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ULSTER RUGBY INSURED FOR SUCCESS WITH ABBEY INSURANCE Abbey Insurance is delighted to welcome in the 2017/18 rugby season as the new sponsor of Kingspan Stadium's Family Stand.

The three-year partnership will also see Northern Ireland’s largest locally owned insurance broker sponsor the Ulster Rugby Academy, which is responsible for training the next stream of future Ulster Rugby talent. The company has exciting plans for family-friendly match day fun and activities throughout the season. George Storey, founder and Chairman of Abbey Insurance said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Ulster Rugby. These exciting sponsorships provide us with an opportunity to support Ulster Rugby and its fans, helping drive the team to success on the pitch, both now and in the future. “Abbey is a home-grown company, proud of its local roots, so we are really excited to support a local team which is inspiring international standard sporting excellence right across Ulster. “We will be working hard to sustain the family-friendly rugby experience for supporters of all ages. Ulster Rugby is always a great spectacle, hugely entertaining and a great way for families to spend time together growing and sharing a sporting passion. “As the second strand of our sponsorship, we are very proud to be investing in the future of professional rugby here. The Ulster Rugby Academy has a proven reputation for nurturing and developing new talent, with many of today’s rugby heroes including Andrew Trimble, Craig Gilroy and Jacob Stockdale coming

through the Academy ranks. Over the next three years we are excited to see the next batch of stars who will pass through the Abbey Insurance Ulster Rugby Academy and go on to play for Ulster and hopefully even pull on a green jersey for Ireland.” Shane Logan, Chief Executive Officer at Ulster Rugby said: “Abbey Insurance, like Ulster Rugby, share a commitment to excellence while also being proud of our place within the local community, so we look forward to working together to further enhance these two key strands of the organisation. “The identification and development of the best local talent within the Ulster Rugby Academy is an absolutely critical area for us as we continue to compete at the new PRO14 and European level, and we are immensely proud that a considerable number of players have graduated through our Academy system to represent Ireland and indeed the British & Irish Lions with distinction. With the support of Abbey Insurance we look forward to building on this success and further reinforcing our Academy’s reputation as among the best in Europe. “We proudly promote Ulster games as safe and enjoyable experiences for all the family, so we are excited to see our new partners bringing their activation ideas to life on match days with their sponsorship of the Family Stand at Kingspan Stadium.”

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