Counties Manukau will go into their third-round NPC clash with Waikato with some extra firepower in their forwards courtesy of the return of three seasoned internationals.
Every team in the URC has been busy sorting transfers ahead of the upcoming summer break. The Irish provinces have been using their academies...
Former Ireland and Lions prop Jack McGrath is the headline name in the five-strong list of players that are leaving Ulster at the end of the current season. Fellow international Sean Reidy has also been released.
Ulster fell to their first home defeat in the United Rugby Championship as Munster came away from Belfast.
South African World Cup winner Duane Vermeulen is set to make his delayed Ulster debut after being named in the starting team to play Clermont on Saturday at the Stade Marcel-Michelin.
Ulster made it 15 points out of a possible 15 in the URC but were made to fight all the way by a spirited Benetton in a 28-8 victory.
Leicester and Ulster have named their sides for this Friday night's European Challenge Cup semi-final at Welford Road.
Ulster will play Northampton in the quarter-finals of the European Rugby Challenge Cup next weekend after a thumping 57-21 victory...
Leinster will get one foot in the door of the Guinness PRO14 final on March 27 if they can topple Ulster in the Kingspan on Saturday night.
Ireland three quarters Jacob Stockdale will return to action for Ulster as they take on the Ospreys at Kingspan Stadium on Friday night.
