Raging Raven previews Ulster’s Heineken Cup chances in his own inimitable fashion!
“So it begins.” This is my favourite quote from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, said before the battle at Helm’s Deep between the men of Rohan and the oruk-hal of Isengard.
And no, I am not referring to the Heineken Cup, but the dribble written by the rest of Ireland regarding Ulster’s chances in the Heineken Cup. Conspiracy theories abound. It would appear that the ERC, in conjunction with the IRFU, have hatched a plan to promote the cause of Ulster.
The plan as Peter O’Reilly tells us in the Sunday Times is called Operation Ulster. The IRFU began the process by bankrolling the three most significant southern hemisphere signings to Ulster when poor old Munster and Leinster are hiring B-listers. Questioning how can Ulster possibly afford it when less than 12 months ago we were all reading about Ulster’s financial travails.
What they fail to mention is the fact that Leinster . . .
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