Ulster Rugby v Southern Kings

Since our last home PRO14 game against Zebre, when we had an excellent bonus point win, we travelled to Newport and produced - 0-‚Ѵbm] r;u=oul-m1; |o -1_b;ˆ; -mo|_;u Cˆ; robm|v -]-bmv| |_; Dragons. We have had another two-week break while the Six -ঞomv ‰-v 1olrѴ;|;7 -m7 mo‰ Ѵooh =ou‰-u7 |o |_; Cm-Ѵ v;ub;v o= l-|1_;v ‰_;m t†-ѴbC1-ঞom =ou |_; rѴ-‹Ŋo@v -m7 m;Š| v;-vomĽv Champions Cup will be decided. We start this evening with the Southern Kings, who we beat earlier in the season during our trip to South Africa. This will not be an easy game but we need a ‰bm |o v;| †v †r =ou |_; 7bL1†Ѵ| -‰-‹ ]-l;v oˆ;u |_; m;Š| |_u;; weeks. $_; "bŠ -ঞomv _-lrbomv_br _-v mo‰ 0;;m 1olrѴ;|;7 ‰b|_ Wales winning the Grand Slam and Triple Crown, while Ireland Cmbv_;7 |_; |o†um-l;m| bm 7bv-rrobmঞm] =-v_bom ‰b|_ - 0;Ѵo‰ r-u r;u=oul-m1; bm -u7b@ĺ or;=†ѴѴ‹ |_;u; ‰bѴѴ 0; - rovbঞˆ; response as we look forward to the World Cup in the Autumn. om]u-|†Ѵ-ঞomv |o |_; &Ѵv|;u rѴ-‹;uv ‰_o |ooh rѴ-‹;7 bm |_; matches and especially captain Rory Best, in what was his last Six -ঞomv _-lrbomv_brĺ $_; ubv_ &ƑƏv 1-rr;7 o@ - l-]mbC1;m| "bŠ -ঞomv 1-lr-b]m ‰b|_ - ‰bm oˆ;u )-Ѵ;v |_-| v;-Ѵ;7 - u-m7 "Ѵ-l ঞ|Ѵ;ĺ †u 1om]u-|†Ѵ-ঞomv ]o |o o†u 1-7;l‹ -m-];u b;u-m -lr0;ѴѴķ who is part of the coaching group, as well as all the Ulster players involved. $_; -mvh; -mh &Ѵv|;u "1_ooѴvĽ 1olr;ঞঞomv _-ˆ; mo‰ 0;;m largely completed with a number being played at Kingspan Stadium. Last week the girls from Enniskillen Royal GS beat Loreto "" ;‚;uh;mm‹ |o ‰bm |_; buѴv *ƕv ";mbou †r -m7 Ѵ-|;u |_-| 7-‹ u-b]-ˆom " " 7;=;-|;7 -ѴѴ‹1Ѵ-u; "" bm |_; &Ɛѵ b]_ "1_ooѴvĽ $uor_‹ Cm-Ѵĺ $_; "1_ooѴvĽ †r Cm-Ѵ ‰-v rѴ-‹;7 om om7-‹ Ѵ-v| ‰_;m ;|_o7bv| oѴѴ;]; ‰;u; ˆb1|oubo†v oˆ;u -lr0;ѴѴ oѴѴ;]; before a large crowd. And on Wednesday, Sullivan Upper beat -m]ou " bm |_; Cm-Ѵ o= |_; "†0vb7b-u‹ "_b;Ѵ7ĺ om]u-|†Ѵ-ঞomv |o -ѴѴ |_; ‰bmm;uv -m7 ‰;ѴѴ 7om; |o -ѴѴ ‰_o r-uঞ1br-|;7ĺ -m‹ |_-mhv |o o†u vromvouv -mvh; -mh -m7 |o |_; "1_ooѴv ollb‚;; =ou |_;bu _-u7 ‰ouh bm ou]-mbvbm] |_; 1olr;ঞঞomvĺ $_;u; -u; l-m‹ 1Ѵ†0 Cm-Ѵv o= l;mĽvķ ‰ol;mĽv -m7 ‹o†|_ 1†rv |o be played over the course of the next few weeks and good luck to all those who are taking part. The leagues are also reaching crucial v|-];v -m7 ‰bv_ ;ˆ;u‹ v†11;vv |o |_ov; v;;hbm] ruoloঞom ou v|ubˆbm] |o -ˆob7 u;Ѵ;]-ঞomĺ $_-mhv |o -ѴѴ |_ov; _;u; |_bv ;ˆ;mbm] =ou ‹o†u 1omঞm†bm] v†rrou| and I look forward to seeing many of you at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin next Saturday, standing up for the Ulster men in what will hopefully be a great game against Leinster. "|;r_;m ѴѴbo‚ President, IRFU Ulster Branch PRESIDENT’S WELCOME On behalf of Ulster Rugby, I would like to welcome everyone to Kingspan Stadium for this evening’s Guinness PRO14 match against Isuzu Southern Kings, all the way from Port Elizabeth. We welcome their oL1b-Ѵvķ rѴ-‹;uvķ v|-@ -m7 v†rrou|;uv |o ;Ѵ=-v| -m7 hope that you enjoy your visit.

IRFU ULSTER BRANCH 2018/19 OFFICERS "|;r_;m ѴѴbo‚ President Gary Leslie Senior Vice President Philip Gregg Junior Vice President Denis Gardiner Honorary Secretary Michael Boyd Honorary Treasurer Greg Irwin olr;ঞঞomv ";1u;|-u‹ EXECUTIVE TEAM Jonny Petrie _b;= Š;1†ঞˆ; L1;u Dan McFarland Head Coach Bryn Cunningham r;u-ঞomv bu;1|ou Chris Webster Head of Rugby Development Audrey Robinson Head of Finance & r;u-ঞomv Fiona Hampton ;-7 o= "-Ѵ;v ş -uh;ঞm]

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