Dan Tuohy to captain Ulster against Munster Dan Tuohy will captain Ulster tomorrow night in the Province’s final regular season game, against Munster, at Thomond Park (kick off 18:30). The Ireland international second-row has captained Ulster for brief periods in matches before, but this interprovincial clash will be the first time that he has lead […]
Nominees unveiled for 2014 IRB Sevens Player of the Year 7 May 2014 The 2013 Award winner Tim Mikkelson is shortlisted for the accolade for a second year running A shortlist of four nominees – one Englishman, one Fijian, one New Zealander and one South African – has been unveiled for the 2014 IRB […]
Tom Court Disciplinary Hearing Tom Court, the Ulster prop forward, appeared today before an independent PRO12 Disciplinary Committee in Neath, South Wales, having been dismissed with a red card in the RaboDirect PRO12 match between Ulster and Leinster at Ravenhill on Friday 2 May 2014. The Disciplinary Committee, chaired by Simon Thomas, alongside Terry Vaux […]
David Humphreys to leave Ulster Rugby David Humphreys has today confirmed that he is to leave Ulster Rugby to become Director of Rugby for English Premiership side Gloucester. The move ends a 22-year association between Humphreys and the Province. He made 162 appearances for Ulster as a player and won the European Cup, the Celtic […]
First Published April 2014 Ian Humphreys will return to Ulster Rugby in the summer having signed a two-year contract with the province. The 32 year-old left Ravenhill in the summer of 2012 and moved to London Irish where he has made 38 appearances, scoring 212 points. Humphreys played for Ulster at Under 21 level as […]
First published 2012 Allen Clarke, High Performance Manager with The Irish Rugby Football Union, is to leave the position to take up a similar role as Elite Performance Development Manager with Ulster Rugby. The timing of the move will coincide with the IRFU appointing a suitable replacement. The IRFU will advertise immediately in Irish and […]
The quality of this side was literally outstanding. The professionalism of their approach, the work that went in by Mark Henderson to get the sponsorship and bring the players together was superb. Always friendly, always staying positive these sides have been personified by great rugby and great rugby ideals. An honour to have interviewed John […]
With one round to go of the 2013-2014 RaboDirect PRO12 regular season, like for like crowd attendances are already up on the 2012-13 campaign. And with plenty still to play for in the forthcoming final weekend, the figure is set to increase. The final identity of the top two teams is still to be confirmed […]
DISCIPLINARY UPDATE – TOM COURT HEARING The disciplinary hearing for Tom Court, the Ulster prop forward dismissed with a red card during last Friday’s RaboDirect PRO12 match against Leinster, will be held in South Wales tomorrow (Thursday) at 12 noon before an independent PRO12 disciplinary committee of three, chaired by Simon Thomas (Wales).