While it would be easy to get too carried away, Ulster’s fourth place standing in the Magners League table after the first segment of the season, is welcome and justified. Call it the McLaughlin Revolution if you choose – and although new coach, Brian McLaughlin, is happy to stay away from the limelight where possible […]
Taking the Irish Provinces as a whole, if you consider Leinster and Munster both lost one of their opening two games in their pools, then a similar return from Ulster is not that bad. However, to lose to Edinburgh in the fashion they did in Scotland was bitterly disappointing for Ulster. Having won well against […]
Queens scored a well deserved bonus point with their victory over Navan in the AIL to keep their promotion hopes alive with a well deserved win. Queens scored six tries – three were scored in the first, in the opening 17 minutes with scores from Jonny Shiels, Ian Porter and Michael Pyper. Porter converted two to […]