2010–11 Ulster Rugby season

The 2010–11 Ulster Rugby season was Ulster's 17th season since the advent of professionalism in rugby union, and their second under head coach Brian McLaughlin. This season marked the debuts of two South Africans, scrum-half Ruan Pienaar (replacing Isaac Boss, who had moved to Leinster) and second row forward Johann Muller. Ulster were quarter-finalists in the European Rugby Champions Cup, and semi-finallists in the Celtic League.

2010–11 Ulster Rugby season
Ground(s)Ravenhill Stadium (Capacity: 12,500)
Coach(es)David Humphreys (Director of Rugby)
Brian McLaughlin (Head Coach)
Top scorerIan Humphreys (155)
Most triesCraig Gilroy (8)
League(s)Heineken Cup (quarter-finalists)
Celtic League (semi-finalists)
1st kit
2nd kit
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Squad
Ulster Rugby squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Back row

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

Fullbacks

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
* denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality.
Players and their allocated positions from the Ulster Rugby website.

    Player transfers

    Players in (Season 2010/2011)

    (Xavier Rush's move canceled at players request)[4]

    Players out (Season 2010/2011)

    Heineken Cup
    Main article: 2010–11 Heineken Cup

    Pool 4
    Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
    Biarritz (4) 6402169+714085+554222
    Ulster (8) 6501158+714593+522022
    Bath 6204208+12147108+392414
    Aironi 6105430−2665211−146004
    • Biarritz won the tiebreaker over Ulster with a 6–4 advantage in head-to-head competition points.
    8 October 2010
    19:30
    Ulster 30 – 6 Aironi
    Try: Trimble 21' m
    Humphreys 44' m
    Danielli 60' c
    Pienaar 67' c
    Con: Pienaar (0/2)
    Humphreys (2/2)
    Pen: Pienaar (2/3) 2', 39'
    		 Report Pen: Mercier (2/3) 5', 17'
    Ravenhill, Belfast
    Attendance: 7,777
    Referee: Chris White (England)
    17 October 2010
    16:00
    Biarritz Olympique 35 – 15 Ulster
    Try: Ngwenya (2) 44' c, 76' m
    Carizza 60' c
    Marconnet 66' c
    Con: Yachvili (3/4)
    Pen: Yachvili (3/3) 36', 53', 57'
    		 Report Try: Trimble 67' m
    Ferris 80' c
    Con: Pienaar (1/2)
    Pen: Pienaar (1/2) 12'
    11 December 2010
    13:30
    Ulster 22 - 18 Bath
    Try: Wannenburg 34' c
    Con: Humphreys (1/1)
    Pen: Humphreys (5/6) 12', 39', 53', 60', 64'
    		 Report Try: Cuthbert 7' c
    Moody 23' m
    Con: Barkley (1/2)
    Pen: Barkley (2/2) 2', 43'
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 8,247
    Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
    18 December 2010
    13:30
    Bath 22 - 26 Ulster
    Try: Carraro 1' m
    Banahan 69' m
    Pen: Barkley (4) 8', 14', 24', 67'
    		 Report Try: D'Arcy 11' c
    Spence 56' c
    Con: Humphreys (2/2)
    Pen: Humphreys (4) 16' 38', 59', 71'
    The Recreation Ground
    Attendance: 11,900
    Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
    15 January 2011
    15:30
    Ulster 9 – 6 Biarritz Olympique
    Pen: Humphreys (3/4) 48', 56', 77'
    		 Report Pen: Yachvili (2/2) 18', 39'
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 10,566
    Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
    22 January 2011
    14:30
    Aironi 6 – 43 Ulster
    Pen: Tebaldi 37'
    Drop: Marshall 26'
    		 Report Try: Trimble 23' c
    Wannenburg (2) 41' c, 46' c
    Penalty try 57' c
    Henry 67' c
    Danielli 78' m
    Con: Humphreys (5/6)
    Pen: Humphreys (1/2) 3'
    Stadio Luigi Zaffanella
    Attendance: 3,000
    Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

    Quarter-final
    10 April 2011
    14:00
    Northampton Saints 23 – 13 Ulster
    Try: Tonga'uiha 2' c
    Dickson 55' c
    Con: Myler (2/2) 3', 56'
    Pen: Myler (3/5) 40', 48', 65'
    		 Report Try: Trimble 32' c
    Con: Humphreys (1/1) 33'
    Pen: Humphreys (2/2) 7', 14'
    Stadium:mk, Milton Keynes[9]
    Attendance: 21,309
    Referee: Romain Poite (France)

    Celtic League
    Main article: 2010–11 Celtic League
    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Try bonus Losing bonus Pts
    1 Munster 221903496327+16944225283
    2 Leinster 221516495336+15950255370
    3 Ulster 221516480418+6244353267
    4 Ospreys 221219553418+13556296763
    5 Scarlets 221219503453+5049435762
    6 Cardiff Blues 221318479392+8737333360
    7 Newport Gwent Dragons 2210111444462−1847493449
    8 Edinburgh 229013421460−3939442543
    9 Connacht 227114394459−6532443639
    10 Benetton Treviso 229013374502−12829580238
    11 Glasgow Warriors 226115401543−14233481633
    12 Aironi 221021247517−27021520812
    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)
    Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places.
    Correct as of 7 May 2011. Source: RaboDirect PRO12
    3 September 2010
    19:05
    Ulster 27 – 26 Ospreys (1 BP)
    Try: Ferris
    Cave
    Con: O'Connor
    Pen: O'Connor (4)
    		 Report Try: Fussell
    Biggar
    Con: Biggar (2)
    Pen: Biggar (3)
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 7,500
    Referee: Peter Allan
    11 September 2010
    19:05
    (1 BP) Aironi 15 – 22 Ulster
    Pen: Mercier (4)
    Drop: Mercier
    		 Report Try: Diack
    Con: O'Connor
    Pen: O'Connor (5)
    Stadio Luigi Zaffanella
    Attendance: 4,453
    Referee: Stefano Penne
    17 September 2010
    20:05
    Ulster 29 – 21 Edinburgh
    Try: Trimble
    Whitten
    Cave
    Con: O'Connor
    Pen: O'Connor (3)
    Drop: O'Connor
    		 Report Try: Visser
    Cairns
    Con: Godman
    Pen: Paterson (2)
    Godman
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 7,461
    Referee: Alan Falzone
    25 September 2010
    19:30
    Connacht 15 – 15 Ulster
    Pen: Keatley (5)
    		 Report Pen: Wallace (4)
    O'Connor
    Sportsground
    Attendance: 3,761
    Referee: Alain Rolland
    1 October 2010
    19:05
    Ulster 19 – 17 Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
    Try: Pienaar
    Con: Pienaar
    Pen: Pienaar (4)
    		 Report Pen: Weir (4)
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 7,822
    22 October 2010
    19:05
    Edinburgh 21 – 16 Ulster (1 BP)
    Try: McKenzie
    Talei
    Con: Paterson
    Pen: Paterson (2)
    Drop: Blair
    		 Report Try: Whitten
    Con: Wallace
    Pen: Wallace (2)
    Humphreys
    Murrayfield
    Attendance: 3,195
    Referee: James Jones
    29 October 2010
    19:05
    Ulster 6 – 16 Munster
    Pen: Pienaar (2)
    		 Report Try: Dineen
    Con: Warwick
    Pen: Warwick (3)
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 10,750
    Referee: Alan Lewis
    21 November 2010
    15:45
    Cardiff Blues 15 – 37 Ulster
    Try: Laulala
    James
    Con: Sweeney
    Pen: Sweeney
    		 Report Try: Gilroy (2)
    D'Arcy
    Faloon
    Wallace
    Con: Humphreys (3)
    Pen: Humphreys (2)
    Cardiff City Stadium
    Attendance: 6,202
    26 November 2010
    19:05
    Benetton Treviso 9 – 19 Ulster
    Pen: Botes (2)
    		 Report Try: Gilroy (2)
    Danielli
    Con: Humphreys (2)
    Stadio di Monigo
    Attendance: 3,000
    3 December 2010
    19:05
    Ulster P – P Newport Gwent Dragons
    Ravenhill
    27 December 2010
    16:00
    Ulster 13 – 30 Leinster
    Try: Gilroy
    Con: O'Connor
    Pen: O'Connor (2)
    		 Report Try: O'Brien (2)
    Horgan
    Con: Nacewa (3)
    Pen: Nacewa (3)
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 11,426
    1 January 2011
    19:30
    Munster 35 – 10 Ulster
    Try: Hurley
    O'Donnell
    Murphy
    Mafi
    Con: Warwick (3)
    Pen: Warwick (3)
    		 Report Try: Anderson
    Con: Wallace
    Pen: Wallace
    Thomond Park
    Attendance: 22,000
    7 January 2011
    19:05
    (1 BP) Ulster 32 – 13 Benetton Treviso
    Try: Reidy
    Cave
    Scholes
    Olding
    Con: Humphreys
    Olding
    Pen: Humphreys (2)
    		 Report Try: Steyn
    Con: Hayward
    Pen: Hayward (2)
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 6,651
    Referee: Leighton Hodges
    13 February 2011
    17:10
    Ospreys 23 – 22 Ulster
    Try: Holah
    Pen: Biggar (6)
    		 Report Try: Penalty try
    Con: Humphreys
    Pen: Humphreys (2)
    Pienaar (3)
    Liberty Stadium
    Attendance: 5,802
    Referee: Neil Patterson
    18 February 2011
    19:05
    (1 BP) Scarlets 16 – 18 Ulster
    Try: Penalty try
    Con: Priestland
    Pen: Priestland (2)
    Drop: Priestland
    		 Report Pen: Pienaar (6)
    Parc y Scarlets
    Attendance: 5,463
    Referee: Andy Macpherson
    25 February 2011
    19:05
    Ulster 32 – 13 Cardiff Blues
    Try: Gilroy
    Pienaar
    Trimble
    Marshall
    Con: Humphreys (3)
    Pen: Humphreys (2)
    		 Report Try: Fish
    Con: Sweeney
    Pen: Sweeney (2)
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 8,383
    Referee: James Jones
    4 March 2011
    19:05
    Ulster 23 – 10 Aironi
    Try: Court
    Gilroy
    Fitzpatrick
    Con: Pienaar
    Pen: Pienaar (2)
    		 Report Try: James Marshall
    Con: Bocchino
    Pen: Bocchino
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 7,700
    18 March 2010
    19:05
    Ulster 25 – 23 Newport Gwent Dragons (1 BP)
    Try: Spence
    Seymour
    Cave
    Con: Pienaar (2)
    Pen: Pienaar
    Drop: Pienaar
    		 Report Try: Tovey
    Evans
    Brew
    Con: Hughes
    Pen: Jones
    Drop: Tovey
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 7,661
    Referee: James Jones
    25 March 2011
    20:05
    (1 BP) Glasgow Warriors 19 – 22 Ulster
    Try: Grant
    Con: Jackson
    Pen: Jackson (3)
    Weir
    		 Report Try: Pienaar
    Con: Pienaar
    Pen: Pienaar (5)
    Firhill Stadium
    Attendance: 2,715
    Referee: David Jones
    1 April 2011
    19:05
    Ulster 20 – 18 Scarlets (1 BP)
    Try: Humphreys (2)
    Con: Pienaar (2)
    Pen: Pienaar (2)
    		 Report Try: Davies
    Shingler
    Con: Priestland
    Pen: Jones (2)
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 8,646
    Referee: Graham Knox
    16 April 2011
    20:00
    Leinster 34 – 26 Ulster
    Try: Strauss
    Fitzgerald
    Horgan (2)
    Van der Merwe
    Con: Sexton (3)
    Pen: Sexton
    		 Report Try: Wannenburg
    Gilroy
    Con: Pienaar (2)
    Pen: Humphreys (3)
    Pienaar
    RDS Arena
    Attendance: 17,670
    22 April 2011
    19:05
    Ulster 27 – 16 Connacht
    Try: Best
    D'Arcy
    Cave
    Con: Humphreys (3)
    Pen: Humphreys (2)
    		 Report Try: Cronin
    Con: Keatley
    Pen: Keatley (2)
    Drop: Keatley
    Ravenhill
    Attendance: 9,239
    6 May 2011
    19:05
    Newport Gwent Dragons 13 – 20 Ulster
    Try: Riley
    Con: Jones
    Pen: Jones
    Tovey
    		 Report Try: Spence (2)
    Wannenburg
    Con: Humphreys
    Pen: Humphreys
    Rodney Parade
    Attendance: 5,062

    Semi-final
    13 May 2011
    19:05
    Leinster 18 – 3 Ulster
    Try: McFadden 25' m
    Fitzgerald 72' c
    Con: McFadden (1/1)
    Pen: Sexton (2/3) 5', 40'
    		 Report Pen: Pienaar (1/1) 62'
    RDS Arena
    Attendance: 14,476
    Referee: George Clancy

    Ulster Ravens

    British and Irish Cup
    Main article: 2010–11 British and Irish Cup

    Pool C
    Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
    Bedford Blues 55001646698183023
    Moseley 54011171134162018
    Neath 53027876290214
    London Welsh 52039399-6141211
    Ulster Ravens 5104109128-1913127
    Swansea 500561140-797022
    Points breakdown:
    *4 points for a win
    *2 points for a draw
    *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
    *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
    16 October 2010
    14:30
    Swansea 12 – 32 Ulster Ravens
    Stats
    St Helens
    Attendance: 1,200
    11 December 2010
    15:00
    Bedford Blues 36 – 22 Ulster Ravens
    Stats
    Goldington Road
    Attendance: 2,105
    14 January 2011
    19:00
    Ulster Ravens 20 – 25 Neath
    Stats
    Instonians RFC
    Attendance: 400
    22 January 2011
    14:00
    London Welsh 29 – 11 Ulster Ravens
    Stats
    Old Deer Park
    Attendance: 785
    23 February 2011
    14:00
    Ulster Ravens 24 – 26 Moseley
    Stats

    Ulster Rugby Awards

    The Ulster Rugby Awards ceremony was held on 10 May 2011 at the Culloden Hotel, Holywood. Winners were:[10]

    • Heineken Ulster Rugby Personality of the Year: Johann Muller
    • Bank of Ireland Ulster Player of the Year: Ruan Pienaar
    • Ulster Rugby Supporters Club Player of the Year: Johann Muller
    • Vodafone Young Ulster Player of the Year: Nevin Spence
    • Phoenix Gas Ulster Academy Player of the Year: Craig Gilroy
    • Belfast Telegraph Most Improved Ulster Player of the Year: Adam D'Arcy

    Season reviews

    References
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    2. "Ulster Rugby : Ulster confirm signing of Pedrie Wannenburg". www.ulsterrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-19.
    3. "Rugby News | Rugby Results, Fixtures & Tables".
    4. "Ulster Rugby : Ulster confirm signing of Pedrie Wannenburg". www.ulsterrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-19.
    5. "Leinster Rugby : Leinster announce squad for 2010/11..." www.leinsterrugby.ie. Archived from the original on 2010-06-19.
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    8. "Planet Rugby | Rugby Union Tournaments | Magners League | Pollock hangs up his boots". www.planetrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-26.
    9. Northampton forced to move Ulster tie to Milton Keynes – BBC Sport
    10. Niall Crozier, "Boks bag top gongs at awards", Belfast Telegraph, 11 May 2011
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