The STOVE YARD – keeping Ards RFC warm!!! Not only have The Stove Yard installed a superb wood burning stove in the club house to keep us all warm…..they have also provided a set of run out tops to keep our players warm prior to the game!!! Richard POULTER (back row 6th from right) from […]
One of Northern Ireland’s most successful sporting and business partnerships are developing their relationship. Kingspan Environmental has signed a new 3 year sponsorship deal with Ulster Rugby. As an official sponsor of the team, Kingspan branding will appear on the players’ kit, both shorts and socks and will have an enhanced brand presence around the […]
For the second year running Power NI is supporting grass roots rugby across Northern Ireland, by giving away free Samurai playing kits worth £1,000 each to ten more local clubs. Since the launch of the Power NI ‘win a kit competition’, twenty teams from twenty different clubs all across Ulster have received brand new Power […]
Ricky Andrew will make his first start for Ulster after being named at fullback for the RaboDirect PRO12 encounter with Edinburgh on Friday night at Ravenhill (kick off 7.05pm). Andrew is one of nine personnel changes to the starting team which won away to Dragons last weekend, with seven of those in the pack. Head […]
Come along to watch Ulster v Edinburgh this Friday evening in fancy dress and show Sparky your Halloween costume! Sparky and friends will be in and around the food village on Friday evening between 6pm & 6.40pm where they will be watching out for the best fancy-dressed boys and girls aged 8 to 16 to […]
As part of our community outreach to schools Brain Hughes, Instonian Community Rugby Officer, organised a coaching session at Shaw’s Bridge on Friday 26 October. Nearly 30 year 8 pupils from Knockbreda High attended the session and had a great time. Brian was assisted by senior squad players Jonny Potts and Nick McMurray; head coach […]
Ireland Captain Brian O’Driscoll has been ruled out of the Guinness Series. O’Driscoll picked up an ankle injury in the game against the Cardiff Blues and following further scans and specialist review by the Ireland medical team, it has been decided that the injury will require surgery to repair ligament damage, ruling out O’Driscoll from […]