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Andrew Trimble is Ulster's most-capped player

Ulster stalwart Trimble to retire at end of season

Ulster's record appearance-holder Andrew Trimble has announced that he will retire from rugby at the end of the season.

Andrew Trimble starts for Ulster against Scarlets

Trimble back for Ulster, Butler in for Connacht

Andrew Trimble returns to the Ulster starting line-up for their Guinness PRO14 Round 16 clash away to Scarlets on Saturday.

Rugby • 23 Feb 18

Charles Piutau faces a period on the sidelines

Charles Piutau among Ulster contingent on injured list

Ahead of Friday's Pro14 clash with Edinburgh, Ulster are counting the cost of last weekend's win over the Southern Kings with three players nursing injuries.

Rugby • 13 Feb 18

Andrew Trimble is expecting a physical encounter against Munster

Trimble: Frustrated Ulster can win at Thomond Park

Andrew Trimble hopes Ulster will take out the frustration of failing to extend their winning run on Munster when they travel to Thomond Park for Saturday's high-stakes Pro12 derby.

Rugby • 12 Apr 17

Ireland captain Rory Best is back to captain Ulster

Pro12 news: Best returns to lead Ulster against Cardiff

Rory Best returns to captain Ulster for the visit of Cardiff Blues at Kingspan Stadium on Friday night as Ulster aim for a seventh consecutive Guinness PRO12 win.

Rugby • 06 Apr 17

Rob Kearney will win his 76th cap for Ireland on Friday night

Ireland unchanged for Wales as Rob Kearney passed fit

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has named an unchanged team for Friday night's Six Nations clash with Wales, with Tommy Bowe replacing the injured Andrew Trimble on the replacements bench.

Rugby • 08 Mar 17

Ultan Dillane will miss the rest of the Six Nations for Ireland

Trimble and Dillane out of the Six Nations

Ireland's Andrew Trimble and Ultan Dillane will miss the rest of this year's Six Nations through injury.

Rugby • 06 Mar 17

Craig Gilroy starts at full-back for the first time

Pro12 teams: Gilroy to start at full-back

Ireland backs Andrew Trimble, Craig Gilroy and Jared Payne have been included in the Ulster team for Friday's Guinness Pro12 fixture against Treviso at Kingspan Stadium.

Rugby • 02 Mar 17

Wing Andrew Trimble looks set to return for Ireland against France

Schmidt unwilling to take a risk with Trimble

Ireland boss Joe Schmidt revealed that he opted against taking a risk on Andrew Trimble for Italy in Saturday's Six Nations clash, despite the fact that the Ulster man has all but recovered from a groin injury.

Rugby • 10 Feb 17

Andrew Trimble touched down for the home side

Trimble 'sickened' following Ulster defeat

Andrew Trimble said there was "a lot of hurt and a lot of frustration" following Ulster's disappointing end to their European Champions Cup campaign.

Rugby • 21 Jan 17

Andrew Trimble has recovered from a foot injury

Trimble back to boost Ulster ahead of derby clash

Andrew Trimble will return to the Ulster fold for their Friday night Pro12 derby clash with Connacht.

Rugby • 19 Dec 16

Jared Payne was replaced at half-time during the win over Australia

Payne a doubt for Six Nations after kidney injury

Jared Payne could miss the Six Nations after suffering a kidney injury in Ireland's win over Australia.

Rugby • 01 Dec 16

Bernard Foley was sin binned late in the defeat to Ireland

Defeat 'self-inflicted' – Aussie media reaction

The Australian media has reflected on the 27-24 defeat to Ireland as their hopes of a grand slam tour came a cropper at the Aviva Stadium.

Rugby • 27 Nov 16

Andrew Trimble insists that Ireland had to first believe they could beat the All Blacks before they could claim victory

Belief was biggest factor in Ireland win - Trimble

Ireland back Andrew Trimble revealed Joe Schmidt's side had to convince themselves they could beat New Zealand before they were able to end a 111-year wait for a win over the All Blacks.

Rugby • 08 Nov 16

Ireland will face the All Blacks for the 29th time this weekend

Relentless All Blacks braced for Irish challenge

Ireland and New Zealand will both look to the nail-biting 2013 encounter for motivation as Joe Schmidt’s side go in search of an unlikely win.

Rugby • 14 Nov 16

Kearney was a try scorer when the sides last met in 2013

Kearney recalled to tackle All Blacks

Joe Schmidt has recalled Rob Kearney to the Ireland team to face New Zealand on Saturday with Leinster team-mates Garry Ringrose and Joey Carbery poised to make their Test debuts in Chicago.

Rugby • 04 Nov 16

Ulster host Munster next Friday in the Guinness Pro12

Trimble hails character of Ulster team-mates

Ulster captain Andrew Trimble was relieved to end up with the win after a "proper old school dog fight" with Exeter at the Kingspan Stadium.

Rugby • 23 Oct 16

A hamstring injury has ruled Sexton out of the Castres clash

Champions Cup: No Sexton or O'Brien for Leinster

Johnny Sexton has been ruled out of Leinster’s opening Champions Cup fixture against Castres, while Seán O'Brien's return to first team action will have to wait after he was selected for B&I Cup duty

european • 14 Oct 16

Andrew Trimble will captain Ulster along with Rob Herring

Herring and Trimble named as Ulster captains

Rob Herring and Andrew Trimble are set to take over the Ulster captaincy from Ireland skipper Rory Best.

Rugby • 17 Aug 16

Ireland let a 16-point lead in slip in their second Test against South Africa

Trimble urges Ireland to focus on opportunity

Andrew Trimble has urged his Ireland team-mates to focus on the opportunity in front of them rather than dwell on last weekend's disappointment in Johannesburg.

Rugby • 22 Jun 16

Andrew Trimble: 'Everybody’s happy as Larry, but it’s time to do the job again.'

Trimble aiming to 'create another bit of history'

Andrew Trimble has said Ireland's heroic Cape Town victory last Saturday has given them the appetite to make more history in South Africa.

Rugby • 14 Jun 16

Andrew Trimble scores for Ireland against France in 2014

Trimble: Schmidt was right to drop me from RWC

Andrew Trimble admits that missing out on Ireland’s World Cup squad was “tough” but also the right call from coach Joe Schmidt.

Six Nations • 13 Feb 16

Andrew Trimble: 'The intensity is going to be through the roof and I think hopefully that’s going to bring the best out of us'

Andrew Trimble eyes revenge in Welsh grudge match

Ulster winger Andrew Trimble has admitted there's extra spice when Wales come to town as Ireland look to gain some sweet revenge against Warren Gatland's powerful side this Sunday.

Six Nations • 03 Feb 16

Andrew Trimble missed out on the original Ireland 31-man squad by a whisker

Bowe backs Trimble to replace Payne for Ireland

Andrew Trimble has been backed to replace luckless centre Jared Payne in Ireland's World Cup squad.

Rugby World Cup 2019 • 10 Oct 15

Andrew Trimble is tackled on his 190th appearance for Ulster

Ulster enjoy comfortable PRO12 win over Treviso

Ulster got back in the winning groove again after the Guinness PRO12's three-week sabbatical and totally annihilated Treviso in a seven-try romp which took them up to third in the table overnight.

Rugby • 02 Oct 15