Attack Coach Neil Doak believes the Heineken Cup Final on 19th May will give Ulster the chance to join Leinster and Munster as a European heavyweight. Ulster travel to Twickenham to take on defending champions Leinster, and Doak said: “Leinster and Munster have probably been the forerunners with regards to European rugby and Irish rugby […]
The RaboDirect PRO12 champions, in line with all other professional rugby union tournaments throughout the world, will be decided by a Play-Off. The competition is one of the latest tournaments to adopt this method of choosing their champions – South Africa’s Currie Cup final was first contested in 1939, whilst the French can trace their […]
For all the latest on the EELS CLICK HERE the team has been training now for the past 6 weeks working on key rugby skills and squad conditioning with input from Antrim based “Six mile fitness” Players Michael Hogan, Peter Mcwhirter, Benji Cathcart, Scot Mclean and Matthew Hadden have been involved with both the Ulster […]
BALLYMENA Rugby Football Club raised €12,500 for the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) Charitable Trust following an Ulster Lions Legends Gala Dinner in Belfast City Hall earlier this year. The dinner in February saw many of Ulster and Irish rugby’s greatest ever players gathered together at Belfast City Hall to celebrate the proud heritage of […]