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ACADEMY UPDATE
The squad features ten returning players who
have retained their place in the Academy, namely
David Busby, Peter Cooper, Ross Kane, Michael
Lagan, Rob Lyttle, Andy Magrath, Jack Owens,
Nick Timoney, Alex Thompson and Craig Trenier.
They will be joined by eight new members of the
Academy; Conall Boomer, Rory Butler, Aaron
Hall, Adam McBurney, Zack McCall, Tommy
O’Hagan, Marcus Rea and Jonny Stewart.
All players in the Academy are eligible to play
for Ireland and indeed a number have already
done so with distinction at age-grade level
including Boomer and McBurney who were part
of the Ireland U20 squad that reached the World
Championship Final during the summer.
Their fellow Ireland U20 team-mates Johnny
McPhillips and Jacob Stockdale are among
five of last season’s Academy squad who have
joined the senior panel at Ulster along with John
Donnan, Lorcan Dow and David Shanahan.
Matthew Rea has also been upgraded from the
Sub-Academy directly to the senior panel.
Commenting on the announcement of the squad,
Campbell said: “I am delighted that Hughes
Insurance have continued their support of the
Ulster Rugby High Performance Academy
Programme. Their sponsorship is essential to
ensuring Academy players experience world
class service provision enabling them to strive
for excellence and perform to the high standards
demanded at Ulster Rugby. The success of the
partnership with Hughes is already evident with
the quality of players achieving recognition with
the Ulster Senior squad and we intend to build on
this in the forthcoming season.”
Brian McDowell, Chief Executive of Hughes
Insurance commented: “I have supported Ulster
Rugby for many years and am very proud to
sponsor the Hughes Insurance Ulster Rugby
Academy. It was great to meet the players,
many of whom hope to get the call up to the first
team in the coming season. Ulster Rugby and
Hughes Insurance share the same philosophy
in developing talent and performing to high
standards of excellence. I would like to wish all
the Hughes Insurance Ulster Rugby Academy
players the very best of luck for the season
ahead.”
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Kieran Campbell, Head of the Hughes Insurance Ulster Rugby Academy,
has announced his squad for the 2016/17 season.
HUGHES INSURANCE ULSTER ACADEMY
2016/17 SQUAD ANNOUNCED