2004–05 Ulster Rugby season
The 2004–05 season was Ulster Rugby's tenth under professionalism, and their first under head coach Mark McCall. They competed in the Heineken Cup, the Celtic League and the Celtic Cup.
| Ground(s) | Ravenhill Stadium (Capacity: 12,500) | ||
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| Coach(es) | Mark McCall | ||
| League(s) | Heineken Cup (3rd in pool) Celtic League (8th) Celtic Cup (quarter-finalists) | ||
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Former head coach Alan Solomons and forwards coach Adrian Kennedy left at the end of the previous season to join Northampton Saints.[1] Backs coach Mark McCall was named as the new head coach,[2] with Allen Clarke as his assistant.[3] Maurice Field replaced Clarke as head of the academy.[4]
Pre-season
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Squad
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| (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. * denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality. |
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2004–05 Heineken Cup
Pool 6
| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
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 Stade Français (3) |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 179 | 90 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
 Gloucester |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 144 | 128 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
 Ulster |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 88 | 139 | −51 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
 Cardiff Blues |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 98 | 152 | −54 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
2004-05 Celtic League
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Pts | |
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| 1 | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 508 | 267 | +241 | 53 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 76 |
| 2 | Munster | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 470 | 331 | +139 | 54 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 69 |
| 3 | Leinster | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 455 | 350 | +105 | 46 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 57 |
| 4 | Newport Gwent Dragons | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 381 | 436 | −55 | 39 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 50 |
| 5 | Llanelli Scarlets | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 402 | 446 | −44 | 48 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 46 |
| 6 |  Glasgow Warriors | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 465 | 466 | −1 | 40 | 58 | 4 | 7 | 45 |
| 7 | Edinburgh | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 409 | 407 | +2 | 47 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 44 |
| 8 | Ulster | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 363 | 387 | −24 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 43 |
| 9 | Cardiff Blues | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 350 | 404 | −54 | 35 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Connacht | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 317 | 407 | −90 | 32 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 37 |
| 11 | Borders | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 337 | 556 | −219 | 31 | 66 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
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Under the standard bonus point system, points are awarded as follows:
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| Source: RaboDirect PRO12 Archived 22 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine | |||||||||||||
Celtic Cup
Quarter-final
Ulster Rugby Awards
The Ulster Rugby Awrds ceremony was held at the Ramada Hotel on 12 May 2005. Winners were:[12]
- Bank of Ireland Ulster Player of the Year: Neil Best
- Guinness Ulster Rugby Personality of the Year: Tommy Bowe
- Club Ulster Supporters Player of the Year: Kieran Campbell
- Kukri Schools Player of the Year: David Pollock, Royal School Dungannon
- First Trust Bank Club of the Year: Ballymena RFC
- Calor Gas Youth Player of the Year: Nigel Newell, Ballynahinch RFC
- Dorrington B. Faulkner Award: Brian Reid, Coleraine RFC
- Northern Bank Coach of the Year: Gerald McCarter, City of Derry R.F.C., Ulster U21s
- Downtown Radio Club/PRO Media Liaison Officer of the Year: Joan Beatty, Enniskillen
- Belfast Telegraph Club Team of the Year: Ballymena RFC 2nd XV
- The Botanic Inns Merit Award: Suzanne Flemming
References
- "Solomons Leaving Ulster", Irish Rugby, 16 February 2004
- "McCall gets call to coach Ulster", The Irish Times, 23 March 2004
- "Clarke named assistant coach at Ulster", ESPN, 8 April 2004
- Gavin Mairs, "Sweet 16 move into Ulster academy", Belfast Telegraph, 12 August 2004
- "Kershaw joins Leeds on loan", ESPN, 24 February 2005
- "Ulster sign Kevin Maggs", Irish Examiner, 3 July 2004
- "Clem Boyd To Retire", Irish Rugby, 4 November 2003
- Gavin Mairs, "McCall's French connection", Belfast Telegraph, 22 April 2004
- "Saintly Solomons leaves legacy", BBC Sport, 16 February 2004
- "McWhirter out and Clarke in", Belfast Telegraph, 9 April 2004
- "Ulster lose Constable", ESPN, 4 February 2004
- Gavin Mairs, "Bowe bags the top Ulster rugby gong", Belfast Telegraph, 13 May 2005
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