Ulster Rugby

Carbery Makes Munster Bench For Cardiff Trip

The Munster team has been named for Friday’s Guinness PRO14 tussle with Cardiff Blues at Cardiff Arms Park (kick-off 8pm). There are six changes to the side that defeated Edinburgh last week, while...

Ulster Welcome Back Stockdale, Reidy And Baloucoune

Ulster head coach Dan McFarland has made three personnel changes and two positional switches to the team to host the Ospreys at Kingspan Stadium on Friday (kick-off 8pm). Ireland international Jacob Stockdale...

Dowling Gets First Start As Connacht Target Third Straight Win

Bundee Aki has been released from the Ireland camp to start for Connacht in Friday’s Guinness PRO14 match away to Benetton Rugby (kick-off 6.30pm local time/5.30pm Irish time). Aki started last week’s...

Ireland Make Seven Changes For Italy

The Ireland coaching group have made seven changes to the side that started against France in round 2 of the 2021 Guinness Six Nations Championship. There are two uncapped players in the replacements....

PRE-MATCH PRESS: Toby Booth

IRFU Statement On COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery 2021 – The Path Ahead

On February 23rd the Government of Ireland announced its Path Ahead document for COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery. Further to yesterday’s statement, the IRFU welcomes its prioritisation of health...

Henderson Praises Coaches For Set Piece Improvements

Hot on the heels of captaining Ireland for the first time, there was further good news for Iain Henderson this week with the announcement that he has extended his contract with the IRFU for another two...

Ireland Squad Training At Carton House

With just three days until the 2021 Guinness Six Nations resumes, the Ireland squad applied the finishing touches to preparations for Saturday’s Round 3 showdown against Italy in Rome (Kick-off 2.15pm)...

How the revised formats for the Champions and Challenge Cup will work

The EPCR has confirmed the revised tournament formats for the 2020/21 season.    In a statement confirming the news, the organising body of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup said that the...

Gary Halpin RIP (1966-2021)

The Irish Rugby community is in mourning following news of the death of former Leinster and Ireland prop Gary Halpin, a great character who played 11 Tests between 1990 and 1995. Gary’s sudden passing...