Ulster Rugby

Ulster Rugby (also known as the Irish Rugby Football Union Ulster Branch) is one of four branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the historic Irish province of Ulster, six counties of which are in Northern Ireland and three in the Republic of Ireland. The branch is also responsible for the Ulster team, which plays in national and international competitions.

The branch was founded in 1879. The home ground for the province's team is at Ravenhill in Belfast, and has a capacity of 12,000.

Contents

1 Club honours 2 Famous players 3 See also 4 External links

Club honours

Ulster brought home more silverware in 2004 after beating Edinburgh in the Celtic Cup final. They came close in the Celtic League also but were beaten to the top spot by Llanelli on the final day.

They have won the Inter-provincial Championship the most of all four provinces, 26 times in all.

Ulster's only success in the Heineken Cup is in the 1998/99 season when they became the first, and so far only, Irish province to win the competition. They beat Colomiers in the final at Lansdowne Road 21-6.

Famous players

• David Humphreys
• Kevin Maggs

See also

• Celtic League
• Heineken Cup
• European Rugby Shield

External links

• Official site