Sat Jan 21 8pm Ulster v Sale BT Sport 2 / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby

[big mervyn]

Ulster 15 Italy 6 1st January 1980

Also on that day:

Two undercover members of the British Army were shot dead by other undercover members of the British Army while there were setting up an ambush near Forkhill, County Armagh.
Doreen McGuinness (16), a Catholic teenager, was shot dead by British soldiers while she was 'joy-riding' in a stolen car on the Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, Belfast.
John Hermon succeeded Kenneth Newman as Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC).

[CIMANFOREVER]

Hermon- now there was a CC

[pwrmoore]

We played "Rugby Canada" once too - late 80s maybe? But they weren't a full test side.

Pretty sure I remember SA A just after they were readmitted post apartheid

Think the SA game was a "combined provinces" game at ravenhill in the lead up to the SA vs. Barbarians "peace international" at lansdowne

[Cormac]

Round of 16 match confirmed for Aviva Stadium on Saturday 1 April @ 5:30pm

https://www.epcrugby.com/2023/01/26/hei ... -coverage/

[StandUp]

C’mon Ulsterrrrrrr
SUFTUM

[Dave]

C’mon Ulsterrrrrrr
SUFTUM

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Versus International Teams

7 November 1978 New Zealand Lost 7–23
11 October 1980 Romania Lost 13–15
14 November 1981 Australia Lost 6–12
14 November 1984 Australia Won 15–13
23 October 1985 Fiji Won 23–9
2 November 1988 Samoa Won 47–15
21 November 1989 New Zealand Lost 3–21
24 October 1992 Australia Lost 11–35
16 November 1996 Australia Lost 26–39
10 August 1998 Morocco Won 50–5
10 November 2008 Portugal Won 62–6
9 November 2018 Uruguay Won 21–5

My first Ulster match against a touring team was 18 November 1972, Ulster v New Zealand - lost 6-19

[solidarity]

Ineresting pattern there: lose three, win three, lose three win three...
Hoping for a change of pattern.

[big mervyn]

Ineresting pattern there: lose three, win three, lose three win three...
Hoping for a change of pattern.

Morocco Portugal and Uruguay were a tough run.

We're due a loss after that arduous schedule