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The main issue here is that there can be no reason other that our 13/14 yos are eventually getting stuffed by ALL the other provinces 17/18/19 yos unless it is the development and coaching.
Must be solvable without Hammers extreme solution!!

HammerTime wrote:Teachers are teachers at the end of the day and aren’t any different from the rest of the public sector. Most Will do as little as as they can get away with yet moan that they’re hard done by. Expecting any decent results from anything Civil servant led is always going to be hit and miss.

Or maybe they have to prioritise what they are actually paid to do?

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If the Ulster Branch want to create a rugby conveyor belt in schools they are going to have to pay for it. Or will they behave like the government and expect more for nothing?

Education is chronically underfunded. No one seems to care though and if they do then they blame the teachers. You should be demanding better.

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I think we are all agreed that IT needs to put more money into schools rugby in the form d of personnel and coaching and rewarding those staff who want it. So how to fund this?
Increased admission prices?
Fewer UR admin and overheads staff?
Smaller panel getting paid?
Less lucrative contracts?
I don't know enough about UR finances to make any specific suggestions, and the last time I looked at the UR Anuual report I didn't feel any the wiser.

So, how much do we need., And how will we get it?

UR.....not IT!

It would be a start if they didn’t squander the glamour home European tie this season!!!

I think they need to look at recruitment. Not sure signing NIQ players on 400k a year is the best use of resources anymore.

Ulster's Development players take on their Munster counterparts at the University of Limerick tomorrow in an interprovincial clash. (KO: 3PM)

(1-8) Jacob Boyd(u20/RBAI), Henry Walker(u19/IQ), Flynn Longstaff(u20/Campbell), James McKillop(u20/Foyle), Joe Hopes(u20/Campbell) (Capt), Mark Lee(u20/Rainey OB), Josh Stevens(u20/Methody), Bryn Ward(u20/RBAI))

(15-9) Ben McFarlane(u20/Methody), Lukas Kenny(u20/Campbell), Rory Ellerby(u20/RBAI), Ben Gibson(u20/Bangor), Ethan Graham(u20/Monaghan RFC), Eamon Rogers(u19/IQ), Ryan Davis(u21)

Replacements: Zac Solomon(u20/Campbell), Jack Boal(u21/Campbell), Cameron Doak(u21/Wallace), James McNabney(u21/Cambridge), Adam Montgomery(u20/Rainey OB), Olly Smyth(u19/BRA), Josh Eagleson(u20/RBAI), Henry Baoyle(u20/IQ), James Girvan(u20/Dungannon)

Bayern wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:19 pm Ulster's Development players take on their Munster counterparts at the University of Limerick tomorrow in an interprovincial clash. (KO: 3PM)

(1-8) Jacob Boyd(u20), Henry Walker(u19), Flynn Longstaff(u20), James McKillop(u20), Joe Hopes(u20) (Capt), Mark Lee(u20), Josh Stevens(u20), Bryn Ward(u20)

(15-9) Ben McFarlane(u20), Lukas Kenny(u20), Rory Ellerby(u20), Ben Gibson(u20), Ethan Graham(u20), Eamon Rogers(u19), Ryan Davies

Replacements: Zac Solomon(u20), Jack Boal(u21), Cameron Doak(u21), James McNabney, Adam Montgomery(u20), Olly Smyth(u19), Josh Eagleson(u20), Henry Boyle(u20), James Girvan(u20)

Anyone in the know on Eamon Rogers at 10?

Tap+Go wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:29 pm

Bayern wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:19 pm Ulster's Development players take on their Munster counterparts at the University of Limerick tomorrow in an interprovincial clash. (KO: 3PM)

(1-8) Jacob Boyd(u20), Henry Walker(u19), Flynn Longstaff(u20), James McKillop(u20), Joe Hopes(u20) (Capt), Mark Lee(u20), Josh Stevens(u20), Bryn Ward(u20)

(15-9) Ben McFarlane(u20), Lukas Kenny(u20), Rory Ellerby(u20), Ben Gibson(u20), Ethan Graham(u20), Eamon Rogers(u19), Ryan Davies

Replacements: Zac Solomon(u20), Jack Boal(u21), Cameron Doak(u21), James McNabney, Adam Montgomery(u20), Olly Smyth(u19), Josh Eagleson(u20), Henry Boyle(u20), James Girvan(u20)

Anyone in the know on Eamon Rogers at 10?

came through exiles system, clifton college.

Tap+Go wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:29 pm

Bayern wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:19 pm Ulster's Development players take on their Munster counterparts at the University of Limerick tomorrow in an interprovincial clash. (KO: 3PM)

(1-8) Jacob Boyd(u20), Henry Walker(u19), Flynn Longstaff(u20), James McKillop(u20), Joe Hopes(u20) (Capt), Mark Lee(u20), Josh Stevens(u20), Bryn Ward(u20)

(15-9) Ben McFarlane(u20), Lukas Kenny(u20), Rory Ellerby(u20), Ben Gibson(u20), Ethan Graham(u20), Eamon Rogers(u19), Ryan Davies

Replacements: Zac Solomon(u20), Jack Boal(u21), Cameron Doak(u21), James McNabney, Adam Montgomery(u20), Olly Smyth(u19), Josh Eagleson(u20), Henry Boyle(u20), James Girvan(u20)

Anyone in the know on Eamon Rogers at 10?

Bristol Bears u18

Young Eagleson has had one helluva year, Schools cup winner... Instonians 1sts debut with Ian Whitten outside him and Ulster development. a hugely underated player imo

Anyone know the score in the development match?

Big-al wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:06 pm Anyone know the score in the development match?

lost 21-17

Plucky defeat?

Suppose it could be classed as an improvement on the tankings that everybody else has received this summer. Sad state of affairs.