We arrived at Holywood. It was a touch and go decision whether the game would be played. All parties decided to proceed. This Forster Cup game was on! Both these teams had clearly benefited from excellent coaching and all the years of experience that various players had. For example a Holywood prop played the entire […]
David Humphreys, Ulster’s Director of Rugby, reacts to Ulster’s Heineken Cup quarter-final match up against Northampton: “Northampton will certainly provide us with a big challenge in the quarter-finals of the competition. They’ve plenty of depth and they’re not the number 1 seed, for nothing. They were absolutely comprehensive in how they worked through the pool […]
Welcome to Blog 4 of coaches corner: Question – What is it? Answer – A weekly blog exploring and developing the theme of COACHING. Video Analysis, Ideas, Opinions, Facts, the melting pot is explored here. Written & compiled by: Nathan Moore: BSc (Hons) Sports Science, P.G.C.E Founder of NM Sports Performance, Video analyst and Coach […]
Qualification tastes sweet Click Here For BBC Sport Article Click Here For BBC Sport Pictures Ulster Rugby (15-9) Adam D’Arcy; Andrew Trimble, Nevin Spence, Paddy Wallace, Simon Danielli; Ian Humphreys, Ruan Pienaar (1-8) Tom Court, Nigel Brady, Declan Fitzpatrick, Johann Muller (Captain), Dan Tuohy, Stephen Ferris, Willie Faloon, Pedrie Wannenburg Replacements (16-23): Andi Kyriacou, Bryan […]
Rory Best has been ruled out of contention, having not fully recovered from a rib injury sustained last weekend, while BJ Botha who injured ligaments in his elbow is also unavailable. Best is replaced at hooker by Nigel Brady, while Declan Fitzpatrick replaces Botha. Click Here For BBC Sport THE RUCK Video The match will […]
The Ulster Ravens travel to play London Welsh at Old Deer Park this Saturday in the British & Irish Cup competition looking to bounce back from a 20—25 defeat last weekend to Neath and Belfast’s Shaws’ Bridge venue. Ulster’s youngsters led 17-3 at the half-time break but were overpowered in the second half by a […]
Andrew Newberry a Sports Therapist and member of the Society of Sports Therapists and of The British Association of Sports & Exercise Scientist reports: As we come into the meat of season players will be starting to see the fruits of the labour from the preseason and on-going fitness programs with their clubs and with […]
Links to pictures from the victory over Biarritz below. Also an interview with Rory Best prior to Aironi from UTV. Click here for video of Rory Best interviewed yesterday commenting on ribs injury – includes a UTV preview of the Aironi game Click here for pictures from Rugby Picture Click here for pictures from BBC […]
Northern Bank Medallion Shield Round 3 Matches to be played on or before Sat 29th Jan Bangor G.S. v Larne G.S. C.A.I. v Rainey Endowed School B’Mena Academy v Regent House B’Clare H.S. v Dromore H.S. St Columbs Coll/Strabane G.S./Cambridge House v Belfast H.S. Carrick G.S./Dalriada v Grosvenor G.S. R.S.D. v Down H.S. Wellington Coll […]
The Irish Rugby Union Players Association (IRUPA) in conjunction with Grafton Employment Group and University of Ulster, have today launched the ‘Ulster Rugby Mean Business’ mentoring programme which aims to support players in securing a future career when their rugby playing days are over. As part of the ‘Ulster Rugby Mean Business’ mentoring programme, University […]