Six World Cup players will make a welcome return to the Ulster squad ahead of their RaboDirect PRO12 match against the Scarlets on Saturday (kick off 3pm). Brian McLaughlin has included Tom Court, Paddy Wallace, Andrew Trimble, Johann Muller, Ruan Pienaar and Simon Danielli in his provisional squad as Ulster prepare for the crunch encounter […]
The quarter finals of the First Trust Senior Cup were played on Saturday with Ballymena, Instonians, City of Derry and Banbridge all progressing. City of Derry puled off a surprise 34-40 away win over Ballynahinch in a high scoring encounter. There were no tries in a dour game at Stevenson Park with four David O’Hara […]
The match of the weekend involved the meeting at Pirrie Park of Methodist College and Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Rudolph Benade landed a penalty to put the home side into a 3-0 lead. Royal Belfast Academical Institution came back strongly and enjoyed the majority of territorial possession for the remainder of the first half with […]
Ulster Ravens were defeated 46-19 by Leinster, who produced a fine second half performance at Donnybrook on Friday evening… Paddy Jackson got the first points of the game 5 minutes into the game when he slotted a penalty from a Leinster offside infringement. FOR THE FULL STORY ON THE ULSTER RUGBY WEBSITE
This weekend will see the commencement of the 2011/12 All Ireland Junior Cup, with Ulster clubs Academy, Coleraine, Cooke and Portadown all hosting southern opposition in Round 1. The competition has proved popular since its inception in 2006. Four of the previous winners have gone on to win promotion to the Ulster Bank League – […]
Ulster Rugby today announced that back row forward Chris Henry has signed a two year contract extension keeping him at the club until at least June 2014. The once-capped Ireland international joined Ulster on a development contract in 2006 before signing his first professional contract with the Province in 2007/08. [youtube 4pJ778Mrt98] Henry made 29 […]
Ulster Ravens coach Gary Longwell has named his starting XV and replacements to take on Leinster in this Friday’s Inter-provincial clash at Donnybrook (kick off 6pm). Callum Black will start in the front row alongside John Burns and Adam Macklin as he begins his return to action following a neck injury suffered in a friendly. […]
Ulster Rugby has teamed up with Tughans to produce a 2012 calendar in support of The Prince’s Trust Tughans, a Belfast based firm of solicitors are taking part in The Prince’s Trust Million Makers Corporate Challenge, an enterprise based project where they are tasked with raising as much money as possible for the Trust from […]