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Issue 25 |
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3 September
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| ULSTER 31 LLANELLI
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The FRU had some concerns about this game following
the lackluster performance against Rotherham last week, but Ulster
went on to demonstrate why they were champions last year.
Ulster went ahead after a strong start with Humph
dotting down a McMillan charge down and things
looked good for the first 15 minutes. The scrums had improved
immeasurably and the lineouts were as they should be. As the half
wore on the talented Llanelli side began to get a foothold with
a couple of penalties and a fine try down the right wing with
Maxy being burned for pace. Llanelli finished the stronger continually
making ground down the right but the Ulster defence soaked up
the pressure. However Ulster were fortunate to turn round only
16-11 down.
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Some harsh
words were exchanged at half time and Ulster came out firing on
all cylinders and were much more competitive around the breakdown.
A couple of penalties and a fine try by Steiner
put Ulster into an eight point lead. Things were still tense until
Bart intercepted a ball passed on under pressure
and he joyfully ran the length of the field to score under the posts.
Ulster easily closed out the game from this point.
Well done to the front row, particularly Shieldsy
for a much improved performance from last week. Roger
worked hard all night and soaked up a lot of Llanelli pressure and
took on all the dirty ball making ground all the time. Paddy
tackled like a demon and looks like he's going to be the real deal
after all but the FRU Man of the Match was Kieran
Campbell who kept Peel in check and tackled anything that
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| INTISTA Week 1. |
Trouble Brewing? |
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The Cap'n has made an equally impressive start
to this seasons campaign, getting of the mark with all five matches
correctly predicted and getting a bonus point along the way.
He is joined at the top of the table by Ghost
and new boy Loose Head Poop who will be hard
to live with at work let me tell you.
Kimble's year just keeps getting better and
better. After successfully delivering the Belfast Marathon, World
Peace and the Chairmanship of the URSC the original one also found
time to score six points.
Special mention must go to Ginger who managed
to predict every game incorrectly - a remarkable achievement and
nearly worthy of a bonus point in its own right.
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Is
there discord in the ranks of the URSC? The shocking pictures below
show URSC Chairman, and World Ambassador, Kimble
drinking Guinness while his chief sidekick and the "Real
Man in Charge" Gary has moved
with the times and can be clearly seen enjoying a refreshing pint
of Magners.
As Chairman of the URSC perhaps Kimble should show some league loyalty
instead of flaunting the sponsor of a rival league while on official
business. Maybe Gary will be arranging a "short trip"
for our Chairman in the near future!
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Letters to
the Editor.
Send your letters here.
Sir
Let it be known by one and all that the original
kimble is less than original. With only a matter
of minutes before predictions closed on Friday last (doubtless he
will claim he was busy with URSC business), all he could come up
with was blatantantantant cheating. He may be a galoot, but he's
not TOTALLY daft and who better to cog from than last season's big
cheese?
If he tries the same this week, he'll be on the run again.
Yours etc.
Love and kisses
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Sir
Re: Your Specsavers Advert
in SCOOP
It saves a lot of trouble you can put flags on the end of the white
stick and call them a Touch Judge or maybe The Goodaine
after a night in the Beer Tent!
Up yer glasses
Bogboy
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| The Sporting
Life of Boys On Tour |
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World
cup over, then holiday over, then back to work, then kids back to
school - YESSSSSS must be rugby time again. Lets not talk about
the 'friendly' except to say its a disgrace that its not included
in the season ticket. Rugby for real returned at the weekend - and
what a cracker!
Arguments about switching to Saturday night faded as the teams came
out - to a great Saturday night atmosphere at Ravenhill - despite
the fact that your man never gets the timing right for the song!!.
HELLO!! How difficult can it be to get a signal that the teams are
leaving the stand and CUE THE MUSIC - so we're singing 'Stand up
for the Ulster men' when they are running out, rather than when
they get there!!
Talking of singing our song - that was the second renditioning of
it that day. Windsor Park's version is a bit more up beat, and 100X
louder (although it does feel different singing it at Windsor!).
I have to say - rugby supporters and the Ulster Branch could do
with having a peek at how soccer does it. Fantastic sound system
(tower of speakers in each corner of the ground), balloons, stilted
drummers, big screen, MASSIVE banner in the shape of a N Ireland
shirt, coloured cards to create a 'sea |
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of green'.
Big effort by the IFA to make the atmosphere a positive one for
the players and supporters alike - and it worked - for the fans
anyway - but obviously not for the team!! N. Ireland support was
fantastic - as soon as Iceland scored - the fans got behind their
team. 10 minutes into the second half the crowd sang 'We're going
to win 4 - 3 ' !!! Fantastic!!!!! (Although even the Windsor faithful
found it hard to be positive by the end of the game!!)
And Ravenhill ??? Well of course - we won, with a comeback, some
great rugby, Sparky doing Marcel marceau, and free Magners. So the
atmosphere was great!! But in those dark cold and wet nights in
winter - the Branch are going to have to work at keeping the fans
on board. So here's the first thing they can do. Tell us
where we can hang our Boys on tour banner!!!!
Hopefully you'll get the answer at the Osprey's game!! (and we'll
get one before that - apart from that one thankyou!!). See you there!!
BoT
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| Hounds pre-season session
and first match report. |
Due
to the weather, holiday time and wives/girlfriends not letting their
other halves out for the night, the attendance for the Hounds only
pre-season training session was well below the usual high standard
of turn-out. Some members did notify "The Committee"
to say they would miss the first training session, but as for the
rest of the Ulster-based Hounds, we would suggest you take a long
hard look at yourselves in the mirror and ask yourself the question,
"Should I really be allowed to call myself a Hound?!"
The first pre-season session was held
at Hounds HQ (The Old Inn, Crawforsburn). It was good to see that
our founder member, Wolf, was home to lead the
pack through the session. Whilst the session was in place, the refreshments
flowed freely from the clubhouse, and the spirit(s) were also good.
The Hounds are also pleased to announce that they commenced their
"Hands Across the Border" relations by inviting
the President of the D4 Leinster Ladyboys, Monsieur Murphy
to the session. However, It was quite clear our Southern Brother
just couldn't keep up with the ways of the Hounds as he returned
to Ladyboy Land soon after! |
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Our first
League match started out well. Some members were very sensible and
attended a pre-match warm up at the Rosetta to hydrate themselves
before kick off. Again the pack worked hard on its strengths (eating
burgers and quaffing lager). Special mention must go to Big
Brian, who led the way with an outstanding game, Mad Dog
pushed him hard for man of the match (eating two burgers to Big
Brian's three). Numbers where up but some people have still to make
an appearance this season, most notably (as always) Alan aka Onion!
Well done to Nev the Rev for making his first appearance
of the season.
Yours
Hound & Wolf
PS All Hounds should have received
flight and accommodation details for the Hounds Trips to London
Irish and Toulouse. Initial numbers look promising but the usual
suspects are notable for their absence! |
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