The Ireland Under-20 Team (Sponsored by PwC) to play England in the opening game of the IRB Junior World Championship in Italy has been named. Coach, Mike Ruddock has named 11 changes to the opening side that faced England in their last outing in the Six Nations Tournament earlier in the year. Craig Gilroy has […]
Ulster Rugby today confirmed its pre-season friendly schedule for 2011-12. Ulster will take on French Top 14 side Bayonne on Wednesday 10th August as part of a five day pre-season training camp in the south of France. The match will be played at Bayonne’s Parc des Sports Jean Dauger with an 8pm kickoff. Bayonne, who […]
Competition is hotting up at Tag Ulster. Great teams from previous years are not dissapointing with new faces and sometimes with new team members + teams finding their feet and making a big impact. The standard has improved again & the numbers have jumped again this year – ITS SOLD OUT! The beginners league is […]
Ulster have been grouped with Leicester, Clermont-Auvergne and Aironi in Pool 4 of the 2011-12 Heineken Cup. ‘There is no doubt that this is a particularly difficult group, but there are no easy pools any more. If you look throughout the competition, there are many teams that could reach the quarter finals.” said Ulster’s Director […]
Only we knew this was Ards Ladies first ever game of contact rugby we would have insisted that they had played rugby before. Rucking, lineout, scrum, pack and back line all functioned as you would expect. In fact they actually scored at least 1 try and put together some excellent phases of play. SCROLLD OWN […]
What a game: The Portadown Pumas took on the Ballynahinch Rabbitohs in the hotly contested Plate final at Belfast Harlequins on Saturday the 5th June. VIDS FROM BOTH SIDES ARE BELOW & Interviews with Wayne Kelly & John Purdy You will see from the video clips later the intensity of this game was immense. From […]
The 1st 2 finals of the day were of a high standard but this game raised the bar farther: end to end rugby, focused and skillful with expert tackling, defending and finishing. VIDEOS FROM BOTH SIDES ARE BELOW Strategy plays a big part in rugby league, and experience will produce the understanding of the tempo […]
Following on from a very successful season at CS NI in which the club halted the downward spiral and renewed the club ethos finishing the season with a number of high profile wins in mid table position for the extended squad competing in 2 leagues the club has made several new and highly popular club […]