Ulster Rugby vs Glasgow

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IRFU

ULSTER BRANCH

2016/17

OFFICERS

John McKibbin

President

Graffin Parke

Senior Vice President

Stephen Elliott

Junior Vice President

Denis Gardiner

Honorary Secretary

Michael Boyd

Honorary Treasurer

Greg Irwin

Competitions Secretary

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Shane Logan

Chief Executive

Chris Webster

Domestic Rugby Manager

Audrey Robinson

Financial Controller

Fiona Hampton

Head of Sales & Marketing

Les Kiss

Director of Rugby

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In the Guinness PRO12, the Ulster team are currently in 6th place

but with a game in hand. It was great to see the Ulster team get

back to winning ways with a bonus point win over Edinburgh last

weekend. It was also good to see a number of players return to

action after long periods out through injury, notably Stuart Olding,

Peter Nelson, Alan O’Connor and, in his debut match, Marcell

Coetzee.

Glasgow Warriors have proved themselves to be formidable

opponents and there have been a number of close, hard fought

games between the two sides in recent years. Ulster secured a

close victory over Glasgow at the Scotstoun Stadium in September

and hopefully the confidence from last week’s victory will see Ulster

repeat that result today.

It was also pleasing to see the Ireland side produce such a

comprehensive victory over Italy in Rome last week, following the

narrow defeat in Scotland. Whilst it was disappointing that captain

Rory Best had to pull out at the last moment with a stomach bug,

Ulster fans would have been delighted with the performances of

Paddy Jackson and Craig Gilroy. With Rory, Andrew Trimble and

Iain Henderson available for Ireland again, selection for the France

match will be very interesting!

On the domestic front, the Danske Bank Medallion Shield has

reached the semi-final stage with The Royal School, Armagh due

to play Bangor Grammar School and Portadown College will play

Friends' School, Lisburn. Congratulations go to all four teams on

getting this far and I wish them all good luck for their semi-final

games.

Finally, I hope everyone gets behind the Ulster team and enjoys the

game today as well as the great facilities at Kingspan Stadium and

remember… “Stand Up For The Ulster Men”.

John McKibbin

President IRFU (Ulster Branch)

It gives me great pleasure as President of the IRFU

Ulster Branch to welcome everyone to Kingspan

Stadium for today’s round 15 match in the Guinness

PRO12 Championship. In particular, I am very pleased

to welcome the Glasgow Warriors team along with their

officials and supporters.

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME