); You can only be where your feet are - in-form Jacob Stockdale taking trophy hunt one step at a time
The Ireland star is focused on the visit of Connacht to Belfast tonight. By Adam McKendry Friday 23 Apr 2021, 9:46 AM 5 hours ago 1,524 Views 0 Comments
Jacob Stockdale: has made an impression since return from injury.
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WHEN HE LIMPED out of Ulster’s win over Munster just after the new year, Jacob Stockdale thought it would just be a short-term injury. At the very least, he’d be back for the Six Nations.
The initial prognosis was an ACL strain and a bit of bone bruising. A couple of weeks and it should all clear up and he’d be back on the pitch doing what he does best for Ireland.
Connacht steal it at the death with dramatic try in the game s last attack
Connacht beat Ulster 26-24 at Kingspan Stadium in the opening game of the Rainbow Cup. Garry Doyle By Garry Doyle Friday 23 Apr 2021, 10:18 PM 2 hours ago 16,718 Views 30 Comments
Ultan Dillane and Eoghan Masterson.
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Garry Doyle reports from Kingspan Stadium
THIS WAS A superb game, one that gave us just about everything: tries, comebacks, momentum shifts and enough drama to stop us mocking the Rainbow Cup for the time being.
Connacht did it the hard way, coming from behind in the second-half, ultimately collecting the points when Conor Fitzgerald, their replacement out-half, delivered a perfectly weighted grubber kick that bounced awkwardly in the end goal area before Peter Sulliva
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Ulster face Northampton in tonight’s Challenge Cup quarter-final. By Adam McKendry Saturday 10 Apr 2021, 6:45 AM 1 hour ago 831 Views 0 Comments
McCloskey wants first trophy of his career.
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WHILE LAST WEEK’S game against Harlequins proved something of a damp squib in terms of a contest for Ulster, this week they will be given a much sterner test on their return to England.
Six days on from their 57-21 mauling of Quins, this time the foes are Northampton Saints at Franklin’s Gardens in the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup and, based on the names on the respective team sheets, this one should provide a bigger challenge.
Pressure on Ulster to deliver against a side whose priorities lie elsewhere
Harlequins are missing a lot of talent for this evening’s last-16 clash in the Challenge Cup. By Adam McKendry Sunday 4 Apr 2021, 9:02 AM 4 hours ago 4,848 Views 14 Comments
AT THE TWICKENHAM Stoop tonight [KO 8pm, BT Sport], both teams have laid out where their priorities lie this season.
In one corner, you have Ulster, who have welcomed back all of their internationals for this Challenge Cup last-16 tie and, bar the injured Iain Henderson and Marcell Coetzee, are as full-strength as Dan McFarland could have asked them to be.
We have to go down and fire our shot, regardless of how good they are
Matty Rea and Ulster are ready for a high-stakes clash against Leinster on Friday evening. By Adam McKendry Thursday 7 Jan 2021, 8:38 AM Jan 7th 2021, 8:38 AM 7,421 Views 0 Comments
Rea, right, and Ulster have won 10 out of 10 in the Pro14 so far this season.
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Rea, right, and Ulster have won 10 out of 10 in the Pro14 so far this season.
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YOU WOULD BE forgiven for looking at Ulster’s wretched record against Leinster in Dublin and think they’re going to try and soak up pressure tomorrow night and snatch something on the counter-attack.