DISCIPLINARY UPDATE – TOM COURT HEARING The disciplinary hearing for Tom Court, the Ulster prop forward dismissed with a red card during last Friday’s RaboDirect PRO12 match against Leinster, will be held in South Wales tomorrow (Thursday) at 12 noon before an independent PRO12 disciplinary committee of three, chaired by Simon Thomas (Wales).
SQUAD UPDATE ROGER WILSON Roger Wilson suffered a mild ankle injury in the bonus point win over Treviso in Italy. A decision on his participation against Zebre will be taken later in the week. LEWIS STEVENSON Lewis Stevenson will return to full training this week having recovered from the medial ligament damage that he suffered […]
SQUAD UPDATE ROB HERRING Rob Herring suffered a stinger in the win over Zebre at the weekend. He returned to limited training today and is expected to fully reintegrate later in the week. MIKE MCCOMISH Mike McComish sustained a direct blow to his hip joint on Saturday. He is expected to train fully tomorrow. PADDY […]
RORY BEST It has been confirmed that Rory Best fractured his forearm playing for Ireland in the narrow defeat to New Zealand yesterday. He will see a specialist in Belfast today. IAIN HENDERSON Iain Henderson suffered a hamstring injury in Ulster’s victory over Edinburgh on Friday. He will have an MRI scan this afternoon to […]
Ulster backrow forward, Iain Henderson, suffered an injury to his left foot playing for Ireland against Italy in the RBS 6 Nations last Saturday. Following a scan in Dublin on Sunday, he underwent an X-Ray in Belfast yesterday. There it was confirmed that he has suffered soft-tissue damage. He will continue to be monitored, but […]
Ulster’s Paddy Wallace and Pedrie Wannenburg are expected to be available for selection for this weekend’s Heineken Cup semi-final against Edinburgh which will be played at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday (28 April). Paddy Wallace was feeling unwell during the game and left the field having suffered visual disturbance due to migraine which resolved within […]
Less than 2,000 tickets from the public sale allocation for the Heineken Cup final are currently available for purchase, and with massive interest anticipated from the four clubs who are vying for a coveted place at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, 19 May, supporters are advised to secure their places as soon as possible. For more […]
Ulster Rugby and Leinster Rugby are focused for the moment on this evening’s RaboDirect PRO12 game, but the thoughts of thousands of supporters from both clubs have already turned to next weekend’s Heineken Cup semi-finals, and also beyond to ERC’s showpiece occasion at Twickenham Stadium in May. Over 40,000 tickets have already been sold for […]
Charity Cycle ride Moved by the events on Sports Relief our scrum half Neil McConkey came up with his own unique plan to raise some funds to add to the Sports Relief tally. He is planning to “Cycle in support of Ulster Rugby” during the rest of this season’s Heineken Cup campaign. On Good Friday […]