Ulster Rugby v Cardiff Blues

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME On behalf of Ulster Rugby, it is a pleasure to welcome ‹o† -ѴѴ |o bm]vr-m "|-7b†l =ou |_bv -[;umoomĽv †bmm;vv ! ƐƓ l-|1_ -]-bmv| -u7b@ Ѵ†;vĺ ); ;Š|;m7 - ‰-ul &Ѵv|;u ‰;Ѵ1ol; |o |_; ˆbvbঞm] rѴ-‹;uvķ v|-@ -m7 oL1b-Ѵvķ r-uঞ1†Ѵ-uѴ‹ _ubv ѴѴ;mķ -u7b@Ľv oll;u1b-Ѵ -m-];uĺ

For the third successive year, &Ѵv|;u !†]0‹ bv v†rrouঞm] Include Youth as it’s chosen charity partner. Include Youth supports children and young people in care or from 7bv-7ˆ-m|-];7 1oll†mbঞ;vķ and we have been delighted to help their work in the past two seasons. Thanks to all the rѴ-‹;uvķ v|-@ -m7 v†rrou|;uv ‰_o have assisted and contributed to the fund raising. If you would like to support these young people this Christmas, we will be 1oѴѴ;1ঞm] †m‰u-rr;7 _ubv|l-v ru;v;m|v †r †mঞѴ ub7-‹ ƐƓ|_ December. Further details are in this programme. We prefer to play our home matches on Friday evenings when the club players, volunteers and supporters can come along to Kingspan Stadium or at least watch the matches on television. Unfortunately, we have no control over the -uu-m]bm] o= |_; CŠ|†u;v -m7 ‰; ‰bv_ -ѴѴ |_ov; r-uঞ1br-ঞm] in schools or club matches this weekend well. We do have two mouth-watering games coming up on successive Fridays in December against Scarlets and Munster, and it would be great to have full houses to get behind the team and cheer them to victory. Thank you all =ou -‚;m7bm] |o7-‹ -m7 =ou ‹o†u 1omঞm†bm] v†rrou|ĺ "|;r_;m ѴѴbo‚ President, IRFU Ulster Branch

We are delighted to have with us a large number of P7 pupils who have accepted Ulster Rugby’s o@;u o= 1olrѴbl;m|-u‹ ঞ1h;|v bm u;1o]mbঞom o= |_; ;m7 o= |_; transfer tests. Well done on all your hard work and enjoy the day out! Since our last home league game against Dragons, what was largely an Academy team had a very encouraging victory oˆ;u |_; &u†]†-‹ m-ঞom-Ѵ |;-l bm ;Š|u;l;Ѵ‹ 7bL1†Ѵ| ‰;-|_;u 1om7bঞomvĺ ); u;v†l;7 o†u PRO14 campaign last week against Scarlets with what ruoˆ;7 |o 0; - 7bv-rrobmঞm] defeat. However, with Edinburgh -m7 ;m;‚om -Ѵvo vѴbrrbm] †rķ we remain in third place in our conference. We hope to get back on track today before ]obm] bm|o 0-1hŊ|oŊ0-1h CŠ|†u;v against Scarlets in the Heineken Champions Cup. During the break in the league we have seen Ireland win all four o= |_; oˆ;l0;u bm|;um-ঞom-Ѵv to cement second place in the world rankings. I was privileged to be at the three home matches and, like all those present, will never forget the win over the All Blacks. The atmosphere in the Aviva Stadium was something else that evening. om]u-|†Ѵ-ঞomv |o -ѴѴ |_; &Ѵv|;u players involved, with special l;mঞom |o 1-r|-bm !ou‹ ;v|ķ and to Jacob Stockdale for that l-]mbC1;m| |u‹ĺ

IRFU ULSTER BRANCH 2018/19 OFFICERS "|;r_;m ѴѴbo‚ President Gary Leslie Senior Vice President Philip Gregg Junior Vice President Denis Gardiner Honorary Secretary Michael Boyd Honorary Treasurer Greg Irwin olr;ঞঞomv ";1u;|-u‹ EXECUTIVE TEAM Chris Webster Head of Rugby Development Audrey Robinson Head of Finance ş r;u-ঞomv Fiona Hampton ;-7 o= "-Ѵ;v ş -uh;ঞm] Bryn Cunningham r;u-ঞomv bu;1|ou

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