Andrew Trimble has become the latest player to commit his future to playing in Ireland with his home province Ulster by putting pen to paper on a new Ireland international contract that will see him remain playing in Ravenhill for a further two years until the end of the 2012-13 season. Andrew Trimble’s signature follows […]
The Ulster Ravens’ side for this Friday’s British & Irish Cup game against Neath (Shaws’ Bridge, 7pm) has been named, and will be captained by TJ Anderson. The Ravens got their 2010-11 campaign off to a winning start back in October, defeating Swansea 32-12 at St Helens but suffered defeat in their second pool match […]
Thursday 13th January: Today sees the launch of the new Gillette Fusion ProGlide advertising campaign in Ireland featuring international rugby legends Jonny Wilkinson and Brian O’Driscoll. For the first time ever Gillette ambassadors Wilkinson and O’Driscoll are appearing together in a national television advert, which will be first broadcast on ITV1 tonight, followed by airings […]
Some big changes here. Very little separates many of the teams, the top 3 for example are probably joint 1st. This is repeated in various positions in the list. One thing is for certain, their will be one winner of each of the competitions. Cup, shield, trophy. The next 6 weeks before the final will […]
After the long mid-winter break it was a joy to arrive at Donaldson Park last Saturday for the postponed League game between Donaghadee Seconds and CIYMS and find an amazingly large crowd of spectators welcoming the players on to the field. It shows how deprived the Donaghadee faithful had been over Christmas and New Year, […]
Ulster Coach Brian McLaughlin has named a 29 man squad ahead of the selection of his starting XV and replacements to face Biarritz later this week. Ulster, aiming to reach the quarter-final stage of the Heineken Cup competition for the first time in eleven years, take on the French side this Saturday afternoon at Ravenhill […]
With all six Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round 2 Cup matches postponed on Saturday 8th January, arrangements have been made to play one of the games on Wednesday 12th with the remaining five games rescheduled for Saturday 15th January. There are also a number of non-cup games scheduled to take place on Saturday morning. Omagh […]
The ARMAGH rugby second xv who are having an excellent season were surprisingly beaten 28-23 by a well-drilled fit Instonians’ side in their first game of 2011. The Armagh side were possibly fielding their strongest side all season, but they came up against an Instonians side which probably had a number of exiles playing at […]