{"id":72142,"date":"2014-09-01T09:22:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T08:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=72142"},"modified":"2014-09-01T09:25:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T08:25:20","slug":"feature-ulster-rugby-kukri-qualifying-league-2-coaching-teams-player-movements-201415-george-millar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/feature-ulster-rugby-kukri-qualifying-league-2-coaching-teams-player-movements-201415-george-millar\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURE: Ulster Rugby Kukri Qualifying League 2 Coaching Teams &#038; Player Movements 2014\/15 by George Millar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Update on Ulster Rugby Kukri Qualifying League 2 Coaching Teams &#038; Player Movements 2014\/15 by George Millar. Clubs finalised player \/ coach prep for commencement of the season 2014\/15.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academy Rugby Club<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head Coach:<\/strong> Gareth Lynn<br \/>\n<strong>Director of Rugby:<\/strong> Colin Petrie<br \/>\n<strong>1st xv Captain:<\/strong> Lee Moody<br \/>\n<strong>Players in \/ out:<\/strong> No details available on player movement in and out of the 1st xv squad<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carrickfergus rugby Club<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head Coach:<\/strong> Warren McClean<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach:<\/strong> Neil Hanna [ Forwards ]<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach:<\/strong> Jonny Cullen [ Backs]<br \/>\n<strong>1st xv Captain:<\/strong> Jonny Cullen<br \/>\n<strong>Players in\/ out:<\/strong> No details available on player movement in and out of 1st xv squad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coleraine Rugby Club<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head Coach:<\/strong> John Boyd<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach:<\/strong> David DD Andrews<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach:<\/strong> Norman Blair<br \/>\n<strong>1st xv Captain:<\/strong> Stephen Dickey<br \/>\n<strong>Vice Captain:<\/strong> Nial Irwin<br \/>\n<strong>Players in:<\/strong> Stephen Dickey, Adam Parke, Stephen Jefferson [ City of Derry}, Nial Irwin [ Rainey}, Alan Gourley [ Cooke ], Willy Hunt.<br \/>\n<strong>Out:<\/strong> Conor Simpson [ Rainey]<br \/>\nSouth African, Bokkie Carstens returning for another season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enniskillen Rugby Club<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head Coach:<\/strong> Norman Richmond<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach:<\/strong> Ashley Finlay [ Backs]<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach:<\/strong>  Jamie Johnston [Forwards]<br \/>\n<strong>Players in:<\/strong> Ashley Finlay [ Cooke], Gareth Beatty [Dual Status City of Derry], Nick Finlay [Returned from Scotland], Christopher Henry [Clogher Valley ].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grosvenor Rugby Club<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head Coach:<\/strong> Alasdair McKee<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach:<\/strong> Alain Douglas<br \/>\n<strong>1st xv Captain:<\/strong> Mark Cartmill<br \/>\n<strong>Players in:<\/strong> Sam Purdon, Jamie McMullan, Shane Johnston, Scott McClure, Adam Stinson, David Egner, Scott Martin, Jim Neill, Matty Little and Conor McCartney.<br \/>\n<strong>Players out:<\/strong> Centre Jamie Meaklin has retired and his centre partner Ben Coard is taking up a Uni place in England.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Holywood Rugby Club<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head Coach:<\/strong> Laurence Kelly<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach:<\/strong> Daniel Allen<br \/>\n<strong>1st xv Captain:<\/strong> Rory Eves.<br \/>\nIndications that Holywood have lost several key players from their promotion winning 1st xv squad.  Could be a difficult season for the North Down side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lisburn Rugby Club<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head Coach:<\/strong> Mark Crothers [ Third season incharge]<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach:<\/strong> Andrew Posselwaite<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach:<\/strong> Mark Healy<br \/>\n<strong>1st xv Captain:<\/strong> Peter Graham<br \/>\n<strong>Players in:<\/strong> Jonathan Harding [ UUC ] , Matthew Crossly [ Malone ], Reece Symmonds [ Instonians]<br \/>\n<strong>Players out:<\/strong> David Scott : [ Instonians ]<br \/>\nLisburn have the four Gilkinson brothers who play for the 1st xv. Ex Methody out half Ross Edgar is another key player in the squad that has developed over the last year boosted by players from Wallace and Friends grammar schools. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Omagh Rugby Club<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head Coach:<\/strong> Phil Marshall<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coaches:<\/strong> Mark Neill, James Kane, John Mitchell.<br \/>\n<strong>1st xv Captain:<\/strong> Mark Smyth.<br \/>\n<strong>Players in:<\/strong> Scholboys and players returning from University.<br \/>\n<strong>Players out:<\/strong> None<br \/>\n2013\/14 Captain Andrew Ferguson who received a serious leg injury is now back in full training.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Randalstown rugby Club<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head Coach:<\/strong> Gary Longwell<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach:<\/strong> Alistair Strange<br \/>\n<strong>Team Manager:<\/strong> William Allen<br \/>\n<strong>Players in:<\/strong> Scott Stevenson, Daniel Morgan [ UUC ], Paul Laverty [ Returning from Australia ], Daniel McGlade [ Returning from Uni ] along with players moving up from their successful Under 19 squad and Antrim Grammar school players.<br \/>\n<strong>Players out:<\/strong> None<\/p>\n<p><strong>UUC Rugby Club<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head Coach:<\/strong> Nathan Moore<br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Coach:<\/strong> Stevie Brown.<br \/>\n<strong>1st xv Captain:<\/strong> Adam Jamison.<br \/>\n<strong>Vice Captain:<\/strong> Adam Clarke<br \/>\n<strong>Players in:<\/strong> No information<br \/>\n<strong>Players out:<\/strong> Ryan Milligan [ Banbridge], Rob Haldane [ Ballymena], Gareth Irvine [ Bangor ].<br \/>\nAnother fascinating season coming up in Qualifying Two such is the strength and depth of the playing squads in this league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update on Ulster Rugby Kukri Qualifying League 2 Coaching Teams &#038; Player Movements 2014\/15 by George Millar. Clubs finalised player \/ coach prep for commencement of the season 2014\/15. Academy Rugby Club Head Coach: Gareth Lynn Director of Rugby: Colin Petrie 1st xv Captain: Lee Moody Players in \/ out: No details available on player [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5737,3844,5226,6751,3959,1997],"class_list":["post-72142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clubs","tag-feature","tag-kukri","tag-league","tag-qualifying","tag-rugby","tag-ulster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72142","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=72142"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72156,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72142\/revisions\/72156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}