Marshall signs three-year deal with Ulster
Ulster centre Luke Marshall has signed a new three-year deal with the club.
Ulster centre Luke Marshall has signed a new three-year deal with the club.
Ulster Rugby player Nevin Spence, who was tragically killed in a farming accident on 15 September 2012, has been named Ulster Rugby Personality of the Year at the club's annual awards.
Ulster booked their passage to the RaboDirect PRO12 final with relative ease with a 28-17 victory over the Scarlets at Ravenhill even though they only outscored the visitors by three tries to two.
Irish rugby has legitimate hopes of an all-Irish RaboDirect PRO12 final on 25 May.
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.
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.
Ulster's Nick Williams has been named RaboDirect PRO12 Players' Player of the Year, with team-mate Luke Marshall scooping the Young Player of the Year award.
Ulster earned a home semi-final against the Scarlets by seeing off Cardiff Blues with a bonus point win at a wet Ravenhill to finish top of the RaboDirect PRO12 table.
Ulster head coach, Mark Anscombe has made five changes and one positional switch for Friday night's crucial RaboDirect PRO12 match against Cardiff Blues at Ravenhill.
Cork Constitution claimed the Ulster Bank Cup with a 24-19 victory over St Mary's at Templeville Road.
Ulster centre Paddy Wallace has signed a new one-year deal that will see him remain at Ravenhill until the summer of 2014.
Leinster's Cian Healy, Ulster's Nick Williams and Simon Zebo of Munster have been nominated for the 2013 Hibernia College IRUPA Players' Player of the Year.
UL Bohemians were relegated to Division 1B of the Ulster Bank League despite winning yesterday. Full round-up here.
Leinster closed to within three points of RaboDirect PRO12 leaders Ulster as five different try-scorers settled a comfortable 41-22 win at Zebre.
Ulster record an impressive 34-18 victory over Connacht at the Sportsground to lead the way in the RaboDirect Pro12.
The return of Jonathan Sexton to the Leinster starting line-up is one of the talking points ahead of the penultimate round of Rabo Pro12 action, writes Brendan Cole.
Mark Anscombe has made five personnel changes and two positional changes to the team that beat the Dragons last weekend for Friday night's RaboDirect PRO12 match against Connacht.
Ulster went back to the top of the Rabo Direct PRO12 table with a thumping 31-5 bonus-point win which was also the perfect response to last weekend's disappointing Heineken Cup quarter-final exit.
Mark Anscombe has reshuffled his Ulster side for Friday evening's RaboDirect PRO12 game against Newport Gwent Dragons at Ravenhill.