Ulster’s Grace Davitt has been named among the replacements for Ireland Ulster captain Stacey-lea Kennedy and provincial colleague Amy Davis have been selected to start for Ireland Women in their opening 6 Nations tie against Scotland on Friday. The reigning Grand Slam champions have also included Grace Davitt on the bench for the clash at […]
Ulster Rugby has signed up local convenience store group Centra for a further year of sponsorship of its children’s Summer Camps. Centra has supported the popular Summer Camps since 2008 and since then almost 7,500 kids have taken part in camps that have been held in rugby clubs all over Northern Ireland……. for the full […]
Ulster Rugby’s stars Ruan Pienaar and Johann Muller have thrown their considerable weight behind ‘Belfast to Blanco’, a programme involving young people from the Shankill Road and Ardoyne travelling to work alongside Out of Africa Missions in South Africa. With a group of 12 youngsters set to help with mission work in the Blanco township […]
Ulster Rugby Fitness Development Coach, Joe Gallanagh, has been assisting Rainey’s youth rugby teams in the club’s recently refurbished gym. Gallanagh has been working alongside Rainey’s Strength & Conditioning Coach, Ryan Keating, to deliver functional movement sessions to the U13, U15 and U17 teams
On Friday 17th January 2014 at Portadown RFC, Ulster Rugby staff delivered a tag rugby training session involving pupils from St. Anthony’s PS, Craigavon (pictured) and Ceara Special School, Lurgan. The cold weather could not diminish the high spirits of the pupils as they enjoyed the coaching session that was followed by a game of […]
Only one game in Qualifying One this weekend with CIYMS playing Bangor at Belmont. Bangor will look to return to third place in the league with CIYMS fighting it out with Dromore and Ballymoney to secure that all important Top four placing. In Qualifying Two Ballyclare will look to stay ahead of their nearest challengers, […]
With only eight games left for the Ulster sides in Div 1A and 1B we enter week eleven of their AIL programme. The sides in Div 2A and 2B have six games left as they enter week ten. Last weekend provided wins for Belfast Harlequins, Malone, Banbridge, Queens, Rainey, Armagh and Ards with defeats for […]
All attention maybe be focused on the opening games in this weekends opening Six Nations matches with Ireland playing Scotland at the Aviva stadium on Sunday the 2nd February with a 3.00pm ko. Nearby in West Dublin on Saturday afternoon Clogher Valley will attempt to win the Ulster Bank All Ireland Junior Cup for the […]
IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset has predicted a stellar year for the Women’s Game as the Rugby family looks forward to Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 in France. With the RBS Women’s 6 Nations kicking off a busy year of international Fifteens and Sevens action and global participation at an all-time high of 1.5 million, the […]