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ULSTER
RUGBY
IRFU
ULSTER BRANCH
Kingspan Stadium,
85 Ravenhill Park,
Belfast, BT6 0DG
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+44 (0)28 9049 3222
ulsterrugby.com
OFFICERS
John Kinnear
// President
Bobby Stewart
// Senior Vice President
John McKibbin
// Junior Vice President
John McKibbin
// Honorary Secretary
Michael Boyd
// Honorary Treasurer
Denis Gardiner
// Competitions Secretary
STAFF
Shane Logan
// Chief Executive
Chris Webster
// Domestic Rugby Manager
Audrey Robinson
// Financial Controller
Fiona Hampton
// Head of Sales & Marketing
Les Kiss
// Director of Rugby (Interim)
PRESIDENT’S
WELCOME
I would like to welcome in particular
our friends from Zebre Rugby:
directors, players, coaches and
supporters alike - I hope that you all
enjoy your stay in Belfast.
The game this evening is the first
competitive home match of the
season and Ulster will face a stern
test against a strong Italian side.
However, we saw last weekend that
this Ulster side has tremendous
character, as they battled from 32-18
down to draw the game 32 all – the
highest scoring draw in the history of
the PRO12. Huge credit must go to
the players for their determination in
that game. To leave West Wales with
three points was a solid start to the
campaign.
That match wasn’t the only significant
result of the weekend. The U20s
secured a convincing win over
Connacht with a strong second half
yielding 24 points thanks to tries from
from Connor Young, Adam Liddell,
Jack Owens and Lorcan Dow.
Congratulations too to the U19s and
Ulster Schools who also recorded
bonus point wins over Connacht. A
youthful Ulster Women’s team lost
against an experienced Munster side
but there were plenty of positives to
take from that game.
Good luck to the Ulster U19s and
U20s when they take on Leinster
tomorrow. The U20s game is at
Kingspan Stadium and the U19s
play at Deramore. With free entry
for under 18s to Kingspan Stadium
why not come along and support
our future stars? Best wishes too to
the Ulster Schools and U18 Clubs
who are away to Leinster and to the
Ulster Women’s team who take on
Connacht in Galway.
This weekend marks the start of the
Ulster Bank League in Divisions 1A
and 1B. Best wishes to Ballynahinch,
Malone, Belfast Harlequins and
Ballymena for their matches.
Finally, I would like to thank our main
sponsors and partners, in particular
Bank of Ireland for their continued
support of Ulster Rugby.
I hope that you enjoy the game.
Good Luck to Ulster and Stand up
for the Ulstermen!
Yours in Rugby
John Kinnear
//
President
IRFU (Ulster Branch)
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all
here to Kingspan Stadium for this Guinness PRO12
match against Zebre.
