Friendly: Teams up for Ulster v Northampton.

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The team’s for tomorrow nights friendly have been announced, albeit unfashionably late by Ulster Rugby. Northamptons team has been available since before 12:00pm whereas we had to wait until after five for Ulster.  😐 

Not particularly fan friendly from UR but on the strength of the two teams below maybe it’s due to the fact that Northampton have more to shout about in their line up, the English side able to field their English internationals whereas Ulster are still without Best, Trimble, Jackson, Bowe, Tuohy, Olding, Marshall, Payne, Henderson, Reidy and Pienaar, for some reason.

It seems strange, with the PRO12 trying to reinvent themselves to their sponsors, that, yet again, the sponsors and supporters will be left short changed in the opening fixtures with leading players unavailable or underprepared. If the four nations involved with the PRO12 actually treated it with some respect it would maybe command the sort of broadcast revenue that they are chasing with their hare-brained schemes! 

It’s unfortunate ‘cos tomorrows game could have been a cracker but, as it . . .

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