Ulster Women completed their Inter-provincial series on Saturday afternoon with a 15-12 win against Connacht at Ballymoney RFC. Ulster dominated the opening exchanges and first half tries by Laura Nichol and Sorcha Chipperfield put the home team into a 10 – 0 lead. A second half try by Poppy Cleal was enough to see Ulster […]
Table toppers. Cardiff Blues, kick-off the RaboDirect PRO12 Round 3 fixtures when they visit third placed Ulster at Ravenhill on Friday night. Both teams have a 100% winning record so far this season, the only difference between them being the 2 try bonus points Blues have collected – the only team to do so. CHECK […]
Ulster U18 XV Schools – 8 Connacht U18 XV Schools – 11 Report below and links to 100s of pictures. InTouch TV highlights to follow next ~ Enjoy! The Ulster U18 Schools side commenced their Inter-Provincial campaign when they hosted Connacht Schools at Dungannon Rugby Club Early morning rain gave way to much fairer conditions […]
Ulster Schools v Connacht Schools on Wednesday 7th September 2011 at Stevenson Park (Dungannon RFC) Kick off 2.00pm Ulster Schools Team 15. Rob Haldane (Campbell College) 14. Neil Burns (Foyle & Londonderry College) 13. John McClure (RBAI) 12. Nathan Brown (RBAI) 11. David Busby (Portadown College) 10. Justin Rea (Down HS) 9. Conor Wright (RS […]
In what is a busy week for the Ireland squad, two Irish teams will play games in the space of three days. An Ireland Select XV will take on Connacht on Thursday evening in Donnybrook Stadium followed by Ireland playing France in the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. In the Guinness Summer Series international against France, […]
The difference between the sides was clear. By their own admission, Connacht had fielded one of their strongest sides for a couple of years. This, together with the fact that they had been able to train and play together for some weeks longer than Ulster, resulted in a greater cohesion and understanding between the players […]