Ulster 2019-2020

[johng]

It turned out to be a 1 year contract. Steady the ship. Mentor the young lads.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Nick McCarthy should really have gone to Ulster instead. I still think he'll come good if he's trusted and gets a run of games but obviously that's looking unlikely at the moment.

[joooooe]

It turned out to be a 1 year contract. Steady the ship. Mentor the young lads.

Mathewson on a short term contract you say, eh?

[Dave Cahill]

Madigan to Ulster for next season confirmed

https://www.ulsterrugby.com/2020/03/ian ... xt-season/

[Fan with smartphone]

That’s brilliant news. Great signing.

[Dave Cahill]

Jordi Murphy and Will Addison have both signed new 2 year contacts with Ulster

The province have also confirmed that 21-year-old wing Angus Kernohan, 25-year-old hooker Zack McCall, and 30-year-old flanker Clive Ross are leaving the province.

[mildlyinterested]

Prop
Ross Kane(Methody)
Kyle McCall(Wallace)
Jack McGrath(Leinster)
Gareth Milasinovic(SA)
Marty Moore(Leinster)
Eric O’Sullivan(Leinster)
Tom O’Toole(Campbell)
Andrew Warwick(Ballymena)
--
Callum Reid(RBAI)

Hooker
John Andrew(Ballymena)
Rob Herring(SA)
Adam McBurney(Randalstown RFC)
--
Tom Stewart(BRA)
James McCormick(Dalradia)

Lock
Sam Carter(OZ)
Iain Henderson(BRA)
Alan O’Connor(Leinster)
David O’Connor(Leinster)
Kieran Treadwell(ENG)
--
Cormac Izuchukwu(Leinster)

Backrow
Marcell Coetzee(SA)
Greg Jones(Leinster)
Jordi Murphy(Leinster)
Marcus Rea(Ballymena)
Matty Rea(Ballymena)
Sean Reidy(NZ)
Nick Timoney(Leinster)
--
Azur Allison(Ballymena)
Reuben Crothers(Wallace)
Dave McCann(RBAI)

Scrumhalf
John Cooney(Leinster)
Alby Mathewson(NZ)
David Shanahan(Leinster)
Jonny Stewart(Wallace)
--
Nathan Doak(Wallace)
Lewis Finlay(Down HS)

Outhalf
Billy Burns(ENG)
Ian Madigan(Leinster)
Bill Johnston(Munster)
--
Bruce Houston(Ballymena)

Centre
Angus Curtis(SA)
Stuart McCloskey(Bangor)
James Hume(RBAI)
Stewart Moore(Ballymena)
Luke Marshall(Wallace)
--
Hayden Hyde(Exile)
Ben Carson(Wallace)

Back Three
Matt Faddes(NZ)
Craig Gilroy(Methody)
Michael Lowry(RBAI)
Louis Ludik(SA)
Rob Lyttle(Methody)
Jacob Stockdale(Wallace)
Robert Baloucoune(Enniskillen RFC)
Will Addison(ENG)
--
Ethan McIlroy(Methody)
Conor Rankin(Campbell)
Aaron Sexton(Bangor)

[neiliog93]

They'll be quite strong next year:

1.J.McGrath 2.Herring 3.O'Toole

4.Henderson 5.Carter

6.Timoney 8.Coetzee 7.Jor.Murphy

9.Cooney 10.Madigan/B.Burns 12.McCloskey 13.L.Marshall 14.Faddes

11.Stockdale 15.Addison

16.McBurney 17.Milasanovich 18.Moore 19.Treadwell 20.Reidy 21.Shanahan 22.B.Burns/Madigan 23.Baloucoune

[blockhead]

13 from Leinster.
25 (Twenty Five)!!! from somewhere other than Ulster. Munster are not much better. And well Connacht, they will always be a dogs dinner of a province.
Really hope the Aaron Sexton Guy makes it. He could be sensational. Maybe send him down here, for the good of the national team.

[Ruckedtobits]

So David Humphreys is to leave Gloucester.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... -1.4268840

Where next for this talented and iconic Ulster man?

[munster#1]

Edit

[Oldschoolsocks]

So David Humphreys is to leave Gloucester.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... -1.4268840

Where next for this talented and iconic Ulster man?

One of my favourite players for Ireland

[blockhead]

So David Humphreys is to leave Gloucester.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... -1.4268840

Where next for this talented and iconic Ulster man?

One of my favourite players for Ireland

Possible future CEO of the IRFU?

[Oldschoolsocks]

Dunno Blockhead, what’s his business head like?

Prob a better shout than POC as next forwards coach for YM under 13s though

[IanD]

Ian Madigan has apparently arrived in Belfast.

Someone heard "Posh Dublin" accents and Dan McFarland visited.

If true a nice boost for Ulster and speeds up integration for next season.

[limecat]

Positive covid-19 tests for a number of Ulster academy players, and one senior player in self-quarantine as a potential close contact.

[Up Wexford]

Is Ulster V Edinburgh Eir Sports 1 only this evening? No legal option for Virgin TV subscribers I think

[Laighin Break]

Two red cards for Toulouse yesterday - Tekori & Arnold - assume they'll both be suspended for the QF, good news for Ulster.
The bad news for Ulster is how close Toulouse ran Clermont, playing only 25 minutes with 15 men and half an hour with only 13.