1) All of this is driven by the culture and ethos of the SNR Leadership of Ulster Rugby. 2) Birds of a feather are drawn together, we are all drawn to those who share similar ideals. 3) Innovation, collaboration and education are the hallmarks of an open modern organisation/society. 4) Concentration of ideas/power into a […]
Alan Quinlan: Players perform best when there is stability rather than constant chopping: “I thought Ulster would be better than this. It was arguable going into the start of the European season that they were actually the best placed Irish team to do well. They had a few injuries but nothing like what Leinster have […]
Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 25th October 2014 There were eight midweek games played in the lead up to a good list of fixtures played on Saturday 25th October. Belfast High School recorded a 57-5 victory against a Friends’ School, Lisburn team that had shown a steady improvement in recent games. However, on this occasion […]
Fixture changes Ulster European match forces matches to be changed or cancelled due to player unavailability! This weeks Ulster v Toulon European Cup match has forced matches scheduled to be played by Ards Rugby Club teams to be either rescheduled or cancelled due to player unavailability. The matches affected are: Dungannon v Ards 2nds (a) […]
There was a genuine fear not so long ago that European rugby, despite the magnificence of the Heineken Cup and the manner in which it transformed the club game over 15 years, could well have been consigned to history. Unpalatable though that may have proved, the simple fact is that domestic rugby in France and […]
90+ Teams were in action on Saturday in the leagues with teams from all over Ulster competing across the U18, U16 & U14 age groups. This community of players are excelling across the core skills of passing of both hands, off loads, line breaks, lineout plays, scrum plays and training their bodies and minds to […]
It was a good weekend for rugby in Ireland with Leinster, Munster, Connacht & Rugby League Ireland registering wins, no game was plain sailing but the most dissapointing performance was by Ulster Rugby who with the absence of Les Kiss have now got dithering leadership which is apparent on the pitch as a lack lustre […]
There was one midweek fixture played on Wednesday 15th October when a Belfast Royal Academy “Select” xv travelled to play Larne Grammar School. The Belfast Royal Academy team came away from the game with a 26-10 victory. On Saturday 18th October the Belfast Royal Academy 1stxv team travelled to play Ballymena Academy in a game […]
After the departure of respected coach Les Kiss the current Ulster Rugby coach Neil Doak’s 1st game in charge resulted in defeat to the Leciester Tigers and Ulster are now on track to exit the Heineken Cup at the commencement of the pool stages. When Paddy Jackson missed a conversion under the posts all of […]