Ulster have been paired with English Premiership side Saracens in the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup. The winner of the game will then have home advantage in the semi-final of the competition against either Toulon or Leicester Tigers.<\/p>\n
Despite having won five of their six Pool games, including a first-ever competitive win in France, Mark Anscombe\u2019s side missed out on a home quarter-final. The Province finished on 23 points, level with Saracens and Toulon, but having scored fewer tries, finished as 5th placed qualifier.<\/p>\n
Ulster will take on a Saracens side whose Director of Rugby, Mark McCall, lifted the European Cup for the Province with the current Director of Rugby at Ulster, David Humphreys, at Lansdowne Road in 1999.<\/p>\n
McCall also coached Ulster between 2004 and 2007 and led the Province to the Celtic League title in 2006.<\/p>\n
Reacting to the news that Ulster will play Saracens, Ulster Head Coach, Mark Anscombe, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe eight teams in the quarter-finals are all high quality sides, so there was never going to be such thing as a favourable draw. It\u2019s disappointing not to be at home \u2013 we dropped our guard by not beating Northampton at Ravenhill and that has cost us.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully we will get our injured players back for the quarter-final. It is two and a half months away, so a lot is going to happen between now and then. With the way the semi-final draw has worked out there is a massive incentive there.\u201c<\/p>\n
As host club, Saracens will nominate a venue for the match. At present, there is no confirmation as to where the game will be played.<\/p>\n
Ticket details will be released in the coming weeks, but current 2012-13 season ticket holders will have priority booking for quarter-final tickets. The number of tickets that are available to each season ticket holder will be confirmed in due course.<\/p>\n
The Ulster Rugby ticket office have advised all season ticket holders to ensure they can log into their valid season ticket account as tickets will primarily be on sale online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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