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The Irish Rugby Football Union Ulster Branch (also known as Ulster Rugby) is one of four branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish province of Ulster, six counties of which are in Northern Ireland and three in the Republic of Ireland. The branch is also responsible for the Ulster team, which plays in national and international competitions. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 467 Ã 599 pixelsFull resolution (779 Ã 1000 pixel, file size: 64 KB, MIME type: image/png) This image can also be found, uncropped, at [1]. This is the logo of a sports team and is intended to represent the team to which...
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Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...
Ravenhill Stadium is located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...
This article is about the city in Northern Ireland. ...
Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...
Mark McCall (born 29 November 1967 in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland) is an Irish former rugby union player. ...
The Celtic League, currently known as the Magners League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual rugby union competition involving regional sides from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. ...
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The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. ...
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When under Gaelic rule, Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the túatha. ...
This article is about the nine-county Irish province. ...
Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...
The branch was founded in 1879. The home ground for the province's team is at Ravenhill in Belfast, and has a capacity of 12,300. In 2004 the Ulster Squad re-located their training base to Newforge Country Club in South Belfast but the side retains its close links to Ravenhill, the spiritual home of Ulster rugby. The Ulster team traditionally played solely as an Irish province but in recent years, since rugby union became a professional sport in 1995, the Ulster team now plays as a professional club. Ravenhill Stadium is located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...
This article is about the city in Northern Ireland. ...
This article is about the city in Northern Ireland. ...
The Ulster squad, which has many very talented professional players enjoyed a successful 2005-2006 season, winning the Celtic League with the final game of the season on 26 May 2006. The captain for 2005-2006 was Simon Best, who also plays for Ireland along with fellow team mates Rory Best, Neil Best, Andrew Trimble and Tommy Bowe. The Celtic League, currently known as the Magners League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual rugby union competition involving regional sides from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. ...
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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In the recent Guinness Ulster Rugby awards, Andrew Trimble was awarded 'Player of the Season', Stephen Ferris won 'Young Player of the Year' and Justin Harrison won 'Personality of the Year' for the 2005-2006 season. Ulster rugby has developed and progressed drastically over the past decade. Ulster have many youth teams and also the 'Flybe Ulster Academy' which helps to develop talented young rugby players. The teams which Ulster field each season in various competitions are as follows: Ulster U18s, Ulster Schools (u18 and u19), Ulster U19s, Ulster U20s, Ulster 'A' and of course the full Ulster XV. History
Ulster narrowly defeat Edinburgh Gunners in the Celtic League at Ravenhill (May 2007) The Ulster Branch of the IRFU was founded in 1879. Since then, Ulster has arguably been the most consistently successful of the four Irish provinces (the others are Connacht, Leinster and Munster) having won the Inter-Provincial Championship a record 26 times. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã 600 pixelsFull resolution (2816 Ã 2112 pixel, file size: 3. ...
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The Celtic League, currently known as the Magners League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual rugby union competition involving regional sides from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. ...
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) is the body managing rugby football in Ireland. ...
The Irish Rugby Football Union Connacht Branch (the professional team of which which is run by Connacht Rugby) is one of four branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish province of Connacht. ...
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In the amateur Rugby Union era Ulster regularly played international touring sides from the southern hemisphere, their most impressive performance coming in the 1983/4 season when they defeated Andrew Slack's "Grand Slam" Wallabies. This, along with Cardiff's victory at Cardiff Arms Park, was the only loss of any kind for the Australians on a tour which saw them defeat Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England. For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ...
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The Wallabies are the Australian national rugby union team. ...
First international England 30 â 0 Wales (19 February 1881) Largest win Japan 0 â 98 Wales (26 November 2004) Worst defeat South Africa 96 â 13 Wales (27 June 1998) World Cup Appearances 6/6 (First in 1987) Best result Third 1987 The Wales national rugby union team (also referred to as...
First international (also the worlds first) Scotland 4 - 1 England (27 March 1871) Largest win Scotland 100 - 8 Japan (13 November 2004) Worst defeat Scotland 10 - 68 South Africa (6 December 1997) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result 4th 1991 The Scotland national rugby union team...
First international (also the worlds first) Scotland 4â1 England (27 March 1871) Largest win England 134â0 Romania (17 November 2001) Worst defeat Australia 76â0 England (6 June 1998) World Cup Appearances 6 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 2003 The England national rugby union team represents...
Professional Era In the 1998/99 season Ulster became the first Irish province to win the Heineken Cup. They beat Colomiers in the final at Lansdowne Road 21-6. Coached by Harry Williams only eight of the players in the squad were full-time rugby professionals, the others combining their rugby commitments with a career outside the game. The Heineken Cup sponsored by Heineken (known as the H Cup in France due to alcohol advertising laws) is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. ...
US Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in the second level of the French league system. ...
A DART train passes under the Lansdowne Road Rugby Football Stadium and over the level crossing as it enters the station of the same name. ...
From 2001-04 the Ulster team was coached by Alan Solomons, a former Assistant Coach of the Springboks and head coach at The Stormers and Western Province in his native South Africa. It was during this time that Ulster rugby fully embraced the professional era. Alan Solomans is a 55-year-old rugby union coach, he has previously been Director of Rugby for Ulster, and was assistant coach for South African Rugby team, Springboks. ...
First international South Africa 4 - 0 British Isles (30 July 1891) Largest win South Africa 134 - 3 Uruguay (11 June 2005) Worst defeat England 53 - 3 South Africa (23rd November, 2002) World Cup Appearances 4 (First in 1995) Best result Champions, 1995 and 2007 Springboks redirects here. ...
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Western Province is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. ...
Alan Solomons coached Ulster to a three year unbeaten home record in the Heineken Cup and in the 2003/04 season Ulster finished second in the Celtic League, only overtaken by Llanelli on the final day of the campaign. Two of Ulster's most impressive achievements in this period were a 33-0 win over English giants Leicester Tigers in the Heineken Cup in January 2004, and winning the inaugural Celtic Cup on the 20th December 2003, beating Edinburgh in a rain-soaked Murrayfield final. The Celtic League, currently known as the Magners League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual rugby union competition involving regional sides from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. ...
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The Edinburgh Gunners are one of three professional rugby union teams in Scotland, the Border Reivers and Glasgow Warriors being the other two. ...
Murrayfield Stadium is a sports stadium in the capital of , Edinburgh, and is the home of Scottish Rugby Union. ...
In July 2004, Solomons departed for Northampton Saints and Mark McCall, a former captain of the province and a member of Ulster’s European Cup-winning squad took over as Ulster Rugby head coach with European Cup teammate Allen Clarke as his assistant. The two extended to four years Ulster's unbeaten home record in Europe during the 2004/05 season. Official website www. ...
In the 2005-6 season Ulster led the league for most of the season thanks to dominant forward play largely inspired by Australian import Justin Harrison and kiwi born Irish scrum-half Isaac Boss and a rapid maturing of a youthful home-grown three-quarter line. However, inconsistent late form from Ulster combined with a late run from Leinster meant that either of those sides could take the title in the final game of the season. With four minutes to go in Ulster's match against the Ospreys, Leinster's match in Edinburgh finished in a decisive bonus-point victory for the visitors. With Ulster two points behind and the Ospreys dominating territorially, it looked like the cup would go to Dublin. Humphreys, however, kicked a last minute 40 metre drop goal to clinch the game and the league for Ulster. Justin Harrison is an Australian rugby union player who plays for Ulster Rugby in Ireland as a lock forward; he also has a contract with the Australian Rugby Union (ARU). ...
Isaac Boss (born 9 April 1980 in Tokoroa) is a New Zealand-born Irish rugby union footballer. ...
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The Edinburgh Gunners are one of three professional rugby union teams in Scotland, the Border Reivers and Glasgow Warriors being the other two. ...
Provincial honours - 26 Irish Inter-Provincial Championship
Ulster have won the Inter-provincial Championship the most of all four provinces, 26 times in all. The Heineken Cup sponsored by Heineken (known as the H Cup in France due to alcohol advertising laws) is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. ...
The Celtic League, currently known as the Magners League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual rugby union competition involving regional sides from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. ...
The Celtic League, currently known as the Magners League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual rugby union competition involving regional sides from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. ...
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Mark Bartholomeusz (born 30 June 1977) is an Australian rugby union footballer. ...
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Neil Best (born 3 April 1979 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a rugby union footballer, He plays for Ulster and Ireland. ...
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Rory Best (born 15 August 1982) is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Simon Best (born 11 February 1978) is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Isaac Boss (born 9 April 1980 in Tokoroa) is a New Zealand-born Irish rugby union footballer. ...
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Tommy Bowe (born 22 February 1984) is an Irish rugby union footballer from Monaghan, Ireland. ...
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Nigel Brady (born 9 October 1979) is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Ryan Caldwell (born 1 September 1984) is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Kieran Campbell (born 6 July 1979) is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Tom Court (born 6 November 1980) is an rugby union footballer. ...
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Bryn Cunningham (born 30 March 1978) is an Irish rugby union footballer. ...
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Kieron Dawson (born 29 January 1975 in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a Irish rugby union footballer who is flanker for Ulster and Ireland. ...
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Rob Dewey is a Scottish rugby union player who was born on the 16th of October 1983 and currently plays for Edinburgh Rugby. ...
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Stephen Ferris (born 2 September 1985) is a rugby player for (Ulster). ...
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Declan Fitzpatrick (born 12 July 1983) is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Justin Fitzpatrick (born 21 November 1973) is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Justin Harrison is an Australian rugby union player who plays for Ulster Rugby in Ireland as a lock forward; he also has a contract with the Australian Rugby Union (ARU). ...
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Chris Henry (born 17 October 1984) in Belfast, is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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David Humphreys MBE (born 10 September 1971 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish rugby union footballer who plays fly-half. ...
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Mark Kettyle is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Adam Larkin (born 14 February 1974) is an Australian rugby union footballer. ...
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Seamus Mallon, MP Seamus Mallon (born on 17 August 1936) is a Northern Irish politician and former Deputy Leader of the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party. ...
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Matt McCullough (born 9 September 1981) is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Neil McMillan (born 15 May 1981) is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Paul Steinmetz (born 26 January 1977) is an New Zealand rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Andrew Trimble (born 20 October 1984) is an Irish rugby union footballer from Coleraine, County Derry in Northern Ireland. ...
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Paddy Wallace (born 27 August 1979) is an Irish rugby union footballer from Belfast where he attended Campbell College. ...
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Roger Wilson (born 21 September 1981) is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Bryan Young (born 6 November 1981) is an Irish rugby union footballer, Ireland. ...
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Edinburgh Rugby are one of three professional rugby union teams in Scotland, The Borders and Glasgow Rugby being the other two. ...
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Bristol Rugby are the first class rugby club in Bristol, England. ...
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Exeter Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in Exeter, England. ...
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Exeter Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in Exeter, England. ...
Notable former players Note : Philip Matthews captained the Lions in their victory against France in Paris. The game was part of the celebrations of the bi-centennial of the French Revolution. The match was not however treated as a "formal" Lions international. Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland_rugby. ...
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Cameron Michael Henderson (Mike) Gibson (born 3 December 1942 in Belfast) is a former Irish rugby union footballer. ...
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John Wilson Kyle (born 10 February 1926 in Belfast) is a former Irish rugby union footballer. ...
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Willie John McBride, MBE is an Irish rugby player. ...
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Dr. Syd Millar, CBE (born 23 May 1934 in Ballymena) is the chairman of the International Rugby Board. ...
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Trevor Ringland (born November 13, 1959 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a solicitor and former Rugby Union winger. ...
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See also The Celtic League, currently known as the Magners League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual rugby union competition involving regional sides from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. ...
The Heineken Cup sponsored by Heineken (known as the H Cup in France due to alcohol advertising laws) is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. ...
The European Challenge Cup in rugby union, known as the Parker Pen Shield from 2001 to 2003 and Parker Pen Challenge Cup from 2003 to 2005, is the sister competition to the Heineken Cup. ...
External links - Official site
- Supporters site
- Supporters forum
- Ulster on itsrugby.co.uk
- Google Maps Satellite View of Ravenhill Stadium
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