Ulster make four changes for semi-final
Ulster head coach Mark Anscombe has made four changes for Friday night's RaboDirect PRO12 play-off against Llanelli Scarlets at Ravenhill.
Ulster head coach Mark Anscombe has made four changes for Friday night's RaboDirect PRO12 play-off against Llanelli Scarlets at Ravenhill.
Ulster number 8 Nick Williams was last night voted the Hibernia College IRUPA Players' Player of the Year for 2013 by his fellow players at the 11th annual awards ceremony.
Former Ireland international Geordan Murphy has announced his playing retirement at the end of the current campaign and will join the Leicester Tigers' coaching staff next season.
Is it time to scrap the British and Irish Lions and replace it with a European Lions? Or is tradition paramount?
Irish referee Alain Rolland will take charge of this year's all-French Heineken Cup final when ASM Clermont Auvergne take on Toulon at the Aviva Stadium on 18 May.
Ulster full-back Jared Payne has signed a new three-year deal with the province that will see him remain at Ravenhill until at least the summer of 2016.
Uncapped Wasps flanker Sam Jones is among the latest additions to a strong Barbarians squad for their games against England and the British and Irish Lions.
Leinster Rugby chief executive Mick Dawson has indicated that Brian O'Driscoll will play for another season.
Matt O'Connor has been appointed head coach of Leinster Rugby on a three-year deal.
Australia captain James Horwill has re-signed with the Australian Rugby Union and Queensland Reds in a deal which will take him through to the 2015 World Cup.