RaboDirect Pro12: Ulster - Glasgow (02-09-2011, 19:05 GMT)

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast (02-09-2011, 19:05 GMT)

Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU, 6th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Paul Haycock, John Carvill (both IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: Tom McCormack (IRFU)
TMO: Peter Ferguson (IRFU)

The Warriors recorded just one away victory last season: 17-16 at Aironi. Ulster achieved a season's double over Glasgow in 2010/11.
Ulster have won their last six matches at Ravenhill in the competition, whilst the most recent Scottish side to lower Ulster's colours at their famous ground was this weeks' opponents Glasgow Warriors on 4 December 2009.
Glasgow Warriors have been victorious in round one for the past three seasons, but finished their last campaign with three successive reversals.

(source: RaboDirectPro12.com)


[TABLE="class: grid"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Ulster[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Glasgow[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Adam D'Arcy[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Stuart Hogg[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Craig Gilrow[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]Tommy Seymour[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Darren Cave[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]Rob Dewey[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nevin Spence[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]Troy Nathan[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ian Whitten[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]Colin Shaw[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ian Humphreys[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]Duncan Weir[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Paul Marshall[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]Colin Gregor[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chris Henry[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]Ryan Wilson[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Willie Faloon[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Chris Fusaro[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pedrie Wannenburg[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]James Eddie[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dan Tuohy[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Rob Harley[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lewis Stevenson[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Tom Ryder[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jerry Cronin[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Michael Cusack[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Andy Kyriacou[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Pat MacArthur[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Paddy McAllister[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Jon Welsh[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nigel Brady[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]Finlay Gillies[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Conor Carey[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]Ryan Grant[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Adam Macklin[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]Ed Kalman[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Neil McComb[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Nick Campbell[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Robbie Diack[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]Rory Pitman[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ian Porter[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]Henry Pyrgod[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Paddy Jackson[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Peter Horne[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Peter Nelson[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]Federico Aramburu[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[Peat]

The team sheets

Glasgow team
Welsh, MaArthur, Cusack, Ryder, Harley (c), Eddie, Fusaro, Wilson, Gregor, Weir, Shaw, Nathan, Dewey, Seymour, Hogg.

Bench - Gillies, Grant, Kalman, Campbell, Pitman, Pygros, Horne, Aramburu.

Ulster (15-9): A D'Arcy; C Gilroy, D Cave, N Spence, I Whitten; I Humphreys, P Marshall; (1-8) P McAllister, A Kyriacou, J Cronin, L Stevenson, D Tuohy, P Wannenburg, W Faloon, C Henry (capt).
Replacements: N Brady, C Carey, A Macklin, N McComb, R Diack, I Porter, P Jackson, P Nelson.


SUFTUM.

 

[Seaton]

Mon the weegies B)

SUFTUM?

 

[Peat]

Stand Up For the Ulstermen.

Can't this match ****ing kick off already? Can't concentrate on anything else.

Feeling very confident, and nervous as I'm not sure I can quite justify that confidence.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Well, I will be following Ulster very closely again this season. Ruan Pienaar and Johann Muller might miss out on the first couple of weeks, but that doesn't bother me.

Go Ulster!!!

 

[Peat]

Well, I will be following Ulster very closely again this season. Ruan Pienaar and Johann Muller might miss out on the first couple of weeks, but that doesn't bother me.

Go Ulster!!!

There's still a few boks for you to follow after all

Speaking of Pienaar, funny to think he made his debut in this fixture last year. Scored all the points. Then we went over to Glasgow, and I think he scored all of our points there as well...

Think Glasgow might be just as happy to see Small Marshall there.

 

[Conal]

whitten good be useful on thw wing showed some pace last year and is a big lad

pack looks decent but mabey a bit thin on the ground

feeling good let these warriors hear the ravenhill roar!!! c'mon ulster!

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

There's still a few boks for you to follow after all

Speaking of Pienaar, funny to think he made his debut in this fixture last year. Scored all the points. Then we went over to Glasgow, and I think he scored all of our points there as well...

Think Glasgow might be just as happy to see Small Marshall there.

I remember that match. I even recorded it and saved it on my external. Was an amazing debut for Ruan

 

[Seaton]

The more South Africans the better, we have tended to have a better time dealing with them over the years than the Oirish

Is this game being shown on T.V.?

 

[Conal]

it is on bbc ni 2

c'mon lets take the lead

 

[Peat]

BBC NI 2 and BBC Alba.

8-5 to Ulster now, conversion to come, interception try for the Caveman. iHumph gets the conversion, 10-5.

 

[Seaton]

Awwww

Skysports has the score as 10-0 to Glasgow on their score centre

I hate Skysports :angry:

 

[TRF_Olyy]

iHumph is growing a bit of a beard back - and we all know that with great beard comes great power


Ulster looking better after a shaky start

 

[Seaton]

Still 10-5?

 

[Peat]

Weir bagged a penno after Stevenson knocked the ball otu of the scrum-half's hands, Marshall's just got a try... 15-8, conversion to come. In the corner though.

edit: iHumph misses. 15-8, two minutes to go in the half.

 

[IRFU]

Still 10-5?

Ulster 15 - 11 Glasgow,

Paul Marshall Try and two penalty kicks from Weir, Half Time.

EDIT: 21-14 now

 

[Peat]

Still not convinced by the last penalty, but meh. Oh well.

Ulster playing well, just a few passes going to hands and we'd be tearing Glasgow a new one. Not that Glasgow are playing badly.

edit: p.s. the breeze, and it looks reasonable, is now with the Ulstermen.

 

[IRFU]

Chris Henry Try, Ulster 28 - 14 Glasgow.

 

[Peat]

All over, 28-14.

 

[Conal]

whitten may be at home on the wing

if some of those last passes had off stuck we would have tore glasgow apart

parts of this bode well!!!