Ulster 2022-2023

[sunshiner1]

by ronk


POC obviously did seriously wrong, and despite the remorse he showed in going to the hospital to apologise, he still got off extremely lightly. Clearly only because of the privileged position he held in Irish rugby.

Is loyalty at your own expense toxic masculinity? It's probably rational behaviour for an ambitious 22 year old.

I remember a lot of players back then getting smacked. Martin Johnson knocked out Moody at a Leicester training camp been a dozy of a one. I'm not saying it was right but it was far from exceptional either.

[Logorrhea]

I don’t know tbh, he kicked some lad in the head and a senior interpro praised him for it. I gave up on the book after that.

The toxic part may or may not be POC kicking a lad in the head, but he was in a culture where that behaviour was praised and rewarded…

I've heard him tell the story a few times. He talks of giving a player a shooing (part of the game in those days) in a ruck in one of his first games for Munster and how the praise he got from Claw and Galway meant everything to him.

[Oldschoolsocks]

I don’t know tbh, he kicked some lad in the head and a senior interpro praised him for it. I gave up on the book after that.

The toxic part may or may not be POC kicking a lad in the head, but he was in a culture where that behaviour was praised and rewarded…

I've heard him tell the story a few times. He talks of giving a player a shooing (part of the game in those days) in a ruck in one of his first games for Munster and how the praise he got from Claw and Galway meant everything to him.

there's also a tale a young, at the time, second row tells of how one of those Shannon forwards broke his fingers at an Ireland training camp because he didn't like "getting bet in the air by a young fella."

[neill_m]

Bernard Jackman linking Ulster with a short term move for Rory Sutherland till end of season. Kitshoff being heavily linked for 23/24 season.

[wixfjord]

Sutherland to Ulster all but confirmed. Sounds like just for one year.

Reports they're still lining up Kitshoff for next season too.

Not sure how it makes sense in a RWC year to allow two NIQ props in one province though.

[Oldschool]

Sutherland to Ulster all but confirmed. Sounds like just for one year.

Reports they're still lining up Kitshoff for next season too.

Not sure how it makes sense in a RWC year to allow two NIQ props in one province though.

Insulating themselves against prop problems?

[neill_m]

Sutherland to Ulster all but confirmed. Sounds like just for one year.

Reports they're still lining up Kitshoff for next season too.

Not sure how it makes sense in a RWC year to allow two NIQ props in one province though.

Insulating themselves against prop problems?

Lost McGrath in summer, currently have Warwick, O'Sullivan and Reid at LHP.

[blockhead]

Sutherland to Ulster all but confirmed. Sounds like just for one year.

Reports they're still lining up Kitshoff for next season too.

Not sure how it makes sense in a RWC year to allow two NIQ props in one province though.

Insulating themselves against prop problems?

Lost McGrath in summer, currently have Warwick, O'Sullivan and Reid at LHP.

Madser, Cooney, O’Sullivan, Moore, O'Connor, Timoney and Murphy all starting for Ulster

[blockhead]

Insulating themselves against prop problems?

Lost McGrath in summer, currently have Warwick, O'Sullivan and Reid at LHP.

Madser, Cooney, O’Sullivan, Moore, O'Connor, Timoney and Murphy all starting for Ulster

Kitshoff confirmed on a 3 year deal after RWC

[neill_m]

Ulster down in South Africa for two games.

Emirates Lions v Ulster
Emirates Airline Park, Pretoria – KO 13.00 IRE & UK / 14.00 ITA & SA
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU, 28th league game)
AR 1: Jaco Peyper (SARU) AR 2: Griffin Colby (SARU)
TMO: Ben Blain (SRU)

Lions – 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Quan Horn, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Sanele Nohamba, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Ruan Venter, 6 Emmanuel Tshituka, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel (c), 4 Willem Alberts, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 JP Smith.
Subs: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Pieter Jansen van Vuren, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Jordan Hendrikse, 23 Zander du Plessis - The 38 years young Bone Collector in the 4 shirt.

Ulster team to play Emirates Lions, Vodacom United Rugby Championship Round 5, Saturday 15 October at Emirates Airline Park (KO 1pm, UK/Ireland time), live on Premier Sports & URC.tv.

(15-9): Michael Lowry, Rob Baloucoune, Luke Marshall, Stuart McCloskey, Rob Lyttle, Billy Burns, John Cooney;

(1-8): Eric O’Sullivan, Rob Herring, Gareth Milasinovich, Alan O’Connor (Captain), Sam Carter, Dave McCann, Marcus Rea, Duane Vermeulen.

Replacements: John Andrew, Callum Reid, Tom O’Toole, Cormac Izuchukwu, Nick Timoney, Nathan Doak, Stewart Moore, Ethan McIlroy.

[riocard911]

Ulster steal at the ruck, go up the blindside and Baloucoune goes under the posts after one and half minutes vs the Lions.

[riocard911]

Ulster cough up possession in the Lions 22 and see their opponents dot it down under the Ulster posts. Great game. 10-10 11 mins.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Ulster cough up possession in the Lions 22 and see their opponents dot it down under the Ulster posts. Great game. 10-10 11 mins.

Crazy not to give a penalty for that and it certainly should have been checked considering a try was scored straight away.

Don’t know why Blain didn’t stop play when Milasinovich was down either, it was right in front of him.

Coetzee had no interest in getting across and putting in a tackle for Lyttle’s try there!

[riocard911]

FT: 37-39. Great win for Ulster on the high veldt.

[Ruckedtobits]

Has McFarland got the firepower to compete with the Sharks?

[sunshiner1]

Apparently Ulster are replacing DV next year with someone spectacular. Putting my money now on Evan Roos from the Stormers. They also allegedly made overtures to IE Tom Willis at Wasps but haven't heard anything about it.

[paddyor]

Tom Willis heading to Ulster apparently

[Ruckedtobits]

Tom Willis heading to Ulster apparently

A very talented and hard player. Close to JVdF standard. Good signing if true.

[naraic]

Any truth to the Tom Willis rumor or did someone just say wouldn't it be nice if Ulster would sign him.

[neill_m]

Any truth to the Tom Willis rumor or did someone just say wouldn't it be nice if Ulster would sign him.

As far as I know, just chat 2+2=5 etc, unless someone knows different.