2006–07 Ulster Rugby season

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2006–07 Ulster Rugby season
Ground(s)Ravenhill Stadium (Capacity: 12,500)
Coach(es)Mark McCall
League(s)Heineken Cup (3rd in pool)
Celtic League (5th)
1st kit
2nd kit
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The 2006–07 Ulster Rugby season was Ulster's 13th season since the advent of professionalism in rugby union, and their third under head coach Mark McCall. They competed in the Heineken Cup and the Celtic League.

They finished fifth in the Celtic League. Andrew Trimble was the league's joint top try scorer with seven. David Humphreys was fourth top points scorer with 148, and third leading marksman with 56 successful goal kicks.[1] They were third in their Heineken Cup pool, failing to qualify for the knockout stage. Roger Wilson was Ulster's Player of the Year.

Squad[]

Senior squad[]

Ulster Rugby squad[6]

Props

Hookers

Locks

Back row


Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

Fullbacks

  • Ireland Scott Young (23 apps, 20 starts)
  • Ireland Bryn Cunningham (19 apps, 18 starts, 30 pts)
  • Ireland Mark Kettyle (no apps)
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
* denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality.

Academy squad[]

Academy squad[7]

Props

  • Ireland Michael Ferguson, Dungannon
  • Ireland Neil Simpson, Ballymena

Hookers

  • Ireland Stephen Douglas, Malone

Locks

  • none

Back row

Scrum-halves

  • Ireland David Drake, Instonians
  • Ireland Phil Coulter, Instonians

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

  • Ireland Richard Fegan, Ballynahinch
  • Ireland Dale Black, Armagh

Fullbacks

  • none

Heineken Cup[]

Main article: 2006–07 Heineken Cup

Pool 5[]

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Wales Llanelli Scarlets (2) 6 6 0 0 20 12 +8 169 120 +49 3 0 27
France Toulouse 6 3 0 3 18 17 +1 147 145 +2 3 2 17
Ireland Ulster 6 2 0 4 10 15 −5 111 129 −18 1 1 10
England London Irish 6 1 0 5 15 19 −4 124 157 −33 2 3 9
21 October 2006
13:35
Ulster Ireland 30–3 France Toulouse
Try: Trimble (2) 3' c, 39' c
Boss 29' c
Con: Humphreys (3)
Pen: Humphreys (3) 6', 11', 40+3'
 Report[8] Pen: Courrent 14'
Ravenhill, Belfast
Attendance: 12,772
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Ulster lineup
27 October 2006
19:30
Llanelli Scarlets Wales 21–15 Ireland Ulster
Try: King 4' m
M. Jones 50' c
Con: S. Jones
Pen: S. Jones (3) 28', 40+6', 71'
 Report[9] Pen: Humphreys (5) 33', 38', 47', 58', 64'
Stradey Park, Llanelli
Attendance: 8,914
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)
Ulster lineup
9 December 2006
15:30
London Irish England 29–13 Ulster Ireland
Try: Leguizamón 17' c
Catt 20' c
Geraghty 62' c
Tagicakibau 80+5' m
Con: Geraghty (3)
Pen: Everitt 80'
 Report[10] Try: Steinmetz 40+3' c
Con: Humphreys
Pen: Humphreys (2) 13', 33'
Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 14,675
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)
Ulster lineup
15 December 2006
19:30
Ulster Ireland 29–13 England London Irish
Try: Trimble 18' m
Humphreys 44' c
McMillan 58' c
Steinmetz 76' c
Con: Humphreys (3)
Pen: Humphreys 51'
 Report[11] Try: Tiesi 62' c
Con: Geraghty
Pen: Geraghty (2) 15', 31'
Ravenhill, Belfast
Attendance: 12,747
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
Ulster lineup
13 January 2007
13:35
Ulster Ireland 11–35 Wales Llanelli Scarlets
Try: Bowe 13' m
Pen: Wallace 1'
Steinmetz 38'
 Report[12] Try: Popham 35' c
King 57' c
Stoddart 63' c
Peel 79' c
G. Thomas 80+1' c
Con: S. Jones (5)
Ravenhill, Belfast
Attendance: 12,278
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)
Ulster lineup
21 January 2007
14:00
Toulouse France 28–13 Ireland Ulster
Try: Poitrenaud (2) 6' c, 65' c
Nyanga 73' m
Con: Courrent (2)
Pen: Courrent (3) 25', 53', 71'
 Report[13] Try: McCullough 12' c
Con: Wallace
Pen: Wallace (2) 43', 57'
Ulster lineup

Celtic League[]

Main article: 2006–07 Celtic League
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Try bonus Losing bonus Pts
1 Wales Ospreys 20 14 0 6 461 374 +87 49 32 4 4 64
2 Wales Cardiff Blues 20 13 1 6 447 327 +120 53 33 6 3 63
3 Ireland Leinster 20 12 1 7 472 376 +96 54 37 7 4 61
4 Wales Llanelli Scarlets 20 12 0 8 490 417 +73 61 41 9 0 57
5 Ireland Ulster 20 11 1 8 423 310 +113 45 31 4 5 55
6 Ireland Munster 20 12 0 8 379 294 +85 37 31 3 3 54
7 Scotland Glasgow Warriors 20 11 0 9 434 419 +15 42 49 3 2 49
8 Scotland Edinburgh 20 8 1 11 335 423 −88 31 45 2 6 42
9 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 20 8 0 12 353 362 −9 36 43 1 6 39
10 Ireland Connacht 20 4 2 14 326 474 −148 30 48 2 4 26
11 Scotland Border Reivers 20 2 0 18 201 545 −344 16 64 0 4 12
Under the standard bonus point system, points are awarded as follows:
  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries (or more) (Try bonus)
  • 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points (or fewer) (Losing bonus)
Source: RaboDirect PRO12
2 September 2006
19:30
Ulster Ireland 31 – 16 Wales Llanelli Scarlets
Try: Humphreys
Steinmetz
Bartholomeusz
Con: Humphreys (2)
Pen: Humphreys (4)
 Report[14] Try: Daniel
Con: Jones
Pen: Jones (3)
Ravenhill
Attendance: 8,265
Ulster lineup
9 September 2006
17:30
Newport Gwent Dragons Wales 25 – 32 Ireland Ulster
Try: Brew (2)
Fitisemanu
Con: Sweeney (2)
Pen: Sweeney (2)
 Report[15] Try: Cunningham (2)
Maxwell
Fitzpatrick
Con: Humphreys (3)
Pen: Humphreys (2)
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 5,114
Ulster lineup
15 September 2006
19:30
Edinburgh Scotland 20 – 15 Ireland Ulster
Try: Cairns
Pen: Paterson (4)
Drop: Godman
 Report[16] Pen: Humphreys (5)
Murrayfield
Attendance: 3,129
Ulster lineup
22 September 2006
19:30
Ulster Ireland 43 – 7 Wales Ospreys
Try: R. Best
Bowe
Steinmetz
McMillan
Con: Humphreys (4)
Pen: Humphreys (5)
 Report[17] Try: Byrne
Con: Hook
Ravenhill
Attendance: 10,804
Ulster lineup
30 September 2006
19:30
Munster Ireland 21 – 13 Ireland Ulster
Try: Wallace
Horgan
Con: O'Gara
Pen: O'Gara (3)
 Report[18] Try: Steinmetz
Con: Humphreys
Pen: Humphreys (2)
Musgrave Park
Attendance: 8,000
Ulster lineup
6 October 2006
18:30
Connacht Ireland 17 – 24 Ireland Ulster
Try: Mostyn
Warwick
Con: Warwick (2)
Pen: Warwick
 Report[19] Try: Cunningham
Wilson
Boss
Con: Humphreys (2)
Pen: Humphreys
Sportsground
Attendance: 1,687
Ulster lineup
14 October 2006
17:30
Ulster Ireland 32 – 12 Wales Cardiff Blues
Try: Cunningham
Wallace
N. Best
Trimble (2)
Con: Humphreys (2)
Pen: Humphreys
 Report[20] Try: Czekaj
Evans
Con: Macleod
Ravenhill
Attendance: 9,979
Ulster lineup
3 November 2006
19:30
Ulster Ireland 32 – 8 Scotland Border Reivers
Try: Dawson
J. Fitzpatrick
Campbell
Steinmetz
Con: Humphreys (3)
Pen: Humphreys (2)
 Report[21] Try: Danielli
Con: MacRae
Ravenhill
Attendance: 10,452
Ulster lineup
2 December 2006
19:30
Ulster Ireland 6 – 6 Ireland Leinster
Pen: Humphreys (2)
 Report[22] Pen: D'Arcy
Drop: D'Arcy
Ravenhill
Attendance: 12,800
Ulster lineup
26 December 2006
17:30
Ulster Ireland 20 – 10 Ireland Connacht
Try: Bowe (2)
N. Best
Con: Wallace
Pen: Humphreys
 Report[23] Try: Fogarty
Con: McHugh
Pen: Warwick
Ravenhill
Attendance: 12,143
Ulster lineup
31 December 2006
14:00
Leinster Ireland 20 – 12 Ireland Ulster
Try: Hickie
Finegan
Heaslip
Con: Contepomi
Pen: Sexton
 Report[24] Pen: Wallace (3)
Drop: Wallace
Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 48,000
Ulster lineup
6 January 2007
17:30
Glasgow Warriors Scotland 8 – 19 Ireland Ulster
Try: Newman
Pen: Parks
 Report[25] Try: R. Best
Bowe
N. Best
Con: Wallace (2)
Hughenden
Attendance: 2,799
Ulster lineup
27 January 2007
17:30
Ospreys Wales 29 – 22 Ireland Ulster
Try: Walker (2)
Con: Connor (2)
Pen: Connor (3)
Drop: Connor (2)
 Report[26] Try: Ferris
Con: Steinmetz
Pen: Steinmetz (5)
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 6,077
Ulster lineup
16 February 2007
19:10
Ulster Ireland 14 – 7 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Trimble
Boss
Con: Humphreys (2)
 Report[27] Try: Brew
Con: Sweeney
Ravenhill
Attendance: 9,237
Ulster lineup
3 March 2007
17:30
Llanelli Scarlets Wales 17 – 11 Ireland Ulster
Try: Davies
Pen: Thomas (4)
 Report[28] Try: Trimble
Pen: Humphreys (2)
Stradey Park
Attendance: 5,641
Ulster lineup
23 March 2007
19:30
Ulster Ireland 21 – 24 Ireland Munster
Try: Steinmetz
Wilson
Trimble
Con: Humphreys
 Report[29] Try: O'Sullivan
Halstead
Carney
Con: Manning (2)
Hickey
Pen: Hickey
Ravenhill
Attendance: 12,900
Ulster lineup
13 April 2007
19:30
Border Reivers Scotland 9 – 33 Ireland Ulster
Pen: Jones (3)
 Report[30] Try: Cunningham
Maxwell
Ferris
Con: Humphreys (3)
Pen: Humphreys (4)
Netherdale
Attendance: 3,252
Ulster lineup
20 April 2007
19:10
Cardiff Blues Wales 20 – 17 Ireland Ulster
Try: Shanklin
Czekaj
Con: Macleod
Blair
Pen: Blair
Drop: Macleod
 Report[31] Try: Wilson
Trimble
Con: Steinmetz (2)
Pen: Steinmetz
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 6,354
Ulster lineup
27 April 2007
19:30
Ulster Ireland 10 – 24 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Try: Maxwell
Trimble
 Report[32] Try: Beattie
Barclay
Lamont
Con: Parks (3)
Pen: Parks
Ravenhill
Attendance: 8,056
Ulster lineup
11 May 2007
19:30
Ulster Ireland 16 – 10 Scotland Edinburgh
Try: Maxwell
Con: Wallace
Pen: Wallace (3)
 Report[33] Try: Murray
Con: Hodge
Pen: Hodge
Ravenhill
Attendance: 7,429
Ulster lineup

Ulster Rugby Awards[]

The Ulster Rugby Awrds ceremony was held at the Ramada Hotel on 17 May 2007. Winners were:[34]

  • Bank of Ireland Ulster Player of the Year: Roger Wilson
  • Guinness Ulster Rugby Personality of the Year: Rory Best
  • Vodofone Ulster Young Player of the Year: David Pollock
  • Kukri Sportswear Club of the Year: Dungannon RFC
  • First Trust Club Player of the Year: Paul Magee, Dungannon
  • Ken Goodall Award for Outstanding Player at the Sports Institute: Thomas Anderson
  • Northern Bank Schools Player of the Year: James Sandford, The Royal School, Armagh
  • Calor Gas Youth Player of the Year: David McGregor
  • Belfast Telegraph Merit Award: Simon McDowell
  • Dorrington B. Faulkner Award: Walter Lindsay, Civil Service Rugby Club

References[]

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  6. ^ Appearances and scoring stats from ItsRugby.co.uk
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  21. ^ "Ulster secure maximum points", Pro12 Rugby, 3 November 2006
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  34. ^ Gavin Mairs, "Rory heads for World Cup as Personality of the Year", Belfast Telegraph, 18 May 2007
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