Ulster Rugby v Southern Kings

|Ľv |_; Cuv| "-|†u7-‹ o= o†u oL1b-Ѵ "rubm]ķ -m7 vo 1ol; brightening hopes of Ulster Rugby’s fortunes. R O D N A W N

TITLE CHASE DEMANDS KINGS’ HEAD

"or;u -m7 b-ѴѴ -Ѵom; 0;-ubm] _bv ˆ;u‹ r-uঞ1†Ѵ-u blrubm|Ĺ 7;l-m7bm]ķ ruo=;vvbom-Ѵ and forward-looking. While some performances and results this v;-vom bm |_; ! ƐƓ _-ˆ; 0;;m 7bvঞm1|Ѵ‹ o@Ŋ1oѴo†uķ 1 -uѴ-m7Ľv Ѵ;-7;uv_br bv ˆ;u‹ much in the credit column: he has harnessed experienced players and younger talent alike to produce sides which play to strengths, ;Šbvঞm] -m7 |_ov; vol;_o‰ lbvѴ-b7 bm 7bL1†Ѵ| ঞl;vĺ The revived driving maul as an Ulster staple has enthused the fans and forwards, who might have appeared ill-equipped to face the v|uom];v| orrovbঞomķ -u; mo‰ - 7;v;uˆ;7Ѵ‹ ;@;1ঞˆ; -m7 =;-u;7 †mb|ķ r-uঞ1†Ѵ-uѴ‹ ‰_;m injuries and availability allow. Ulster is a more stable environment now, for the players entrusted with wearing the shirt, |_; 1o-1_;v ;lrѴo‹bm] Cul 0†| bm|;u;vঞm] l;|_o7v |o blruoˆ; -m7 l-Šblbv; |_; ]b[v of a panel of players with some established bm|;um-ঞom-Ѵv -m7 ‰b|_ -m ;Šr-m7bm] ]uo†r of genuinely promising youngsters from the Academy and by way of shrewd recruitment. So, with Rory Best and Iain Henderson 1Ѵ;-uѴ‹ ļ0†‹bm]Ľ bm|o |_; m;‰ u;]bl;ķ |_;‹Ľˆ; found Robert Baloucoune, Will Addison, Billy †umvķ Ѵ-m Ľ ommou -m7 b1h $blom;‹ķ =ou instance, companion devotees to a culture at Kingspan Stadium which is built for the long term but has a responsible eye on the blrou|-m| l-‚;u o= |_; ru;v;m|ĺ !;v†Ѵ|ĵ ];m†bm; ļv_o|Ľ -| u;|†umbm] |o |_; rѴ-‹Ŋo@v bm |_; ! ƐƓ u;]†Ѵ-uѴ‹ -m7ķ b= - Ѵb‚Ѵ; unexpected, a deserved place in the knockout v|-];v o= †uor;Ľv 0b]];v| |o†um-l;m|ĺ

There are just four games remaining in what we must, presumably, call the regular season in the Guinness PRO14. Next month trips to Glasgow and Edinburgh beckon before the Cm-Ѵ bm]vr-m "|-7b†l CŠ|†u; bv v1_;7†Ѵ;7 |o be a visit from table-topping Leinster. m7 o= 1o†uv; |_;u;Ľv |_; Ѵb‚Ѵ; l-‚;u o= - |ubr to Dublin next weekend for the Champions †r t†-u|;uŊCm-Ѵ ‰b|_ ;bmv|;u ŋ vo bm v;ˆ;u-Ѵ ways the reigning European kingpins will have - 1omvb7;u-0Ѵ; v-‹ bm &Ѵv|;uĽv v;-vomĺ †| f†v| mo‰ |_; =o1†v o= -m 1 -uѴ-m7Ľv ;mঞu; rѴ-‹bm] vt†-7 -m7 l-m-];l;m| |;-l will be on the visit of South African visitors, |_; "o†|_;um bm]vĺ "bমm] v;1om7Ŋ=uolŊ 0o‚ol o= |_; 7bˆbvbomķ &Ѵv|;u v|-uঞm] |_; weekend in a vulnerable third place, the Kings do not overtly appear to pose a real obstacle to the home side extending its three-match winning run. That try-bonus points were picked up at home to Zebre and away to the Dragons lb]_| ‰;ѴѴ ruoˆ; 1ubঞ1-Ѵ |o - |orŊ|_u;; rѴ-‹Ŋ o@ vro|ķ -m7 - vblbѴ-u Cˆ;Ŋrobm| u;|†um ‰o†Ѵ7 most certainly be welcomed by supporters |_bv ;ˆ;mbm]ĺ ;-7 o-1_ 1 -uѴ-m7 7o;vmĽ| Ѵbh; |o 7;v1ub0; ]-l;v -v ļl†v| ‰bmĽ 1om|;v|vĸ _bv |_o†]_†Ѵķ -rr;-Ѵbm] -rruo-1_ |o _bv fo0 1om1;m|u-|;v om |_; |-vh -| _-m7ĺ ;ঞ1†Ѵo†v ru;r-u-ঞom bv _bv |u-7;l-uhķ 0†| _; |u-mvlb|v his ideas to a squad which has welcomed his personable manner and the enterprise he encourages in his players. Before his eleventh-hour arrival last summer, he had ensured the pre-season training and skills sessions were conducted by Dwayne Peel, forwards coach Aaron Dundon, Dan

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