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Bryn Cunningham has warned that Ulster must secure a home quarter-final if they are to have any hope of repeating the province’s European heroics of 1999.
Heineken Cup: Ulster make changes for Castres match
Ulster Coach Mark Ansconbe has made four personnel changes and two positional switches for tomorrow afternoon's Heineken Cup round 6 match against Castres, (1:45pm KO)
You can make history, coach tells Ulster
For a coach heading into a huge match minus up to a dozen players who include his captain, a brace of British and Irish Lions and an Ireland international lock, Mark Anscombe’s mood yesterday afternoon was impressively upbeat and relaxed.
Castres ace Evans sends out warning
There's nothing to gain for Castres but a ‘laissez-faire’ attitude is the last thing on the French side's minds
Wilson fancies French repeat for Ulster
There is considerable market value to his knowledge so, when the assessment is aired, there is an attentive audience.
Home bonus if Ulster can raise the bar
With Harlequins and Clermont Auvergne having 24 and 23 points after five of the six Heineken Cup pool-stage matches, they are assured of home quarter-finals.
I'll be back, says Ulster ace Stephen Ferris
As with most rugby players, Stephen Ferris' Twitter feed is a mixture of banter, training updates and the odd product plug, so when he took to the social network to dispute a newspaper report last November, people took notice.
Castres encounter came just too soon for Muller
Ulster captain Johann Muller was close to being available for Saturday’s date with Castres.
Williams is only absentee from Glasgow game
There were no real surprises when Ulster unveiled their 26-strong extended squad for Saturday’s crucial clash with Castres Olympique in their final Heineken Cup Pool 4 fixture.
Power surge at front for Ulster
Front row forwards tend not to be chosen as candidates for pin-up or poster-posing work.
Wilson gets Ulster chance
Ulster have been dealt another huge injury blow with the news that number eight forward, Nick Williams, is likely to be out for the next eight weeks.
Heineken Cup: Ulster through to quarter-finals
Ulster 23 Glasgow 6: Ulster reached the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup for the third successive year with an expected victory over Glasgow that saw them win Pool Four.
Warriors look to spoil Ravenhill party
Glasgow Warriors, Ulster’s opponents at Ravenhill tonight (8pm), enter the penultimate match of their 2012-13 European sojourn knowing that even an Amlin Challenge Cup place is almost beyond them.
Afoa focused on Ulster finishing job
When he finally got some downtime it wasn’t exactly a case of lying around the place resting those weary bones and aching joints.
Overseas recruits have made Ulster a decent Euro bet
Ulster needed to get back on track last Friday night and they did so thanks to a mightily impressive second-half performance which dismissed, with some ease, the challenge of second-placed visitors Scarlets.
Injury rules Tuohy out of crucial clash with Scots
Dan Tuohy has been ruled out of Ulster's Heineken Cup clash against Glasgow at Ravenhill tonight.
Prop Court promises there’s no more Mr Nice Guy
It was Dr David Banner, the Incredible Hulk, whose famous catch line was: “Don’t make me angry, you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.”
Ulster’s concern over injuries to Tuohy and Payne
Dan Tuohy and Jared Payne have been included in Ulster’s preliminary 27-strong squad for Friday night’s must-win Heineken Cup Pool 4 clash against Glasgow Warriors at Ravenhill (8pm).
Show me that warrior spirit, says Anscombe
Mark Anscombe has called on his Ulster players to produce a re-run of the second-half performance they served up against Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun in mid-October.
Ulster's Heineken Cup aims hinge on Marshall call
Two of Irish rugby’s best known, most respected and highly decorated past-masters reckon Ulster are good enough to conquer Europe.
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