Season highlights

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Despite today's disappointment and the post mortem underway on other threads let's have a positive one highlighting your favourite moments to counteract the doom and gloom. Mine has been the undoubted growth of some young players who can be the fulcrum of ulster for the next 7-8 years. The away wins at Clermont, Northampton and toulouse were all great watches and the dismantling of a loaded munster side showed the potential is there.

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Wins at Saints and Toulouse were good but beating Leinster was sweet.

Speaking in general, it’s a pleasure to watch our lads, week in and week out.
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Beating Leinster twice, definitely.
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Seeing the UAFC perfectly spelling the players names. Oh it was so beautiful.
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Hume, Lowry and Baloucoune.
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All of it!

After not being able to attend games due to the pandemic it was great to be back at Ravenhill sitting in my seat, mixing with fellow supporters, watching live rugby.
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Basically we are Plucky Defeat RFC merchants once again. I think we are seeing the backs taking centre stage. Add in Stockdale and Lowry again in full fitness, we will be hard to stop and a challenge for most sides. More plucky defeats incoming. The new tighthead will make a difference too. Don't forget a tackle freak like Reffell will be very handy.

The emergence of certain players was a highlight. Marcus Rea with 20 turnovers. Excellent stuff.

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UlsterNo9 wrote:All of it!

After not being able to attend games due to the pandemic it was great to be back at Ravenhill sitting in my seat, mixing with fellow supporters, watching live rugby.
Sitting? In a seat? What is this blasphemy!? Stand up, sir. For the Ulstermen. Like the song says!!!
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We were competitive in every game home and away bar in Connacht and Bulls at altitude.
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big mervyn wrote: Sat Jun 11, 2022 9:47 pm We were competitive in every game home and away bar in Connacht and Bulls at altitude.
These were 100% the only two games we were properly beat.

I still can’t figure out what happened at the Aviva.
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So many good things to remember with so many talented young lads coming through Robert Baloucoune, Mike Lowry, Nathan Doak to name a few.
But for me the highlight has been watching James Hume, what an unbelievable talent he is.
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I agree with the tenor of the positive comments. It was a pretty good season.

A lot of sport hangs on the rub of the green. This year we had a few crucial ones go against us. It won't always be like this.

Every team in the league bar Leinster and the two Saffers in the final would have given their right arms to do what we did this year. And I suspect that most teams in the English and French leagues would have been happy to have had our performance in Europe. We have high standards, and rightly so, so it's good to finish with a highlights thread, rather than beating ourselves up.
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This was my first season as a season ticket holder, and it was a good season. I didn't go in with the expectation of winning the URC or the Heineken Cup, and while I was disappointed to go out of both competitions, we did pretty well and gave some memorable performances in both.

My pick for player of the season is Rob Herring. Absolutely immense all season. Nick Timoney, Stuart McCloskey, James Hume, Mike Lowry and Rob Baloucoune not far behind. Breakthrough players of the season: Marcus Rea, Nathan Doak and Ethan McIlroy. Most improved player: Andy Warwick.

One major improvement this season. Last season we were heavily dependent on Marcell Coetzee and John Cooney - when Coetzee left and Cooney got injured, the season fell apart. This season other players have stepped up, there are leaders all through the team, and we've been able to win big games without Cooney or Coetzee's replacement, Duane Vermeulen. I'd prefer to have both available, obviously, but we can cope if they're not.

Onwards and upwards for next season!
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Biggest surprise of the season Mcilroy scoring 2 trys against Toulouse the only two he scored in 36 appearances and 1107 minutes on the pitch.

Sexton 1 try 3 appearances and 25 minutes on the pitch
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Beating Leinster unfortunately the wins were against depleted teams ----- nice---- but not nice enough
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