Ulster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread.

bilston · 01-06-2013 5:58pm

I did it back in the summers of 2000 and 2001. I am obviously a visionary...

OldRio · 01-06-2013 6:00pm

I wish I had hair to dye.:(

awec · 03-06-2013 6:28pm

Pienaar called up for the springboks.

bilston · 03-06-2013 6:37pm

awec wrote: »

Pienaar called up for the springboks.

See you in December Ruan, be sure to pop in for a wee visit around the end of October though!

awec · 03-06-2013 7:23pm

bilston wrote: »

See you in December Ruan, be sure to pop in for a wee visit around the end of October though!

He's been called up for the Italy / Samoa / Scotland tournament thing, which is in June.

Don't know about the Rugby Championship - what's the chances he's involved in that too cause while I'd be delighted for him, that's a long time for him to be gone and we'd miss him a lot. Plus it's his final season with us (at the moment).

Runs until October, and presumably he'd need time off after it.

bilston · 03-06-2013 7:47pm

awec wrote: »

He's been called up for the Italy / Samoa / Scotland tournament thing, which is in June.

Don't know about the Rugby Championship - what's the chances he's involved in that too cause while I'd be delighted for him, that's a long time for him to be gone and we'd miss him a lot. Plus it's his final season with us (at the moment).

Runs until October, and presumably he'd need time off after it.

Don't think they would select him for this if they weren't going to pick him later in the year but there was a poster who said Meyer was going to go with SA players only.

awec · 03-06-2013 7:56pm

Yea I read that too.

Who does that leave us with at 9 other than Marshall?

CIARAN_BOYLE · 03-06-2013 8:19pm

awec wrote: »

Yea I read that too.

Who does that leave us with at 9 other than Marshall?

Heaney who is a young option with a lot of potential.

Digifriendly · 03-06-2013 8:21pm

awec wrote: »

Yea I read that too.

Who does that leave us with at 9 other than Marshall?

Michael Heaney?

Swan Curry · 03-06-2013 8:23pm

Is Blane McIlroy a scrumhalf?

CIARAN_BOYLE · 03-06-2013 8:27pm

Swan Curry wrote: »

Is Blane McIlroy a scrumhalf?

Yeah, is he still at Ulster, I know he had a deal finish last season but I didn't know if he extended it.

damianmcr · 03-06-2013 8:37pm

Im not 100% sure but I think he might be away.

thomond2006 · 03-06-2013 8:44pm

Do Ulster still have to pay Pienaar his full wages if he is missing Ulster matches with the Springboks?

bilston · 03-06-2013 11:12pm

thomond2006 wrote: »

Do Ulster still have to pay Pienaar his full wages if he is missing Ulster matches with the Springboks?

Pass...but I imagine this scenario was considered when he signed his current contract. In fact this happened in the season just gone. It also allows the likes of Marshall and Heaney a decent run of games and gives Jackson the opportunity to be the main man ion the backline so in a way it's not really a bad thing. My main concern is that Pienaar hasn't had a decent rest in about three years!

Sinbad_NI · 03-06-2013 11:20pm

Yeah, be good to see Heaney out again, he looked very sharp.

awec · 05-06-2013 3:27pm

Leicester
Montpellier
Treviso

Ugh.

sixy · 05-06-2013 4:42pm

Hard draw but it is what is, if we want to be challenging next year we need to be able to get out of that group.

Better than quins who got through with no competion last year and were undercooked when they played the quarters.

Proud Orange · 05-06-2013 5:24pm

Pool of death, there is about three of them though, for us but I suspect we'll all win our home matches and beat Treviso twice apart from Montpellier who'll get picked off be Treviso away, it'll come down to BP's.

leonard7 · 05-06-2013 6:43pm

more than capable of three bonus point home wins

bilston · 06-06-2013 12:38pm

Tough group but let's be honest Montpellier and Leicester will fear us too. Some cracking games and if my circumstances were different in the coming year I'd definitely have considered a wee trip to Montpellier!

leonard7 · 06-06-2013 3:52pm

at the end of the day where is the merit in going through the group stages playing the lower tier teams...we all see how much harlequins benefited from that in their quarter final. I think Leinster fans and mgmt would be fairly confident against all of the teams in the group and of getting through...if ulster wanted to be considered in the same vein as the top teams then this is just another hurdle to jump and one i feel can be done

Proud Orange · 06-06-2013 4:03pm

I'm not to fearful of Leicester to be honest, Wexford road is a daunting but so is Ravers, I think we can win that head to head 5/6 to 4 and Montpellier will give up halfway through if us and the Tigers beat them. It'll be a challenge but its about time we overcome a challenge. Next season will be a failure if we don't get some silverware as far as I'm concerned.

Buer · 06-06-2013 4:05pm

Proud Orange wrote: »

Wexford road is a daunting.

It'll be even worse this week with all the traffic down from Dublin for the sunshine.

Proud Orange · 06-06-2013 4:21pm

Haha, still getting used to the new phone!!!

awec · 08-06-2013 12:51am

the_doctor199 · 08-06-2013 1:24pm

Wider version below..

Fooker · 10-06-2013 6:09pm

Apparently Ruan is off to Toulouse after this season.

mfceiling · 10-06-2013 7:10pm

Fooker wrote: »

Apparently Ruan is off to Toulouse after this season.

Link??

awec · 10-06-2013 7:16pm

Fooker wrote: »

Apparently Ruan is off to Toulouse after this season.

You mean when his current contract expires?

I am pie · 10-06-2013 7:20pm

It´s going to happen eventually, we should be glad there is a glut of good backs currently at Ulster. If he will go I would say he be open enough about it with the club and we should be actively looking at his replacement.

Should we bring Olding across to 10 to accomodate him and LM in the starting 15. Don't think we should drop Cave as he has consistently earned his 13 starting spot.

We are fairly short (no pun intended PM!) at 9 if RP goes. PM is not international standard and is best used as a replacement to inject a bit of pace into a game late on.

decisions · 10-06-2013 7:21pm

What's the latest on Fez?

Swan Curry · 11-06-2013 12:29pm

decisions wrote: »

What's the latest on Fez?

There's a tweet from him last night saying he's in a cast for the next 6 weeks.Doesn't sound promising.

bilston · 11-06-2013 12:45pm

I am pie wrote: »

It´s going to happen eventually, we should be glad there is a glut of good backs currently at Ulster. If he will go I would say he be open enough about it with the club and we should be actively looking at his replacement.

Should we bring Olding across to 10 to accomodate him and LM in the starting 15. Don't think we should drop Cave as he has consistently earned his 13 starting spot.

We are fairly short (no pun intended PM!) at 9 if RP goes. PM is not international standard and is best used as a replacement to inject a bit of pace into a game late on.

No Olding shouldn't be brought over to 10. He has made himself an international playing centre, leave him there, if anything we should be considering him at 13, not 10.

bilston · 11-06-2013 12:46pm

Swan Curry wrote: »

There's a tweet from him last night saying he's in a cast for the next 6 weeks.Doesn't sound promising.

He had to have another operation so I'm not sure it's that big a surprise that he is in cast again.

lurtz · 11-06-2013 12:52pm

rumour ulster signed a dublin based australian,any idea who this is or is it spoof?

irishbucsfan · 11-06-2013 2:11pm

lurtz wrote: »

rumour ulster signed a dublin based australian,any idea who this is or is it spoof?

Would Neil Walsh be a Dublin based Australian... kinda?

bilston · 11-06-2013 3:03pm

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Would Neil Walsh be a Dublin based Australian... kinda?

Is he not a Dublin based Dubliner who used to live in Australia for a bit?

Anyway he looked quite useful in his little cameo he played in during the season.

lurtz · 11-06-2013 3:06pm

yeah was thinknig it might be neil walsh

Sinbad_NI · 11-06-2013 4:23pm

Swan Curry wrote: »

There's a tweet from him last night saying he's in a cast for the next 6 weeks.Doesn't sound promising.

Is he staying at Ulster? Haven't heard anything about the contract negotiations in a good while.

ambid · 11-06-2013 4:26pm

lurtz wrote: »

rumour ulster signed a dublin based australian,any idea who this is or is it spoof?

The return of Matt Williams...?

Proud Orange · 11-06-2013 5:07pm

lurtz wrote: »

rumour ulster signed a dublin based australian,any idea who this is or is it spoof?

Who'd be an Aussie based in Dublin, Shaun Berne is the last one I could think of but he's off in Calvisano these days!

Buer · 11-06-2013 5:12pm

Proud Orange wrote: »

Who'd be an Aussie based in Dublin, Shaun Berne is the last one I could think of but he's off in Calvisano these days!

He's actually back in Dublin now. Going to be player/coach of Belvedere next season.

the_doctor199 · 20-06-2013 11:07am

Some images of the redevlopment at the hill, looks very strange! Full set here (Facebook): Link

jamiedav2011 · 20-06-2013 11:10am

Going to be a lovely ground when it's done though by the looks of it.
Franklins Gardens esque?

LeeroyJones · 20-06-2013 11:23am

What's the timeline for the redevelopment?

.ak · 20-06-2013 11:30am

Looking great so far. Simple, but effective!

bilston · 20-06-2013 11:30am

LeeroyJones wrote: »

What's the timeline for the redevelopment?

I believe the Aquinas and Memorial Clock ends should be ready for the new season and the main stand will be ready for the start of the 2014/15 season.

I don't know what this means for the capacity of the ground next season, I'd say our chances of hosting a HEC home Q/F or Pro 12 final would be touch and go.

LeeroyJones · 20-06-2013 12:05pm

The completed capacity will be 18,000, yea?

I wonder if Ulster may regret not upping it an extra few thousand. I could foresee the HCup QF Stadium requirements to rise from the current 15,000 and/or the Pro12 final requirements rising from 18,000.

However, I'm sure the costing, demand, likelihood of such events were all assessed.

It should be a cracking rugby venue though

damianmcr · 20-06-2013 12:23pm

As fair as I know theres the option to fill in the corners increasing the capacity to about 24k in the future if necessary.

bilston · 20-06-2013 12:24pm

damianmcr wrote: »

As fair as I know theres the option to fill in the corners increasing the capacity to about 24k in the future if necessary.

Yep think that's right.

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