Ulster

Ian Madigan emerged as the match-winner for Leinster as his 72nd-minute try decided Saturday evening's attritional RaboDirect PRO12 semi-final against Ulster at the RDS.

Ulster thrashed Connacht 58-12 to claim a bonus point win that puts them right back in the hunt for a RaboDirect Pro12 play-off place.

Ulster full-back Jared Payne has been suspended for two weeks after a disciplinary panel upheld his red card against Saracens on Saturday.

Ulster full-back Jared Payne will go in front of a disciplinary panel tomorrow (9th April) following his red card in the Heineken Cup quarter-final against Saracens.

Ulster are counting the physical cost of their Heineken Cup quarter-final defeat to Saracens with six players sidelined following the 17-15 defeat.

A relieved Saracens head coach Mark McCall says Ulster deserve plenty of credit after his side won their Heineken Cup quarter-final 17-15 at Ravenhill.

Ulster played for all but four minutes of their Heineken Cup quarter-final with 14 men but pushed Saracens all the way before being beaten 17-15 at Ravenhill.

Ulster's Andrew Trimble insists that while the Province are up against it in Saturday's Heineken Cup quarter-final with Saracens, his side are capable of defeating the English giants at Ravenhill.

Edinburgh broke their three-game losing streak with a gutsy 31-25 RaboDirect PRO12 win over Ospreys at Meggetland.

South African Ruan Pienaar was the hero as Ulster clinched a Heineken Cup quarter-final home tie with a brilliant 22-19 victory at Leicester.

Ulster avoided two successive defeats to Irish rivals by becoming only the third side to get the better of RaboDirect PRO12 leaders Munster this season as they bagged a vital victory to move back into the top four

Fit-again Ulster flanker Chris Henry has admitted he is itching to take his Ireland chance after Sean O'Brien's "devastating" shoulder injury.

Leinster will end the calendar year in second place in the RaboDirect PRO12 after beating Ulster in a hard-edged derby duel at the RDS.

Ireland and British Lions hooker Rory Best has penned a new two-year IRFU contract to remain with Ulster until 2016.

Silky, rapid and sharp. Craig Gilroy is starting to gain a reputation that his dazzling tries deserve.

Untested, novice, amateur whatever way you put it when Brian McLaughlin entered the helm of taking the coaching job at Ulster he was unknown outside of the Emerald Isle.

Very few teams have escaped from Thomond Park with victory in the Heineken Cup.

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