12 Jun, 12:08
Ulster second row Lewis Stevenson will undergo surgery on Thursday to repair a hernia injury that he sustained during Emerging Ireland's IRB Tbilisi Cup campaign.
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6 Jun, 09:25
Ulster have been given the task of toppling familiar foes Leicester Tigers and Benetton Treviso, as well as new opponents Montpellier, as they bid to reach the Heineken Cup quarter-finals for the fourth year running.
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6 Jun, 09:24
New challenges as well as familiar opponents await Connacht when they embark on their third Heineken Cup campaign in October.
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5 Jun, 15:18
The four Irish provinces have learned today who they will be facing into the pool stages of next season's Heineken Cup. Former Ireland international Shane Horgan hosted the 2013/14 tournament draw which took place at the Aviva Stadium.
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5 Jun, 14:54
Munster have confirmed that they will play Gloucester and London Irish on successive weekends in August as part of their preparations for the 2013/14 season.
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29 May, 13:38
Friends of Johnny O'Connor are putting on a special retirement celebration for the former Connacht and Ireland flanker in Galway on Friday, June 7, with money raised from a raffle on the night going to the IRFU Charitable Trust.
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29 May, 13:12
Ulster players Roger Wilson, Luke Marshall and Paddy Wallace joined last year's winner of the Centra Ulster Rugby Summer Camp 'Design a Mascot' competition - Adam Whiteside (10) from Sullivan Upper Prep School - and Jenni Barkley from Centra to launch the 2013 competition.
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24 May, 12:29
The Leinster team to face Ulster in Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final at the RDS (kick-off 4.45pm) has been named.
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23 May, 13:19
It has been confirmed today that Bank of Ireland has agreed to become the main sponsor of Munster Rugby from July 2013. The sponsorship includes exclusive branding of all playing and training kit for the Munster senior and 'A' squads.
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22 May, 11:06
After 22 rounds and two play-off games, the 2012/13 RaboDirect PRO12 season wraps up on Saturday with the final at the RDS appropriately between respective first and second seeds and provincial rivals, Ulster and Leinster.
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22 May, 10:17
Previewing Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Leinster with Cóilín Duffy, Ulster winger Andrew Trimble said: "We really motivated for this game. People are talking about us being the best Ulster side in a few years, we had that record of 13 wins in a row at the start of the year. We want to win trophies, and there's no point having those records unless we back them up."
22 May, 09:02
With support from Department for Social Development, IRFU (Ulster Branch), the Irish FA and Ulster GAA are joining forces and using the power of sport to promote positive cross-community relations.
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21 May, 14:00
Connacht Rugby hosted an information evening for parents of the province's Sub-Academy players who are coming into this summer's training camp.
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20 May, 20:34
Ulster has signed tighthead prop Bronson Ross from Coventry RFC on a one-year development contract.
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20 May, 15:04
The Leinster squad trained in UCD today ahead of Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Ulster at the RDS (kick-off 4.45pm), with several injury concerns for the management to contend with arising from the Amlin Challenge Cup final victory.
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