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[youtube voc_5Xboki4] Qualifying League One Ballyclare (5( v Instonians (1) Peter Kirk the 1st xv manager at Ballyclare is confident his side are showing real signs of returning to form as they battled to salvage a losing bonus point in their home defeat to Donaghadee. He believes all these points could prove crucial in the […]

Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Quarter-Final Previews Saturday 21st February 2015. By Barney McGonigle

Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Quarter-Final Previews Saturday 21st February 2015. There are four Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Quarter-Final games scheduled to be played on Saturday 21st February. Royal Belfast Academical Institution will host the Royal School, Armagh team in a Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Quarter-Final encounter on Saturday 21st February. The Belfast Inst […]

Being in the Zone – Sport’s Holy Grail, the zone of optimal functioning! alertness or awakeness and exists on a continuum between deep sleep and panic/red mist territory

We see this all the time in rugby locally, it must be instinctual the guys do this so much! “Sportspeople often talk about being ‘in the zone’, but I’m sure many are unaware of what this actually means. The zone in question to give it it’s full title is the ‘zone of optimal functioning’ or […]

Iain Henderson returns for Ulster to face Edinburgh Ulster TEAM NAMED HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Iain Henderson returns to face Edinburgh Ireland international, Iain Henderson, will start for Ulster against Edinburgh at Murrayfield tomorrow night (kick off 19:35). Henderson, who signed a new three-year contract with Ulster Rugby yesterday, starts in the second row and is one of two changes to the side that beat Treviso 43-3 at Kingspan Stadium […]