Ulster Rugby vs Glasgow Warriors

IRFU ULSTER BRANCH 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 Les Kiss // Director of Rugby

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Kingspan Stadium this evening for this Guinness PRO12 match between Ulster and Glasgow Warriors.

professional staff for their excellent work behind the scenes. My commiserations must go to Instonians who lost 23 points to 7 against Enniscorthy at Ashbourne RFC last Saturday in the Ulster Bank All Ireland Junior Cup Final. Last weekend also saw some highly entertaining Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup rugby played and my congratulations goes to eight teams who emerged to take their places in the quarter-finals. I hope that you all enjoy the game and give Glasgow Warriors a great Ulster reception this evening. Good luck to Ulster and remember, STAND UP FOR THE ULSTERMEN! Bobby Stewart // President IRFU (Ulster Branch)

I would particularly like to welcome the officials, players, supporters and coaches who have made the trip from Scotland and I hope that you enjoy your time in Belfast. Last year, our games against Glasgow went with home advantage and the disappointing semi final defeat spoiled what should have been a fairytale ending for Ulster. This season, Glasgow have not shown to date the form that they had last year, however I have no doubt that they will be formidable opponents tonight. Indeed, with two games in hand, they are once again likely to be title contenders. We have produced some good, winning rugby over the past few weeks to climb to the top of the PRO12 standings and I must pay tribute to the management and

Kingspan Stadium, 85 Ravenhill Park, Belfast, BT6 0DG T // +44 (0)28 9049 3222 ulsterrugby.com

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