Round 6 of the RaboDirect PRO12 kicks off on Friday night with games in Scotland, Wales and Ulster. In Scotland, Glasgow Warriors, who so far have had a great start to their season winning two away games, now have to defend their home turf against Newport Gwent Dragons who have recorded one win and one […]
Ulster have named their provisional training squad ahead of their RaboDirect PRO12 match against Treviso at Ravenhill this Friday (kick off 7.05pm). Backline players Ian Humphreys, Jared Payne and Darren Cave are all named in the squad having missed the disappointing defeat to the Dragons at the weekend. Callum Black is still ruled out with […]
Ulster U18 bounced back from last week’s loss away to Munster to defeat Connacht 10-3 at Ravenhill on Saturday afternoon… Connacht only field one team at U18 level which is a combination of their schools and youth players. By the time they arrived in Ravenhill on Saturday they had already played Ulster Schools, Munster Schools, […]
“We came to play the Dragons tonight with a young side and what they’ve learned this evening is that they need to be accurate and not gift the opposition field position. We’re missing 14 key players through World Cup or injury but this evening has been a very valuable experience for our younger players.” “The […]
The quarter final draw for the First Trust Bank Senior Cup took place today at Ravenhill. The draw has thrown up some interesting encounters with reigning champions Dungannon hosting fellow All-Ireland Division 1A side Ballyemena. Division 2A teams Queens and Instonians will play each other for a place in the next round while Division 2B […]
Ulster have made three personnel and one positional change to the starting XV for Friday’s RaboDirect PRO12 game against Dragons at Rodney Parade (kick off 7.05pm). *CORRECTION* Ulster XV to face Dragons For Immediate release: Thursday 29th September 2011 Issued on behalf of Ulster Rugby Ulster (15-9): A D’Arcy; C Gilroy, N Spence, L Marshall, […]
Brian McLaughlin has named a preliminary 32 man squad for this Friday’s RaboDirect PRO12 fixture against the Dragons at Rodney Parade (kick off 7.05pm). Darren Cave (hamstring) and Ian Humphreys (shoulder) have responded well to treatment and are fit enough to be named in the extended squad. Jared Payne was forced off with a dead […]