The Women’s AIL Cup gets underway this weekend with a new look Round Robin format introduced which will see 26 teams compete across six pools….. for the full story follow this link http://www.ulsterrugby.com/domestic/news/latest/2014/01/women%E2%80%99s-ail-cup-kicks-off-this-weekend.aspx [youtube KrVC5dm5fFc]
Future Rugby stars tackle 35th Nutty Krust Tournament In the middle of an exciting season, this week gives dedicated sports fans the chance to spot the next generation of rugby stars as the fixtures for the 35th annual Nutty Krust Rugby Floodlit Tournament at Portadown RFC were announced. The tournament, which kicks off on 5th […]
BEST AND MULLER BACK Rory Best and Johann Muller have recovered from injury and have been named in the Ulster starting XV to face Montpellier at Ravenhill tomorrow night (kick off 20:00). Best suffered a broken arm playing for Ireland in the narrow defeat to the All Blacks seven weeks ago. He has returned to […]
The Danske Bank Schools’ Cup kicks off this Saturday with seven first round games scheduled across the Province. Last season, Ross Kane became the 36th Methodist College captain to lead his team to success in the world’s second-oldest rugby competition. DANSKE BANK SCHOOLS’ CUP: ROUND 1 FIXTURES (all games kick off at 11am unless otherwise […]
Nutty Krust 1st Round Draw LIVE STREAM Portadown Rugby Club, in conjunction with Irwin’s Bakery and the Nutty Krust brand, is launching the 2014 Nutty Krust U19 Tournament on Wednesday 8th January in Portadown Rugby Club. Ulster Branch President, John Robinson, will be in attendance to make the draw for the first series of games. […]
Heineken Cup bigger and better 18 years on Some things don’t change in the Heineken Cup. On this day 18 years ago (7 January 1996), Guy Noves was preparing his Toulouse team to take on Cardiff in the inaugural Heineken Cup final. And this weekend, the evergreen Noves has another big game on his mind […]
TONY WARD – 07 JANUARY 2014 They didn’t turn up in Dublin so we knew there’d be a Belfast reaction but, even by Ravenhill ‘Stand up’ standards, what transpired on Friday night was old-time inter-provincial rugby at its scintillating best. ALSO IN THIS SECTION Rory Best in line to start against Montpellier after making miraculous […]
With a horror weather forecast warning, 19 players and the alikadoos made their way to Dungannon for the captain’s fixture, A handful of cry-offs in the morning, most notably Ricky McIlmoyle “it’s too wet, my spray tan might run, meant that most of the guys had to play the whole match. As it turned out, […]