{"id":15088,"date":"2011-08-31T21:00:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T21:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=15088"},"modified":"2011-08-31T21:52:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T21:52:59","slug":"special-feature-tickets-to-an-ulster-game-5-new-rhino-balls-up-for-grabs-rugby-stars-give-thumbs-up-to-new-ball-rhino-rugby-unveils-new-ball-for-rabodirect-pro12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/special-feature-tickets-to-an-ulster-game-5-new-rhino-balls-up-for-grabs-rugby-stars-give-thumbs-up-to-new-ball-rhino-rugby-unveils-new-ball-for-rabodirect-pro12\/","title":{"rendered":"WINNERS DRAWN CLICK HERE: Win Tickets To An Ulster Game + 5 New Rhino Balls Up For Grabs ~ Rugby Stars Give Thumbs Up to New Ball Rhino Rugby unveils new ball for RaboDirect PRO12"},"content":{"rendered":"

WINNERS<\/strong>
\nULSTER TICKETS – Bill – YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
\nBalls x 1 each Bernard Doherty, Steven Swann, Andrew Wilson, Simon Hobson & Scott Stevenson
\nRhino Rugby today announced its appointment as Official Ball Supplier to the RaboDirect PRO12 for the next 4 seasons.
\nThe ball, called the Rhino Vortex Elite, was trialled by some of the tournament\u2019s leading kickers, including Stephen Jones (Scarlets) and Chris Paterson (Edinburgh) as part of the approval process \u2013 it passed with flying colours.<\/p>\n

COMPETITION<\/h2>\n

To celebrate the launch they have kindly agreed give rugby fans in Ulster the chance to win one of 5 free balls and one lucky entrant will get two tickets to a Pro12 game at Ravenhill<\/strong><\/p>\n

To enter simply leave a comment at the bottom of this page.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Winners will be picked randomly from the entrants.<\/p>\n

Previously Rhino supplied the Official Ball of the British & Irish Lions 2009. However, the RaboDirect PRO12 deal represents an extremely significant move into the performance rugby ball market, which has to date been dominated globally by a small number of suppliers.
\nIn addition to the match balls, Rhino will continue to supply the kit for the competition\u2019s referees and touchline officials.
\nJohn Feehan, CEO of RaboDirect PRO12, said \u2018We are delighted that Rhino has entered into this agreement with the tournament to supply both match balls and officials\u2019 apparel. It is one of a small, elite group of sponsors involved in the RaboDirect PRO12 and we are looking forward to building a strong relationship\u2019.
\nBest known as the world\u2019s leading supplier of scrummaging machines, contact and training equipment, Rhino has recently made its mark in other areas such as artificial turf, teamwear and fashion under CEO Reg Clark.
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\nReg Clark commented \u2018This deal is fabulous news for Rhino. As a company and as a brand we are on a roll. It\u2019s going to be great to see the leading professional sides of Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales using our top of the range ball for the next 4 seasons\u2019.
\nThe RaboDirect PRO12 begins on Friday 2nd September. All twelve teams in the competition have been training with the new ball since 1st August. Limited numbers of Rhino Vortex Elite balls will be available for public purchase exclusively via Amazon until 31st August 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WINNERS ULSTER TICKETS – Bill – YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE Balls x 1 each Bernard Doherty, Steven Swann, Andrew Wilson, Simon Hobson & Scott Stevenson Rhino Rugby today announced its appointment as Official Ball Supplier to the RaboDirect PRO12 for the next 4 seasons. The ball, called the Rhino Vortex Elite, was trialled by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6512],"tags":[5622,6190,6517,6514,5737,5770,5848,6515,6303,4693,6164,6163,6513,3959,5515,5977,6516,4054,5745,1997,6490,6157],"class_list":["post-15088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rabodirect-pro12","tag-5622","tag-an","tag-ball","tag-balls","tag-feature","tag-for","tag-game","tag-give","tag-grabs","tag-new","tag-pro12","tag-rabodirect","tag-rhino","tag-rugby","tag-special","tag-stars","tag-thumbs","tag-tickets","tag-to","tag-ulster","tag-unveils","tag-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15088"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15091,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15088\/revisions\/15091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}