All posts tagged "Ulster"
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCoetzee’s key after Stockdale sin-bin
By DAVE MURPHY ULSTER edged an eight-try classic with a controlled second half display at Kingspan Stadium. Benetton tested the home...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoProtheroe produces the goods with debut double
By BRYN PALMER MAT PROTHEROE grabbed two tries on his Ospreys debut as the Welsh region opened their PRO14 campaign by...
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Features
/ 5 years agoGlorious party amid a sea of red and white
SIMON MASON FORMER IRELAND, ULSTER, ORRELL, RICHMOND, TREVISO & STADE FRANCAIS FLY-HALF MY LIFEIN RUGBY Getting the party started: Simon Mason...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Humble beginning but Heineken Cup dreamt big
Brendan Gallagher at how the Champions Cup, or Heineken Cup, has always drawn big crowds far beyond club rugby's norm
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Features
/ 5 years agoHumble beginning but Heineken dreamt big
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO now, in this most unusual and mind-bending season, we finally have the two finalists for the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoUlstermen outclassed by Kolbe and Co
ULSTER were swept aside by Toulouse to compound the misery of losing to Leinster in the PRO14 final. Wing Cheslin Kolbe...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoEdinburgh crash out after gifting Bordeaux 14-point start
By BRYN PALMER Scorer: Damien Hoyland EDINBURGH slumped to a fifth consecutive knockout defeat in three seasons under Richard Cockerill as...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBangor lead the way – when will RFU follow?
By JON NEWCOMBE THE long wait for community rugby to be played in the UK has finally come to an end...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoUlster call on Cooney to shoot down Top 14 giants
By SAM JACKSON Recall: John Cooney comes in for Alby Mathewson SCRUM-HALF John Cooney has been recalled to Ulster’s starting line-up...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: Johnny Sexton captains Leinster in Champions Cup showdown with Saracens
Leo Cullen and Mark McCall have named their line-up for the repeat of last year's Champions Cup final
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: Handre Pollard a doubt for Lions tour after ACL horror
James Harrington recaps the second round of Top 14 action, in which £1m man Pollard was dealt a cruel blow
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeinster show their class to outshine Ulster in PRO14 final
Leo Cullen and Leinster lift the PRO14 trophy for the third year running
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJackson column: How could the mighty Ospreys fall so far?
The Ospreys enter a new decade disheveled from the glory days of ten years ago
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: Edinburgh make eight changes for play-off bow
The PRO14 reaches the knockout stages of its 2019-20 season this weekend in Dublin and Edinburgh
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoRevealed: Champions Cup and Challenge Cup to undergo radical format change
EPCR confirm big shake-up to European format for 2020-21
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCockerill sets challenge to land a first knockout win
■ By BRYN PALMER RICHARD Cockerill has challenged his Edinburgh players to prove they can handle the pressure of knockout rugby...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoOwens’ big day brings big win for his Scarlets
■ By ROGER PANTING SCARLETS’ skipper, Ken Owens, celebrated his 250th appearance for the region with a convincing bonus point win...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBeirne must fill big boots of Snyman
■ By ADAM ELLIS Preview Munster v Connacht Today. Kick-off 3pm MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan is set to lean...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeinster maintain unbeaten record by downing Ulster in Dublin
Captain Ed Byrne crosses the line in three-try victory for runaway Conference A winners Leinster
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWilliams column: Tipuric key to getting Ospreys back on top
I’ll be at the Liberty Stadium today hoping the Ospreys can find a way to get back on the winning trail...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoExclusive: The club which tried to sway Jack Willis to play for Ireland and not England
An offer was made to the Wasps flanker this summer to lay on the chance to play for Andy Farrell's team
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoBlockbuster Munster signing RG Snyman suffers torn ACL
Luck is definitely not on Munster's side as Snyman goes down just seven minutes into debut
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: Stade Francais looking less and less likely to be ready for Top 14 season
The Paris-based club has reported COVID-19 positive players have developed lesions on their lungs
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Features
/ 5 years agoWillis says No to Ulster as he waits for Eddie
England ambitions: Jack Willis JACK WILLIS rejected a move to Ulster this summer because he wants to force his way into...
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Features
/ 5 years ago‘Tips’ is key to getting Ospreys back on top
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Fearless: Ospreys skipper Justin Tipuric PICTURE: Getty Images I’ll be at the Liberty Stadium today...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoUlster captain Iain Henderson set to miss remainder of 2019-20 season due to hip surgery
The province is set to welcome back Sam Carter and Matt Faddes into contention to ease the loss of Henderson
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Features
/ 5 years agoNick calls it a day after six clubs
Success: Nick Williams celebrates after retaining the Ranfurly Shield for North Harbour in 2007 PICTURE: Getty Images ONE of his brothers,...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoSenior contract assured, Bath academy star Gabe Hamer-Webb aims to be incomparable
Hamer-Webb has been thrust into Premiership and Champions Cup action this season at the Rec
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoIreland players agree 10 per cent wage cut for rest of 2020 with IRFU
Wage deferrals will also impact players earning over a certain wage and discussions on wage cuts reach outcome
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Jersey Reds lock/flanker Macauley Cook
Cook made 167 appearances for Cardiff Blues before leaving this summer
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoKaino joins war against corruption in Pacific
By NEALE HARVEY Hot prospect: Auckland Blues No.8 Hoskins Sotutu PICTURE: Getty Images NEWLY-ELECTED Pacific Rugby Player Welfare board member Jerome...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoUnderdogs Cranleigh are kings of the circuit
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Jumping for joy: Cranleigh clinch the Daily Mail trophy with a...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJones goes long way round to Wales job
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Pedigree: Crusaders coach Mark Jones reached the top level as a player PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 5 years agoAled still hoping to brew up business
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Athletic: Aled Brew takes a high ball for Bath PICTURE: Getty Images “I...
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoLeinster’s glory trail runs into a roadblock
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Had the season run its natural course, one team might well by now have succeeded...
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoDream debut …then tutor to a rock star
IRELAND had never beaten anyone from the southern hemisphere when the Wallabies turned up at Lansdowne Road in January 1958. A...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPRO14 eyes August 22 restart with shortened season
Two rounds of the regular season will be held before 2019-20 season knockout stages take place
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoKiss: We have to protect league rugby
By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish head coach Les Kiss says World Rugby must not sacrifice league rugby on the altar of...
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Features
/ 5 years agoQ&A – Les Kiss: Dec and I have come a long way since our days in an Airbnb
We ask the London Irish head coach about Brentford, the Championship, and the big money outlay last summer paying off
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBest spots talent while he waits for Knights to kick off
By JON NEWCOMBE NEW Doncaster signing Mark Best is hoping to give promising young sports stars a leg-up while he waits...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins find tighthead to fill void left by Kyle Sinckler
The Premiership club are set to bolster their front row across all three positions
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTrailfinders bolster backline with top flight duo
Versatile: Max Bodilly EALING Trailfinders have strengthened their squad for next season with the arrival of centre Max Bodilly from Exeter...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDavid Humphreys in power struggle, as Gloucester braced to lose two South African stars
The Gloucester director of rugby faces challenges to bring in an outside hire to succeed Johan Ackermann as head coach
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Most marquee players just aren’t worth the money
The Premiership has been a two-team preserve for too long. But Nick Cain questions Steve Lansdown's route to dethroning Saracens
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Features
/ 6 years agoHumphreys in coaching power battle
GLOUCESTER director of rugby David Humphreys is locked in a power struggle with the Cherry and White’s players and board over...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWill Addison and Jordi Murphy extend Ulster deals
Full-back/centre Will Addison joined Ulster from Sale Sharks in 2018
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoPiatau’s brother proves loyalty is possible
ANYBODY reading my ‘stuff ’ over the years will know there is no bigger supporter of the Pacific Island teams but...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIreland and Leinster wing Fergus McFadden to retire at season’s end
"They say the best time to leave a party is when you're still having fun" - McFadden












