Wednesday 16 June, 2021
Dan McFarland’s side face Edinburgh tomorrow.
Greg Jones: ‘I genuinely believe that the experience we’ve had in the last year and the way we have actually learned about them will definitely stand to us.’
Dan McFarland felt Ulster’s kicking game in the third quarter cost them in Leicester.
Head coach Dan McFarland has selected an unchanged starting XV from the win over Harlequins.
The northern province face Northampton Saints in Saturday’s Challenge Cup quarter-final.
The pair played together at Connacht at opposite ends of their respective careers.
Three-time capped All Black Craig Newby is the newest face in Dan McFarland’s backroom.
Dan McFarland has named a much-changed side for tomorrow night’s clash in Cardiff.
Head coach Dan McFarland has made a total of four personnel changes for the game at Kingspan Stadium.
The 23-year-old had to wait a year between Ulster appearances due to a hamstring avulsion last summer.
Jordi Murphy got his Ulster captaincy off to a winning start.
Tonight’s game at Glasgow is the province’s first outing in six weeks.
For their first outing in six weeks, the northern province will be captained for the first time by Jordi Murphy.
Meanwhile, Ian Madigan and Rob Herring have signed up to two-year extensions.
The Ulster wing has shown his promise in three starts over recent weekends.
The second row admits it’s ‘surreal’ but the games importance is writ large for the reigning champions.
Leinster are in the unfamiliar position of looking up at Ulster in the standings ahead of Friday’s showdown.
Dan McFarland and Ulster’s attention switched to the RDS immediately after last night’s win over Munster.
Ulster scored two first-half tries, but were unable to build their way to a bonus point. Instead, Munster grabbed a late losing bonus.
The English side have brought back most of their frontliners for the clash at Kingsholm.
The northern province travel to Gloucester in a bid to rebound from last weekend’s defeat to Toulouse.
The Ulster head coach’s contract is due to expire at the end of the season.
The second row’s injury is major blow for Ulster in their Champions Cup pool campaign.
John Cooney and Ian Madigan fill the half-back roles in Murrayfield.
Billy Burns made an impact during his cameo off the bench last weekend in Twickenham.
The Ulster scrum-half admits building relationships in a squad is difficult when time in their company is so limited.
The 22-year-old kept a high tempo throughout the 9-try demolition of Zebre, Ulster’s sixth straight win.
Ulster’s 22-year-old Michael Lowry is comfortable at either out-half or fullback.
The academy back has impressed off the bench in recent weeks.
‘It’s probably the least I’ve ran in a game in the last month, but definitely, the most fatigued I’ve been.’
‘When your mates are texting you saying ‘Are you alright?’, you kind of know that you are getting destroyed on social media.’
Mike Lowry claimed Ulster’s crucial try in Rodney Parade.
The 23-year-old waited 18 months between his first and second Ulster caps. He is intent on building momentum for his third.
The 29-year-old has been working hard on his reads out on the edge of the defence.
Michael Lowry, Stewart Moore, and James Hume impressed against Benetton.
“If you forget about it, you won’t learn from it. When we need that hurt, we’ll use it.”
Meanwhile, John Cooney gets the nod at scrum-half ahead of Alby Matthewson.
The northern province claimed just one win in their five matches since rugby restarted in August.
Ulster head coach Dan McFarland believes who you’re with is more important than where you’re from.
The northern province were left deflated by Leinster’s complete dominance of Saturday’s final.
