Ulster’s season climaxes in a possible 3 game streak potentially culminating in a RABO PRO12 decider at the RDS. Notice I say potentially because there is still so much uncertainty. [more]
Ballpark
Dip into the weird and wonderful world of Ballpark at the FRONT ROW UNION all together in one place for the first time ever!
Oops-a-Logie!
After all the jacks are in their boxes, And the clowns have all gone to bed, You can hear sadness staggering on down the street, In handprints dressed in red, [more]
YOU COULDN’T MAKE IT UP … OR COULD YOU?
You could make this up, well perhaps not but if you had to find a suitable paradox for mollycoddling people and being bitten for it, then look no further than [more]
IT’S SPORT JIM, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT!
A bloke I know, who’s one of the cycling cadre I hang out with these days, played for a very good CI rugby team in the 70’s and scrum half [more]
ROOSTING CHICKENS AGAIN
Due to unforeseen circumstances I was back at Ravenhill sooner than I had imagined, I mean, I was back this season for the Zebre game. The Terrace was sold out, [more]
DRAFTING GREY SQUIRRELS, DAYS OF SUMMER AND DISTANT MEMORIES
Strange how the memory of the most mundane summer’s day assumes all the momentous significance, when your gripped to base of your soul by winter’s heartless grasp. It’s early February [more]
STALE MATE
The 6 Nations cometh and for some the excitement rises with the anticipation of a trip to Rome, a journey to Wales or a short walk from the pub to [more]
Do They Know It’s Ulstertime At All?
The Men from the Burgh Do! Treading somewhat warily were the Helensburgh men on Friday night as they made their way to Ravenhill via Mount Merrion through a chocful of [more]
From Here to 2013
In case you haven’t the heart/willpower to read any further, I will take this opportunity to wish all my readers, (I think that’s about 3*) a very Happy New Year’s [more]
FALLEN SHADOWS ROUSING TIMES
Everybody here, seems to like to laugh, look at Johnny King jivin’ across the floor. He can play the fool and make a few mistakes, but all the same he’ll [more]
An Emotion
I am not an emotional man by nature though I would admit to have cried occasionally and made others weep, period. On Friday night, having moored up by the sofa [more]
In Perversity
Perversely I am somewhat glad that Ulster didn’t walk all over the Scarlets on Sunday and post a cricket score. At one stage a game of rugby threatened to break [more]
The Thomond Tank Engine
There was shock and awe amongst Irish rugby pundits on Saturday week ago when an Ulster and Ireland centre ran with the ball in two hands and passed it. It [more]
CANT AND RANT
South Africa duly beat Ireland on Saturday last and it’s not as if the world has caved in judging by the reaction of everyone from Gerry Thornley to Last Knight [more]
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING MIST I SEE
‘Through the early morning mist I see, visions of things to be’ Saturday 8.45am I am peering up a long straight road, the late Autumn sun, weak in intensity causes [more]










