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ULSTER
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WELCOME
ULSTER BRANCH
Kingspan Stadium,
85 Ravenhill Park,
Belfast, BT6 0DG
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John Kinnear
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President
Bobby Stewart
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Senior Vice President
John McKibbin
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Junior Vice President
John McKibbin
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Honorary Secretary
Michael Boyd
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Honorary Treasurer
Denis Gardiner
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Competitions Secretary
Shane Logan
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Chief Executive
Chris Webster
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Domestic Rugby Manager
Audrey Robinson
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Financial Controller
Fiona Hampton
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I hope that you had a Merry
Christmas and I want to take this
opportunity to wish you a Happy
New Year for 2015.
At this holiday time I would like to
particularly welcome Connacht
President, Adrian Leddy, committee
members, management, players,
staff and supporters who have made
the trip from Galway.
It has been three weeks since we
have had a home game and since
then performances have been mixed
from Ulster. With qualification from
our European pool all but over, focus
is now centered on the Guinness
PRO12 and claiming a play-off space
come May.
Our inter-provincial rivals Connacht
will provide a stern test this evening.
An already strong team has been
boosted by the arrival of hugely
talented players such as Mils
Muliaina and Bundee Aki. We all saw
in the Autumn how powerful a player
Robbie Henshaw is in midfield and
ex Ulster players Willie Faloon and
Ian Porter will have a point to prove
returning to Belfast.
However, Ulster has a very strong
home record against Connacht. With
a number of players returning from
injury tonight we can hope for some
festive cheer as we aim to finish 2014
with a win.
Since Ulster last played at Kingspan
Stadium I have been fortunate to
have been at both the First Trust
Senior Cup Final and the Miller
McCall Wylie Junior Cup Final.
Congratulations to Ballynahinch
and Instonians respectively on their
triumphs.
Congratulations too to Bangor who
have made the All Ireland Junior Cup
Final. At the time of writing CIYMS
are still to face Dundalk in a semi
final replay and I sincerely hope we
have an all-Ulster final on Saturday
31st January.
Finally, thank you for your support
over the course of this year. Enjoy
the match and stand up for your
Ulstermen!
Yours in Rugby,
John Kinnear
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President
IRFU (Ulster Branch)
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all here to
Kingspan Stadium for this Guinness PRO12 match
against Connacht.