Rugby have this evening confirmed that Stefan Terblanche will join the club on a 3 month contract. Ulster have been given dispensation to recruit a foreign player on a short-term basis to provide cover for Jared Payne who ruptured his achilles in the PRO12 match against Treviso on 7th October and who faces a […]
In rugby clubs across Ulster guys have had their last shave under the nose and are going to grow totally MovemberFashionable Moustache hair! A few teams we know of already doing it are Dungannon, Ards, Carrickfergus, Donaghadee & Banbridge and all the details/limks of what Movember is and how to get involved are below, A […]
There was one midweek game played when Banbridge Academy hosted Loretto College from Edinburgh. The visitors started the game strongly, running in a try after just minutes on the clock. The try was converted to give the Edinburgh School an early 7-0 lead. The Banbridge team responded positively to this setback and threatened the Loretto […]
McLaughlin was reasonably happy with his team’s performance in the first half: “We started well and scored a penalty and maybe could have scored a try in the early periods, but the Scarlets put us under a bit of pressure before half time. We thought we defended exceptionally well, we counter-rucked brilliantly twice during that […]
The draw for the second round of the Ulster Bank All-Ireland Junior Cup was made at the IRFU Domestic Game Committee meeting today. The draw was made by Scott Walker, IRFU Domestic Game Manager, and Ian McIlrath, All Ireland League Commitee Chairman. Cup holders Crosshaven were knocked out in the first round leaving former winners […]
Head Coach Brian McLaughlin has made a total of seven personnel changes and two positional switches for the RaboDirect PRO12 clash. Johann Muller returns to captain the side from the second row, where he is resumes his partnership with Dan Tuohy. Ireland prop Tom Court will join Andi Kyriacou and Declan Fitzpatrick in the front […]