Audio and text commentary as Ulster start theirUnited Rugby Championship campaign against Glasgow Warriors after Munster beat Connacht.
No team won more lineout steals that Ulster Rugby last season with 43. They also had the best goal-kicking percentage in the championship with an 85.2% success rate but they also had the second worst lineout success on their own throw
The side's longest-serving player, Luke Marshall, retired, while Billy Burns, who has been the first-choice number ten for six seasons, was allowed to join Munster. Irish internationals Jacob Stockdale and Mike Lowry start on the wings while, after an injury-hit campaign last time around, Ethan McIlroy gets the nod in the 15 jersey."I'd love to nail down the full-back role. I feel that’s where you can get the best out of me," said McIlroy,It may only be September but Richie Murphy and his fellow provincial head coaches are already having to consider international call-ups.
The latter has certainly garnered plenty of column inches this summer having impressed in the Olympic Sevens for Ireland and then been brought in by Ulster on trial.This time 12 months ago, Dan McFarland was the Ulster head coach, Jonny Petrie their CEO, and the northern province's fanbase were eagerly anticipating the arrival of Springbok superstar Steven Kitshoff on a three-year deal.
As the 2024-25 campaign begins, perhaps the biggest change around Ravenhill - which itself will soon no longer be known as Kingspan Stadium - is the level of expectation.
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