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Ulster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread.

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    #7232
    ssaye2
    Registered Users Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭ssaye2


    http://ulsterrugby.com/News/LatestNews/TabId/149/ArtMID/793/ArticleID/1547/Stephen-Ferris-to-retire-from-rugby-.aspx


    Ballsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss


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    #7233
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,356 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    http://ulsterrugby.com/News/LatestNews/TabId/149/ArtMID/793/ArticleID/1547/Stephen-Ferris-to-retire-from-rugby-.aspx

    Noooooo. :(

    "Ulster, Ireland and British and Irish Lions back-row forward, Stephen Ferris, has today confirmed that he is to retire from rugby."


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    #7234
    molloyjh
    Registered Users Posts: 24,745 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    Well that's totally sh!t anyway. :(


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    #7235
    Dexter Enough Sweeper
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Dexter Enough Sweeper


    Bad week for rugby in terms of retirements :(


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    #7236
    ScissorPaperRock
    Registered Users Posts: 2,708 ✭✭✭ScissorPaperRock


    That's got to be really tough for Stephen especially, after working so hard and for so long through rehab.

    Really disappointing.


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    #7237
    Stanza2
    Registered Users Posts: 365 ✭✭Stanza2


    No mention of the ankle injury as his cause for retirement, but just assume it is the ongoing treatment that has resulted in this decision.

    Good luck Stevie !


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    #7238
    $ausage$
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭$ausage$


    I will give him my ankle!


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    #7239
    tbm
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭tbm


    Between last nights Game of Thrones and now Fez's news I might just go to bed for the rest of the week.


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    #7240
    I am pie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,652 ✭✭✭I am pie


    Hope he stays involved with the club somehow.


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    #7241
    $ausage$
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭$ausage$


    Who needs fiends with a News report from Sky News like this and a Management company like CornerFlag!


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    #7242
    CIARAN_BOYLE
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    Interestingly Ulster now have only four fully professional players who aren't injured, with Emerging Ireland or on senior international duty.


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    #7243
    bilston
    Registered Users Posts: 17,742 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/27681350

    You might need to be in hone UK to watch the above interview with Stevie Ferris.

    Haven't really said much since his retirement but I can honestly say he was my favourite Ulster player of the current generation. A pleasure to watch and it's sad it came to an end prematurely. Still he has had a better career than most can even dream of and will be remember as a proper Ulster legend until the end of his days.


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    #7244
    19543261
    Registered Users Posts: 1,973 ✭✭✭19543261


    Ferris on off the ball right now


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    #7245
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    19543261 wrote: »
    Ferris on off the ball right now

    http://newstalk.ie/player/podcasts/Off_The_Ball/Rugby_on_Off_The_Ball/55250/0/stephen_ferris


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    #7246
    danthefan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭danthefan


    David Humphreys is leaving Ulster to move to Gloucester apparently.


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    #7247
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,356 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    http://ulsterrugby.com/News/LatestNews/TabId/149/ArtMID/793/ArticleID/1561/David-Humphreys-to-leave-Ulster-Rugby.aspx

    What the fcuk?


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    #7248
    errlloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 12,599 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    That is really unexpected.


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    #7249
    OldRio
    Registered Users Posts: 5,915 ✭✭✭OldRio


    Thats a bit 'What the ?'


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    #7250
    $ausage$
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭$ausage$


    Meh made the bad call with McGlocklin so if he wants to piss off to England for the money then see ya. Question is did he know pre afoa switch?????


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    #7251
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    Wow that came out of the blue!


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    #7252
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,634 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Bad week for Ulster, first the Ferris news (fairly inevitable but still) and now this.

    Is it just me or is that a big step down?


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    #7253
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    $ausage$ wrote: »
    Meh made the bad call with McGlocklin so if he wants to piss off to England for the money then see ya. Question is did he know pre afoa switch?????

    No he wouldn't have known as Gloucester only parted ways with their head coach at the end of the season whereas Afoa's deal was agreed in Jan/Feb.


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    #7254
    $ausage$
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭$ausage$


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    No he wouldn't have known as Gloucester only parted ways with their head coach at the end of the season whereas Afoa's deal was agreed in Jan/Feb.

    Now come on you really think the first we hear is the first people know? Is say he knew pre move.


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    #7255
    errlloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 12,599 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    No he wouldn't have known as Gloucester only parted ways with their head coach at the end of the season whereas Afoa's deal was agreed in Jan/Feb.

    Presumably he's not a coach though. He's a director of rugby.


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    #7256
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,356 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    It's a pretty huge step down - Gloucester must have some amount of loot.

    Mark McCall anyone?


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    #7257
    danthefan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭danthefan


    Rumour Glaws have offered him hugely increased terms.


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    #7258
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,634 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    awec wrote: »
    It's a pretty huge step down - Gloucester must have some amount of loot.

    Mark McCall anyone?

    Yeah was thinking that about the money. Looking at Gloucester's form it's all over the place, do well some seasons , others they finish 9th (like this season).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester_Rugby#Premier_league_Positions


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    #7259
    danthefan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭danthefan


    McCall doesn't do the same job as Humph. They're both nominally DoRs but McCall does the coaching/team selection/tactics and Humph does commercial/management stuff.


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    #7260
    bilston
    Registered Users Posts: 17,742 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    WTF?? Is this a wind up?


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    #7261
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,774 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Jesus, first Fez and now this.

    Where are we headed next year? A coach who doesn't seem to have a set idea of where his team is at or what way he wants them to play, a number of great players who've retired or left and no real "big" signings to speak off.

    I hope we don't start drifting into a bit of mediocrity over the next few seasons.


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