Ulster served up another poor league performance last night at Parc-y-Scarlets where the sum of the whole was so much less than the sum of the individual players.

It was a poor performance in team work, made all the worse by the fact that they were outplayed, with embarrassing ease, by a second string Scarlets side, quite possibly the worst Welsh side in the Magners League.

Ulster’s form in the league, were they have won only one out of the last six, is all the more worrying in that during that sequence they managed to win three out of four Heineken Cup games, the only loss being the farcical re-arranged fixture against Stade Francais in Brussels, no Paris!   More ... (635 words, 1 image)

Ulster Head Coach Brian McLaughlin has named his starting XV, plus replacements, for Ulster’s Magners League fixture, against Scarlets, at Parc y Scarlets, this Friday 5th March, kick off 7.05pm.

After a home draw with Dragons in their last Magners League outing, Ulster head to Parc y Scarlets sitting in 6th place on the league table, with Scarlets 8 points behind in 9th position.

Commenting on the fixture, Ulster Coach Brian McLaughlin said:

“It is going to be an exceptionally tough game, the Scarlets at their home ground, in the Magners League. It doesn’t matter who you play at this stage, all these games are tough to win.   More ... (434 words, 1 image)

I’ve been caught on the hop this week as I’ve just noticed that the final round of the British and Irish Cup Pool fixtures have been split over two weekends.

This means that Ulster Ravens will go into their final fixture on March 12th knowing exactly what they will have to do to progress to the knock out stages.

Given the tight nature of the group I must say that this is a bit of a disappointing end to what has been a useful competition, with the Ravens having a bit of an unfair advantage over group rivals London Welsh.

Let’s hope the organisers look into this should they decide to continue with this competition next season.   More ... (259 words, 1 image)

In case you’ve tuned in on the basis that this is about music and Jim Kerr, I am sorry to disabuse you of the notion, I think I read somewhere he’s an inveterate footie supporter.

If he had played a bit of rugby in his youth he may well have been like myself and went down to the training field in the off season and played a simple game. With a minimum of 2 on each side and anything up to 4 a-side, the game involved punting the ball out of hand down the pitch. The idea was to gain territory from the 22 and eventually win by crossing the halfway line.   More ... (1594 words, 1 image)

Ulster Head Coach Brian McLaughlin has named a 27 man squad ahead of Ulster’s Magners League fixture against Scarlets, to be played at Parc y Scarlets on Friday 5th March, kick off 7.05pm.

Commenting on his side’s crucial Magners League game, Coach Brian McLaughlin said,

“We have to go to the Scarlets really positive about our own ability to win away from home. There can be no doubt that we have been improving our away performances, it is something that we talked about at the beginning of the season, but we have to go to Llanelli and be accurate with everything we do.   More ... (491 words, 1 image)

Unfortunately our friends over on the UAFC have been attacked by hackers yet again. It may take a couple of days to get the site and the messageboard fully restored.

This appears to be a more agressive attack but hopefully the main site should be up and running by tonight, but the forum may have to be re-installed, upgraded and the database checked.

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