Magners League News
24 May 13
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 13
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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22 May 13
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 13
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 13
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.
20 May 13
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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20 May 13
Samoan international James So'oialo will join the Connacht squad this summer. So'oialo, who played in the 2011 Rugby World Cup, was recently named in the Samoan squad for their upcoming tour to South Africa where they will face Scotland, Italy and the Golden Lions.
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15 May 13
Connacht have announced the latest in their new player signings for next season - former New Zealand Under-20 flanker and captain Jake Heenan.
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14 May 13
Munster have announced that their current squad captain Doug Howlett will retire from professional rugby at the end of the season.
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14 May 13
Ulster centre Luke Marshall has signed a new three-year deal with the province that will see him remain at Ravenhill until at least the summer of 2016.
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14 May 13
Connacht Rugby have confirmed contract extensions for scrum half Frank Murphy, back rower Mata Fifita and centre Brian Murphy.
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12 May 13
Leinster winger Isa Nacewa reflects on the province's 17-15 RaboDirect PRO12 semi-final win over Glasgow Warriors, admitting that they need to 'clean up a few little areas, mainly around our ruck' as they prepare to end the season with back-to-back finals.
11 May 13
Leinster's double dreams are still alive after they came through a gripping RaboDirect PRO12 semi-final against Glasgow Warriors at the RDS.
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11 May 13
Ulster head coach Mark Anscombe and man-of-the-match Rory Best, with a little input from Rory's young son and budding photographer Ben, discuss the province's 28-17 RaboDirect PRO12 semi-final win over the Scarlets.
10 May 13
Ulster had an ultimately safe passage through to the RaboDirect PRO12 final as they got the better of the Scarlets at a packed-out Ravenhill.
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10 May 13
Leinster will entertain Glasgow Warriors at the semi-final stage of the RaboDirect PRO12 for the second successive year, with a victory moving them a step closer to a trophy that has eluded them since 2008.
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10 May 13
Ulster are hugely determined to back up their achievement of finishing top of the RaboDirect PRO12 table by seeing off the Scarlets' challenge and qualifying for the May 25 play-off final.
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10 May 13
The Leinster team to face Glasgow Warriors in Saturday night's RaboDirect PRO12 semi-final at the RDS (kick-off 7.35pm) has been named.
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09 May 13
Ulster head coach Mark Anscombe has made four changes and one positional switch to the team for Friday night's RaboDirect PRO12 semi-final against the Scarlets at Ravenhill (kick-off 7.45pm).
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08 May 13
Ulster number 8 Nick Williams was tonight voted the Hibernia College IRUPA Players' Player of the Year for 2013 by his fellow players at the 11th annual awards ceremony.
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