The 40th Carrick Sevens took place at Tom Simms Memorial Park over the week-end of the 4-6 of May. Despite the lowish temperatures(but, thankfully, little rain), there were large crowds on both the Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately, the entry was down again, no doubt reflecting the continued economic pressures individuals and Clubs are […]
With a fortnight to go to the first ever all-Irish Heineken Cup final, Ulster Rugby have ‘won’ the first installment of the build-up to the biggest occasion in European club rugby following a coin toss in the ERC offices in Dublin today to decide which club will occupy the home changing room at Twickenham Stadium […]
Ulster Rugby have announced that flyhalf Ian Humphreys will leave the club at the end of this season to take up a three year contract with London Irish. Ian returned to Ulster from Leicester Tigers in 2008 after three seasons playing at Welford Road. In the four years since his return, Humphreys has made 81 […]
The preliminary Ulster squad has been named ahead of Saturday’s trip to Thomond Park to take Munster in the RaboDirect PRO12 (kick off 7.30pm). Chris Henry has been responding well to treatment but has failed to recover from an ankle sprain which also ruled him out of the Heineken Cup semi-final win over Edinburgh last […]
After Saturday’s historic Heineken Cup semi final win over Edinburgh, Ulster have turned their attentions back to the RaboDirect PRO12 and the trip to Thomond Park to take on Inter-pro rivals Munster. Head Coach Brian McLaughlin said: “The mood in the camp has been fantastic this week. We are back in training and the standard […]
Ulster Bank RugbyForce, a community initiative which provides rugby clubs with support to renovate their club and upgrade their facilities, has today selected four rugby clubs (one from each province) as winners of the ultimate rugby club support package worth €5,000 each. A total of 105 rugby clubs from across the country entered for their […]
Attack Coach Neil Doak believes the Heineken Cup Final on 19th May will give Ulster the chance to join Leinster and Munster as a European heavyweight. Ulster travel to Twickenham to take on defending champions Leinster, and Doak said: “Leinster and Munster have probably been the forerunners with regards to European rugby and Irish rugby […]
The RaboDirect PRO12 champions, in line with all other professional rugby union tournaments throughout the world, will be decided by a Play-Off. The competition is one of the latest tournaments to adopt this method of choosing their champions – South Africa’s Currie Cup final was first contested in 1939, whilst the French can trace their […]