Exclusion drove Stockdale daft and it needed the lay-off that came with a January 2022 ankle operation for him to finally realise he was too caught up by it all. Nearly three years later, he is mentally in a very different place when it comes to his rugby.
.Cardiff produced a remarkable second-half turnaround to stun Ulster 21-19 at a raucous Arms Park in the United Rugby Championship.
Ulster head coach Richie Murphy has named his team for the BKT United Rugby Championship Round 6 match against Cardiff on Saturday - with no sign of hooker Rob Herring in the squad.
The veteran trio has a combined age of 107 yet Andy Farrell wants his on-field ambassadors to stick around.
.Ulster made it consecutive home bonus-point victories in the United Rugby Championship with a 36-12 win over Ospreys.
Ulster line-up doesn't bode well for Ireland's burgeoning injury crisis.
The Belfast side have registered just one win on their travels since New Year’s Day and never looked like making it two despite levelling at 7-7 inside 10 minutes.
A dramatic late try with the clock well in the red from David Shanahan ensured that Ulster opened their United Rugby Championship season with a 20-19 win over champions Glasgow Warriors.
First-half tries from Tom Stewart and Jacob Stockdale helped Ulster to a hard-fought 26-19 victory over the Bulls on what was the first game played at the Kingspan Stadium’s new synthetic surface.
Ulster's young sensation Nathan Doak is astonishingly candid on Gary Neville, Tom Brady, and how covid leeched his love of rugby.