Ulster Rugby v Racing 92

hopes alive when the team travels to Leicester next week. -bm ;m7;uvomĽv -0v;m1; -[;u v†u];u‹ bv - huge disappointment and the increasingly bmY†;mঞ-Ѵ Ѵ-m Ľ ommou -m7 b;u-m $u;-7‰;ѴѴ will need to be at their very best against a bruising Racing pack. $_; ˆbvb|ouv 1-m v†rrѴ;l;m| |_;bu m-ঞˆ; u;m1_ vt†-7 ‰b|_ -m bm|;um-ঞom-Ѵ 1-v| bm -ѴѴ departments of the pitch, but wingers Simon Zebo and Joe Rokocoko and out-half Finn Russell are expensively-recruited backs, and Donnacha Ryan is an Irish powerhouse in the scrum. !-1bm] ƖƑ bv |_; lov| u;1;m| bm1-um-ঞom o= om; o= u-m1;Ľv lov| 7bvঞm]†bv_;7 1Ѵ†0vķ om; ‰b|_ - u;r†|-ঞom =ou b|v ;Š1Ѵ†vbˆb|‹ -m7 =ou b|v eccentricity on the pitch. In the late 1980s that marvellous out-half Franck Mesnel played in a |_;-|ub1-Ѵ 0;u;|ķ -m7 |_; rѴ-‹;uv ‰ou; 0o‰ ঞ;v -m7 t†-@;7 _-Ѵ=Ŋঞl; 1_-lr-]m; bm u;m1_ Championship Cup Finals! But Racing and the advent of professional rugby were not immediate friends, and Cm-m1b-Ѵ ruo0Ѵ;lv v-‰ b| u;m-l;7 -v !-1bm] Metro and, more recently, Racing 92. On |_; ˆ;u]; o= |_; $or ƐƓ ঞ|Ѵ; u-1; |_bv v;-vomķ |_; 1Ѵ†0 bv mo‰ - v|;;Ѵ‹ķ ruoC|-0Ѵ; or;u-ঞom -m7 -m -u|;u -m7 omm‹ ";Š|om have worn the celebrated number 10 jersey. m roѴ; rovbঞom |o u;-1_ |_; _-lrbomv †r t†-u|;uŊCm-Ѵv -]-bmķ !-1bm] f†v| lb]_| Cm7 &Ѵv|;u -| bm]vr-m "|-7b†l lou; ruo0Ѵ;l-ঞ1 than in October, and given the massive roar around the stadium today, it will be no place for the faint-hearted. With a full complement Ulster will hope to play |o b|v l-m‹ -‚-1hbm] v|u;m]|_vķ b|v u;7bv1oˆ;u;7 prowess in the maul and at the breakdown, ‰_bѴ; |_; v;|Ŋrb;1; bv om1; lou; - 1olr;ঞঞˆ; weapon. It might be the most important game o= |_bv |u-mv=oul-ঞˆ; v;-vom =ou -m McFarland’s players, but they have the self-belief now to know that individual and 1oѴѴ;1ঞˆ; r;u=oul-m1;v -u; Ѵb|;u-ѴѴ‹ ‰bmmbm] 1ol0bm-ঞomvĺ Allez!

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