Name of Ravenhill will always be special

PETER JACKSON

FOR those born and bred on the northern side of the Irish border, Ravenhill will forever be synonymous with Ulster rugby.
How demoralising, therefore, to discover that, according to the official Champions Cup guide, it no longer exists.
Eight years on from flogging the naming rights to a building materials company, Ulster still play in the same Belfast suburb as they have done for nearly 100 years.
Ravenhill, the district, hasn’t been demolished, neither has the ground: only its name.
They call it the Kingspan Stadium. Its acceptance and promotion as such by a timi...

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