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Issue 42			08 January 2007

Glasgow 8 Ulster 19
Ulster returned to winning ways with an impressive win over Glasgow in Hugenden. Ulster were put under intense pressure during the first quarter of this hard fought match by a workmanlike Glasgow who had won their six previous games. With Glasgow securing the bulk of possession Ulster were put under the cosh and when when they lost scrum half Hugo Boss after 5 minutes it looked like it was going to be another long night. However Kieran Campbell was quick to find his feet and Ulster can look back at this game with some satisfaction as to the strength of their squad. A strong break in the middle of the park by Tommy Bowe and Paddy Wallace was finished off by a rampaging Rory Best and in truth once Ulster took the lead they never looked like losing. Ulster however spent the rest of the half practicing their defense with Glasgow's Dan Parks kicking well to the corners. Ulster managed to keep out a couple of drives from lines out and defended this aspect of the game much more aggressively than they had in the past two games. Ulster were unlucky not to go further ahead after a well worked move from their own 22 was disallowed for a dubious forward pass decision. Glasgow started the second half strongly and got their reward with a Park penalty. However a two try blitz on the hour mark put Ulster well in control. The first came from an Ulster line out, the catch and drive finished off by a subdued Neil Best. Despite the TV cameras panning over the Ulster supporters revealing some of the message board regulars Ulster continued to push on and a fine move started by McKenzie and finished by Tommy via Paddy and Bart showed that the Ulster back line was a class apart. The Ulster "mob" celebrated but thankfully Setanta didn't subject us to any more crowd close-ups. The team continued to push for the forth try but seemed to snatch at their opportunities and a couple of handling errors gave the initiative to Glasgow who finished off with an injury time try. All in all a strong showing from Ulster who should be in the right frame of mind for Saturday's Heineken Cup match with Llanelli.			The FRU Man of the Match goes to Paddy Wallace. More match pictures here

INTISTA Predictions League Week 16
			Wouldn't you just love to slap him? (Not in an Ultimate Ulster Chick sort of way!) Kimble continues to set the pace with another faultless round at the weekend. Grumpy continues to chase him, but will he catch him in the league? With the final two weeks of the Heineken Cup groups comming up the League could be done and dusted by the end of January unless someone other than Kimble can take advantage of the three bonus points on offer.

Letters to the Editor HELLO PLEASE CAN U TELL ME IF BILLY FROM LARNE WHO FELL DOWN THE STAND IN TREVISO IS GOING TO TOULOUSE. HE IS A GIFT TO MANKIND AND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A LARNE MAN FROM THE EAGLE BARS WHO KNOWS HOW TO ENJOY HIMSELF. CHEERS JANE Ed - Hi Jane. Unfortunately an advanced Health and Safety inspection rulled that the steps at Stade Ernest Wallon were too steep for the drunken old fool. So unfortunately it's a no show for Billy. There will however be plenty of other old fools from Larne in attendance. Strictly Confidential – Addressee Only Dewi – How come those two Eejits from Scoop are top of the League while we – the proprietors and sponsors of this august competition – are languishing in the bottom half with all the wasters. Surely some thing can be done to fix the scores – can’t imagine Rupert Murdock letting this happen. Thanking you in anticipation Tighty Ed - Tighty, as a member of the front row union you should know it's just not good form to win your own competition. Oi, wassyourname! What's all this "How come those two Eejits from Scoop are top of the League ..." business? You been learning bad habits from wassisname ..... Smith? Don't be so derogatory in your language, if you please. There is a correct way and an incorrect way of addressing people of our standing, and we would appreciate it in future if you would be more polite and respectful! Yours patronisingly INTISTA Leaderboard T & G PS For future reference, the correct terminology should be, "How come those two Galoots* from Scoop are top of the League ..."* ED - Listen Kimble & Grumps you may think you're bigshots but as far as we're concerned you are nothing but "a couple of middle aged sad-acts who stand outside their dodgy tent claiming to represent Ulster Rugby and laughing at each others sad chants and jokes. "



		Predictions League Week 18 Weekend 12th January. Heineken Cup Agen v Gloucester Biarritz v Parma Calvisano v Sale Leicester v Cardiff Blues Leinster v Edinburgh London Irish v Toulouse Treviso v Castres Ulster v Llanelli Wasps v Perpignan Borders v Northampton Bourgoin v Munster Ospreys v Stade Francais Predictions to be in by 7:00pm Friday 12th January Glasgow Pictures Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 ENTER HERE Sign The FRU Guestbook View The FRU Guestbook

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