24 May, 14:08
The Irish Rugby Supporters Club is delighted to announce that tickets for the GUINNESS Series 2013 will go on sale on ticketmaster.ie at 10am on Thursday, May 30.
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23 May, 11:00
The Irish Rugby Football Union today announced ticket prices for the GUINNESS Series 2013 and a pre-sale to Supporters Club members, which will open on Thursday, May 30.
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23 May, 09:41
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20 May, 19:55
Second row Paul O'Connell spoke to the assembled media on the Lions squad's first day at their training camp in Carton House. He cannot wait until the full squad is together and is hoping to be involved in the historic tour opener against the Barbarians in Hong Kong.
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Internationals Return To Ulster Squad
12 February 2013, 12:51 pm
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Back rower Chris Henry is one of three Ireland internationals to return to the Ulster squad for their RaboDirect PRO12 clash with Zebre this weekend
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Ireland squad members Chris Henry, Iain Henderson and Declan Fitzpatrick have been added to the provisional Ulster squad ahead of Friday's RabDirect PRO12 match against Zebre at Ravenhill (kick-off 7.05pm).
Prop John Afoa is part of Mark Anscombe's 25-man panel following a short stint in New Zealand. Half-backs Michael Heaney and Paddy Jackson have also been added to the squad.
Ulster remain top of the RaboDirect PRO12 table despite the 16-12 home loss to the Ospreys last weekend. They have a seven-point advantage over second-placed Glasgow Warriors head into the round 15 matches.
ULSTER Squad (v Zebre) - Backs (11): Ruan Pienaar, Michael Heaney, Stuart Olding, Paddy Jackson, Paddy Wallace, Luke Marshall, Darren Cave, Michael Allen, Andrew Trimble, Chris Cochrane, Ricky Andrew.
Forwards (14): Rob Herring, Niall Annett, Tom Court, Callum Black, John Afoa, Declan Fitzpatrick, Johann Muller, Neil McComb, Lewis Stevenson, Dan Tuohy, Chris Henry, Iain Henderson, Mike McComish, Robbie Diack.
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25 May
Leinster put past disappointments behind them to scoop an elusive RaboDirect PRO12 title in head coach Joe Schmidt's last game in charge.
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24 May
An Irish province is guaranteed to win the RaboDirect PRO12, but who will be declared champions come Saturday night in Dublin? Will Ulster finish a season that began so well for them with league silverware, or can Leinster complete a famous double in Joe Schmidt's final game in charge?
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24 May
John Afoa will start at tighthead prop in the only change to the Ulster team for Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Leinster at the RDS (kick-off 4.45pm).
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24 May
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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24 May
Academy Manager Peter Malone today confirmed that nine players will join the Munster Rugby Academy for the 2013/14 season.
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23 May
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
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
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
Ulster hooker Rory Best spoke to IrishRugby.ie's Cóilín Duffy ahead of Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Leinster at the RDS, discussing the match itself and how he is looking forward to captaining Ireland during next month's summer tour to North America.
22 May
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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