Ulster Rugby vs Treviso

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IRFU
ULSTER BRANCH
Kingspan Stadium,
85 Ravenhill Park,
Belfast, BT6 0DG
T // +44 (0)28 9049 3222
OFFICERS
Bobby Stewart
// President
John McKibbin
// Senior Vice President
Graffin Parke
// Junior Vice President
John McKibbin
// Honorary Secretary
Michael Boyd
// Honorary Treasurer
Denis Gardiner
// Competitions Secretary
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Shane Logan
// Chief Executive
Chris Webster
// Domestic Rugby Manager
Audrey Robinson
// Financial Controller
Fiona Hampton
// Head of Sales & Marketing
PRESIDENT’S
WELCOME
I would particularly like to welcome
the committee, members, players
and supporters from Italy. You are all
very welcome and I hope you enjoy
your time in Belfast.
It is just under three weeks since our
last match and I hope the players
and their families enjoyed their time
off.
Tonight’s game is only the third
round of PRO12 matches this
season and both teams will be
desperate for a successful outcome.
Ulster had a good win against
Ospreys but were disappointing
at Scarlets and Benetton Treviso
have lost narrowly to Munster and
Edinburgh. Ulster will need to
produce the same sort of form that
they displayed against Ospreys if
they are to get a result tonight.
Since the last match the World Cup
has started and Ireland has had
two very good wins over Canada
and Romania. I congratulate them,
especially the Ulster players, Rory
Best, Tommy Bowe, Darren Cave,
Iain Henderson, Chris Henry, Paddy
Jackson and Jared Payne, and I
wish Joe Schmidt and all his players
every success on Sunday against
Italy and the following week against
France. A win over Italy will secure a
quarter final place but I am sure that
they will want to beat France and top
the group.
The Domestic season is well and
truly under way. I’m delighted to
report that the majority of Ulster’s
teams have enjoyed a promising
start to their Ulster Bank League
campaigns, and it was great to see
so many out supporting the Millar
McCall Wylie Junior Cup games last
weekend.
I hope that you all enjoy the game
and give Treviso a great reception
this evening. Good luck to Ulster
and remember STAND UP FOR THE
ULSTERMEN!
Bobby Stewart // President
IRFU (Ulster Branch)
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to
Kingspan Stadium for this Guinness PRO12 match
against Benetton Treviso.