All posts tagged "Ulster"
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoIreland hand Gus McCarthy and Cormac Izuchukwu debuts against Fiji
Uncapped duo Gus McCarthy and Cormac Izuchukwu have been named in Ireland’s starting XV for Saturday’s Autumn Nations Series match against...
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Features
/ 6 months agoBiarritz was truly a baptism of fire
MY LIFEIN RUGBY DAVID McILWAINE THE FORMER ULSTER, BRISTOL, DONCASTER & LEEDS FULL-BACK On the run: David McIlwaine playing for Bristol...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoFinlay Bealham and Ronan Kelleher start for Ireland against New Zealand
Front-row forwards Finlay Bealham and Ronan Kelleher will start Ireland’s Autumn Nations Series opener against New Zealand in Dublin. Prop Bealham...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoAssiratti’s making the most of his second chances
By SIMON THOMAS WALES prop Keiron Assiratti has revealed how close he came to dropping out of professional rugby – just...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 months agoCaelan Doris proud to take over as Ireland captain
Leinster back row Caelan Doris will captain Ireland for the autumn internationals against New Zealand, Argentina, Fiji and Australia in Dublin...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoCardiff’s second-half fightback stuns Ulster
By Simon Thomas Cardiff ............... 21pts Tries: Stephens 49, Hughes 64, Young 68 Conversions: Sheedy 50, 65, 69 Ulster ................. 19pts...
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News Extra
/ 7 months agoMcElroy joins Sale
SALE have signed Tadgh McElroy from Ulster until the end of the season. Luke Cowan-Dickie is with England and Tommy Taylor...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoOspreys vs Edinburgh – United Rugby Championship Match Preview
By Peter Ryan The Ospreys will host Edinburgh at the iconic Brewery Field as the URC’s first block of games concludes...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 months agoAn enormous honour – Caelan Doris to captain Ireland in Autumn Internationals
Caelan Doris will captain Ireland in an Autumn Nations Series that begins against New Zealand on November 8. Back-row forward Doris...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoDragons fall to Benetton as they run out of puff
By Roger Panting Dragons ............. 21pts Tries: Westwood 27, Evans 50, Lewis-Hughes 73 Conversions: Evans 27, 50; O’Brien 74 Benetton ..............
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoJacob Stockdale at the double as Ulster put Ospreys away
By John Fallon Ulster ................36pts Tries: McCormick 5, 52, Stockdale 10, 65, Marcus Rea 32, Penalty 24 Conversions: Cooney 33, Doak...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 months agoJacques Vermeulen keen to join the fight
By Mark Stevens When push comes to shove, Exeter Chiefs forward Jacques Vermeulen is not one to shy away from the...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoIreland likely to be without Kelleher
NEWS EXTRA IRELAND hooker Ronan Kelleher is expected to be sidelined for the autumn series opener against New Zealand in Dublin...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoMurphy has the last word over his son
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ................32pts Tries: Andrew 2, Postlethwaite 11, Cooney 28, McCann 49, Timoney 76 Conversions: Cooney 3, 29 Penalty:...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoDouble boost for the Dragons
Preview Dragons v Lions Today. 3.30pm THE Dragons are boosted by the return of Wales prop Leon Brown and back row...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoUlster blown away in Pretoria
By THOMAS DANIELS Bulls ................ 47 Ulster ............... 21 Last season’s finalists the Bulls secured backto-back wins by scoring seven tries...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoIreland outclass Pumas
EMERGING Ireland started their tour of South Africa with a 3624 win over the Pumas in Bloemfontein on Wednesday. Zac Ward,...
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International Rugby
/ 8 months agoDan Edwards – Wales’ next fly-half?
By Peter Ryan As a national side, Wales is still trying to find its feet after the 2023 World Cup. Many...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoLions on song to subdue Ulster
By Sam Jackson Lions ................35 Ulster................22 The Lions grabbed a bonus point win to kick off their season in front of...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoGlasgow Warriors get back in the groove
By Luke Jarmyn Glasgow ......... 42 Benetton.......... 10 Captain Kyle Steyn scored two tries as champions Glasgow bounced back from last...
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Features
/ 8 months agoWhen every story always seems to lead back to that lineout…
WHILE his native Ulster were in Johannesburg for their fixture against the Lions, one of the province’s old players was otherwise...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoGlasgow Warriors fall to Ulster’s late grab
By Rory Morrow Ulster ..............20 Glasgow..........19 Ulster struck late as substitute Dave Shanahan’s last-gasp try earned a dramatic win over the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoCallum Sheedy gives Cardiff some reasons to be cheerful
By Simon Thomas Cardiff ..............22pts Tries: Winnett 10, Stephens 18, D Thomas 24, McNally 56 Conversion: Sheedy 11 Zebre................. 17pts Tries:...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoExeter Chiefs pass test but still work to be done
By Mark Stevens Exeter .............. 31pts Tries: Vermeulen 5, Feyi-Waboso 43, Brown-Bampoe 64, Woodburn 71, Dunne 73 Conversions: Hodge 6, 44,...
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Premiership
/ 8 months agoSale Sharks Season Preview: Alex Sanderson is planning a broader approach
Sale Sharks Season Preview Coach: Alex Sanderson Captain: Ben Curry Sale Sharks failed in their bid last season to go...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoURC SQUADS
Benetton Giosué Zilocchi, Ivan Nemer, Mirco Spagnolo, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Riccardo Genovese, Simone Ferrari, Thomas Gallo, Tiziano Pasquali, Bautista Bernasconi, Marco...
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Friendlies
/ 8 months agoNayacalevu shows he’s going to be real deal
By Peter Murdock Sale Sharks ………………… 40pts Tries: Curry 2, Nayacalevu 8, 36; R du Preez 28, Quirke 60, Van Rhyn...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoNucifora shows the way forward
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Master: David Nucifora will start work with Scotland in December PICTURE: Getty Images...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 9 months agoEwers: I’m thrilled to be joining Stormers
AS the sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden hue over Cape Town’s iconic Table Mountain, Dave Ewers stepped off...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoUlster CEO Hugh McCaughey says Ireland Women are evolving
The Ireland women’s national team will be “unrecognisable” in the next three to five years says Ulster chief executive Hugh McCaughey.
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoEight reasons to be cheerful for Cardiff
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW What a start: Efan Daniel playing for Cardiff last season PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoBack injury forces Dragons hooker Roberts to retire
Highlight: Bradley Roberts scoring for Wales against France during the 2023 Six Nations PICTURES: Getty Images WALES and Dragons hooker Bradley...
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Features
/ 9 months agoThere’s little for Ulster to cheer
ULSTER can lay justifiable claim to supplying the Lions with a trio of all-time greats: Mike Gibson, Syd Millar and Willie-John...
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Features
/ 9 months agoSorry end to Bradley’s voyage
BRADLEY Roberts surfacing at the Principality Stadium three years ago renewed his family’s ancestral link to Wales thanks to his maternal...
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Features
/ 9 months agoSharks out to bring pride back to the north
PAUL REES REPORTS ON HOW UNFASHIONABLE SALE AND DOR ALEX SANDERSON ARE AIMING TO TURN THE TIDE SALE’S strong finish to...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoFijian speedster leading the way
Ben Jaycock reports on the comings and goings in England’s second tier ahead of the new season which kicks off next...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoI’m sure Cheika will raise Leicester’s game
JEREMY GUS COTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK MICHAEL Cheika is a high-quality coach, and Leicester did not have to do...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoNewcastle agree deal for Arnold
NEWCASTLE Falcons have signed centre Sammy Arnold on a two-year contract. The 28-year-old has spent the last two seasons at Brive,...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoProtesters who lit the flame under apartheid
Brendan Gallagher looks back on the 1969/70 Springbok tour to England and the huge opposition it generated SPORT’s important role in...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoBath face La Rochelle in Champions Cup opener
That winning feeling: Toulouse lifting the Champions Cup PICTURE: Alamy THE 2024/25 Investec Champions Cup gets started with a bang, as...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoTHE 1995-96 HEINEKEN EUROPEAN CUP
AND so it came to pass that the Heineken European Cup finally became reality on October 31 1995 at a small...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoTuipulotu shines in star-studded line-up
Following Glasgow’s epic victory in the final last weekend, Simon Thomas selects his team of the season from the URC It...
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Features
/ 11 months agoPenaud proves the ultimate in French flair
Peter Jackson adds up the points scored last season across all games and finds the French with much to celebrate Damian...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoBullish Irish plan to go one better
U20S WORLD CUP POOL B IRELAND By BEN JAYCOCK New Ireland head coach Willie Faloon has continued with Munster’s Evan O’Connell...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoJamison Gibson-Park and Jack Conan to miss Ireland Tests against South Africa
Scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park and back-rower Jack Conan will miss Ireland’s two-Test series against world champions South Africa, whilst head coach Andy...
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Features
/ 11 months agoQuartet help Cardiff pull off unlikely double
Peter Jackson discovers which clubs and players come out best and worst when it comes to red and yellow cards Despite...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 11 months agoLeinster get back on track and set up Pretoria trial
By JOHN FALLON Leinster............ 43pts Tries: Lowe 34, 46, Henshaw 21, Larmour 63, Van der Flier 68, Molony 76 Conversions: Byrne...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 months agoQuins cashing in on Twickenham factor
Peter Jackson looks at how attendances have changed in the last 20 years and sees good news in the capital cities...
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Features
/ 11 months agoI’ll miss the shared joy after a big win
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE NOW FORMER NORTHAMPTON SAINTS, WASPS, LONDON IRISH, ROTHERHAM, MACCLESFIELD AND STOCKPORT HOOKER TOM CRUSE Now that...
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George Skivington playing it smart at Gloucester
English Championship
English second tier gets rebrand to ‘Champ Rugby’
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Jacques Vermeulen: I must prove myself again
British and Irish Lions
Dewi Lake still dreaming of becoming a British and Irish Lion
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