The changing of the guard

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At the question and answer sessions with Bryn Cunningham back in February, Ulster season ticket holders were told of an impending mass exodus during the off-season.

So far, Tommy Bowe announced his retirement in January before news broke that Callum Black had signed a contract to return to Worcester Warriors. Just two weeks ago, Paul Marshall announced that he too was hanging up his boots while Andrew Trimble published a statement confirming that this season will be his last yesterday. Robbie Diack is the latest to announce that he will be leaving the province.

Combined with the losses of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding as well as the departures of Ruan Pienaar and Roger Wilson last season and the uncertainty surrounding the future of Jared Payne, Ulster will field a virtually unrecognizable team at the start of next season.

For a few seasons around the appointment of Les Kiss the word ‘transition’ was thrown about so much that it almost devalued the word to a point where the province was in a constant transitioning phase. Now however . . .

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