Ruan Pienaar, after years in Ireland with Ulster, has signed a three year contract with Montpellier. Pienaar joins a host of South Africans recruited to the Top 14 side by former Springbok coach Jake White. […]
Posts tagged with: Ulster
Pienaar joins Montpellier
13 Jun 17 16:04 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 3 Comments
Ulster move for Deysel
30 May 17 13:56 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 8 Comments
Well, I’ll admit I was expecting an announcement of this sort, but the destination club is perhaps not what I would have thought. […]
Bulls lose out again
17 Jan 17 10:32 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 74 Comments
Seemingly not content with one ace South African back rower in Marcell Coetzee, Les Kiss’s Ulster yesterday announced the capture of a second Bok loose forward, in the form of Bulls captain Arno Botha. […]
Marcell all but good to go
12 Jan 17 09:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 30 Comments
A slightly bittersweet one for Sharks fans his morning: the good news is that ace flanker Marcell Coetzee is nearing the end of a lengthy rehab period after rupturing knee ligaments last year. The bad news is that, when he does take the field next month, it will be in the white and red of Ulster, rather than the black and white of the Sharks. […]
Ruan Pienaar set to leave Ulster
31 Aug 16 11:53 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 26 Comments
The Irish Times has reported that Ruan Pienaar will leave Ulster at the end of the 2016/2017 year, but it is not due to either the club nor the player wanting the move. […]
Have a read of the Front Row Union
19 Feb 16 11:20 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 65 Comments
I wanted to bring your attention to an article I wrote for the Front Row Union, essentially the Ulster Rugby version of Sharksworld. […]
Marcell keen to return to Sharks
15 Feb 16 12:28 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 47 Comments
I was fortunate enough to grab a few precious minutes with Sharks loose forward Marcell Coetzee on Friday afternoon in Toulouse. After following the young man’s career for quite so many years (from his early days at the Academy to his success with both the Sharks and Boks) it really was a very fulfilling experience to finally meet him in the flesh. Quite a lot of flesh, actually – the oke is HUGE! […]
Catching up with Louis
15 Feb 16 10:46 by Benedict Chanakira (bchanakira2) | 13 Comments
Our man Benedict caught up with Ulsterman Louis Ludik for a chat. […]
Sharks confirm Coetzee departure
11 Feb 16 13:18 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 67 Comments
Marcell Coetzee will leave the Sharks on conclusion of Super Rugby 2016 to take up a three-year deal with Irish club Ulster. […]
Kank-OFF-ski
3 Feb 16 12:11 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 40 Comments
According to a report on the BBC this morning, Ryan Kankowski is set to become the latest in a long line of Springboks to continue his career in the Northern Hemisphere. […]
Lions lose Franco (again)
25 Apr 14 10:05 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 14 Comments
As if it wasn’t bad enough losing their only current Springbok to injury, the Lions now have to face up to the reality that big Franco van der Merwe won’t pull on their colours again. […]
Herbst pens Ulster deal
31 Mar 14 11:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 25 Comments
The Sharks confirmed on Friday that tighthead prop Wiehahn Herbst will leave Durban at the end of the current Super Rugby season. […]
Potential Pienaar return
13 Jun 13 08:40 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 45 Comments
Ruan Pienaar, who has a single season left at Ulster before his contract expires, expressed his desire to return to South Africa to finish his career. […]
Botes Ulster move appears to be off
2 Jul 12 07:58 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 1 Comment
Courtesy of our friends at the Front Row Union, we’ve learned that Jacques Botes’ rumoured move to join up with Johann Muller and Ruan Pienaar in Belfast seems to have hit the skids. […]
Botes linked with Ulster move
7 Jun 12 08:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 23 Comments
According to our friends over at The Front Row Union, Sharks flanker Jacques Botes may be the latest in a long line of players set to swap Kings Park in Durban for Ravenhill in Belfast. […]