Ulster Rugby v Llanelli Scarlets

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V SCARLETS SATURDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 2018 KINGSPAN STADIUM, BELFAST KICK OFF 5.15PM

We are delighted to welcome you to Kingspan Stadium for the start of the 2018/2019 season. It’s with great excitement that we look forward to this opening fixture of the competitive season, in what is sure to be a tough test against the Scarlets, last season’s Guinness PRO14 runners-up. The fixture represents a clean slate and a great opportunity to lay down a marker for the season ahead. With new talent joining Ulster Rugby’s dedicated squad and under the guidance of new Head Coach, Dan McFarland, it is an exciting time for the club. The loyal support shown by Ulster Rugby fans ensures a rousing atmosphere, unique to Kingspan Stadium. I’m confident this season will be no different so please join me in extending a very warm welcome to the Scarlets players, management team and travelling fans. Finally, on behalf of Kingspan, I want to wish the Ulster Rugby squad and management team the very best as they look to lay the foundations for future success. To Ulster’s committed fans, enjoy the game, lead the way and help ensure this is another Kingspan Stadium matchday to remember.

IN THIS ISSUE...

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

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TODAY'S MASCOTS

INTERVIEW: MARCEL COETZEE CLUB FUNDING MODEL LAUNCH Q&A: ALAN O'CONNOR IRFU CHARITABLE TRUST WOMEN'S SQUAD PREVIEW

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STAFF PROFILE: MATTHEWHOLMES 23 ACADEMY SQUAD PREVIEW 24 ULSTER SQUAD PROFILES 26 ULSTER TEAM 30 SCARLETS TEAM 31 SCARLETS SQUAD PROFILES 32 OPPOSITION: 3 TOWATCH 37 MEET THE COACHES 38 GUEST ARTICLE: ROD NAWN 44 PREMIER SPORTS 47

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URSC UPDATE

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INTERVIEW: HENRY SPEIGHT SUBWAY HALF TIME TEAMS

OUR CLUB UPDATE

STADIUM INFORMATION

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MATCH PREVIEW

THANK YOUS

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PRESIDENT’S WELCOME On behalf of Ulster Rugby, I would like to welcome ‹o† -ѴѴ |o bm]vr-m "|-7b†l =ou |_bv ;ˆ;mbm]ŝv Cuv| Guinness PRO14 match of the season. We start our league campaign against Scarlets and we extend a r-uঞ1†Ѵ-uѴ‹ ‰-ul ‰;Ѵ1ol; |o |_;bu bu;1|ouv om Davies and David Owen, together with all their guests and supporters.

IRFU ULSTER BRANCH 2018/19 OFFICERS "|;r_;m ѴѴbo‚ President Gary Leslie Senior Vice President Philip Gregg Junior Vice President Denis Gardiner Honorary Secretary Michael Boyd Honorary Treasurer Greg Irwin olr;ঞঞomv ";1u;|-u‹ EXECUTIVE TEAM Chris Webster ol;vঞ1 !†]0‹ -m-];u Audrey Robinson Head of Finance ş r;u-ঞomv Fiona Hampton ;-7 o= "-Ѵ;v ş -uh;ঞm] Bryn Cunningham r;u-ঞomv bu;1|ou

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No matter where you’re reading this I want to kick off the new season by saying thank you to all of our fans. We begin a new era this weekend and without the vibrancy of our clubs and the passionate support you give them then others would not have been so aware of what a terrific tournament we have. Premier Sports have joined as the lead broadcast partner in the UK, committing to screening all 152 games live, while eir sport will take up the reins in the Republic of Ireland where fans will have never-before-seen access to every game of the season. Premier Sports and eir sport are focused on raising the standards of presentation with more analysis, behind the scenes access, mid-week programming, highlights and opinions from players who know just what it’s like to compete at the highest level in the Guinness PRO14, in the Test arena and, indeed, for the British & Irish Lions. Naturally, some people have wondered why we did not continue our partnerships with other broadcasters, but Premier Sports and eir sport share our vision for the Championship – they see it for all that is, all that it can be. Our new broadcast partners will be innovative and place the Guinness PRO14 as their No 1 sports property. This is great news for all of our supporters who will be able to follow their teams both home & away, while keeping tabs on all of their rivals as the season progresses. We’re also very proud that S4C in Wales and TG4 in Ireland will remain part of our broadcast family. They join Free Sports (Premier’s sister channel) in providing Free-To-Air coverage of the Guinness PRO14 in addition to their local language commentary. It is especially pleasing for S4C to be on board given their involvement from the very beginning of the Celtic League in 2001. Of course, your support in the stadium makes a big impact. We know that more and more of you are turning up each season and in the previous campaign our attendances rose by 10%. You saw more tries than ever before – 861 to be exact – and that all stemmed from the speed of our ruck ball which World Rugby statistics have ranked as the quickest of any professional club tournament across the globe. A total of 297 International players appeared in the Guinness PRO14 last season with 76 making their Test debuts, all of which underlines the incredible work that takes place in all of our clubs to generate top-class talent season after season. For the first time the Championship is now home to the current Champions Cup winners and the Challenge Cup winners – Leinster Rugby and Cardiff Blues. Those are tremendous achievements to boast about and further congratulations to Leinster who not only became the first team to do the Guinness PRO14 and European Cup double, but they also claimed their fifth title which is the most of any team in our Championship. Of course, everyone is fighting to reach the Guinness PRO14 Final at Celtic Park which will mark another historic chapter for our Championship as the showpiece game is played at a non-rugby stadium for the first time. To get access to the best offers check our official accounts on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter or just visit bit. ly/glasgow2019 to get your tickets. I would also like to say a huge thank you to our title sponsors Guinness for their continued support and also welcome SportPesa to our family of Championship partners that includes eir, Gilbert and Macron. Finally, I’d like to wish all of our teams, coaches, players and supporters the very best of the luck for the season ahead. Enjoy the game, Martin Anayi Chief Executive Officer

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TODAY’S MASCOTS

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DELIGHTED TO BE BACK IN THE MIX

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CLUB FUNDING MODEL LAUNCHED ubou |o |_; &Ѵv|;u ˆ Ѵo†1;v|;u ru;Ŋv;-vom =ub;m7Ѵ‹ķ u-m| L1;uv =uol clubs across the Province came together to receive the new Club Funding Model which has been in development for the past six months.

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RECENT SUCCESS STORIES -Ѵom; ! u;1;bˆ;7 ŬƓƒķƏƏƏ =uol |_; Ѵr_- uo]u-ll; |o bmv|-ѴѴ -m o†|7oou 1oll†mb|‹ ]‹l ‰_b1_ ‰bѴѴ _;Ѵr |o blruoˆ; |_; _;-Ѵ|_ -m7 ‰;ѴѴ0;bm] o= |_; Ѵo1-Ѵ 1oll†mb|‹ †u]-m ! u;1;bˆ;7 ŬƕƔķƏƏƏ =uol |_;bu Ѵo1-Ѵ o†m1bѴĽv ;-1; ( ruo]u-ll; |o 7;Ѵbˆ;u - ]oo7 u;Ѵ-ঞomv |_uo†]_ u†]0‹ ruo]u-ll;ķ Ѵbmhbm] ‰b|_ Ѵo1-Ѵ v1_ooѴv ;‰u‹ ! u;1;bˆ;7 ŬѶƓķƏƏƏ 0;|‰;;m - ]u-m| =uol |_;bu Ѵo1-Ѵ o†m1bѴ -m7 -m ! & Ѵo-m =ou Ѵ†0_o†v; u;=†u0bv_l;m| ‰ouhv

ou lou; bm=oul-ঞom om |_; Ѵ†0 †m7bm] o7;Ѵķ 1om|-1| 7-ˆb7ĺfo_mv|omŠ†Ѵv|;uu†]0‹ĺ1olĺ

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ULSTER RUGBY SUPPORTERS TO CLIMB KILIMANJARO

Sixteen brave souls from across the Province will climb Mount Kilimanjaro in January to support the work of the IRFU Charitable Trust. They will join &Ѵv|;u -m7 ubv_ u†]0‹ Ѵ;];m7ķ "|;r_;m ;uubv =ou |_; ;Šr;7bঞomĺ

"r;-hbm] -0o†| |_; ;ˆ;m| bm7- Ѵ-1h =uol |_; ! & _-ub|-0Ѵ; $u†v| v-b7 Ş); -u; ˆ;u‹ ;Š1b|;7 -0o†| u;Ѵ-m7ŝv -ѴѴ |o bѴbl-mf-uoķ 1Ѵbl0bm] bѴbl-mf-uo bv - om1; bm - Ѵb=;ঞl; orrou|†mb|‹ĺ $_bv ;ˆ;m| ‰bѴѴ l-h; -m ;moulo†v 7b@;u;m1; |o |_; $u†v| -m7 -ѴѴo‰ †v |o 7o vo l†1_ lou; =ou v;ubo†vѴ‹ bmf†u;7 u†]0‹ rѴ-‹;uvĺŞ Some of the team preparing for the climb are: Ѵ-m !;b7 – 52, owner of Shu restaurant Belfast $;uu‹ 1 -u|m;‹ - 47, owner of the Belmore Court & Motel Enniskillen 7ub-m 1 -†]_Ѵbm - 47, Ex-Carton House Hotel, Randalstown !o00b; 1 †uh – 61, Motorsport Engineer, Omagh ou7om u-_-l – 34, Marathon, mountain runner and rugby mad, Kilkeel $_; &Ѵv|;u =†m7u-bvbm] |;-l ‰o†Ѵ7 Ѵbh; |o -1hmo‰Ѵ;7]; |_; v†rrou| o= |_; =oѴѴo‰bm] businesses: ;Ѵlou; o†u| ş o|;Ѵ JN Wine m|;u1omঞm;m|-Ѵ o|;Ѵ †0Ѵbm o1_ olom7 oѴ= Ѵ†0 o†um; ";-=oo7 !;v|-†u-m| $_; o|;Ѵ -Ѵ‰-‹ bѴ|om o|;Ѵ -Ѵ|- - -m]- Ѵ†0 &Ѵv|;u !†]0‹

v r-u| o= ļ u;Ѵ-m7ŝv -ѴѴ |o bѴbl-mf-uoĽ "_-m; ‹um; Ő ;bmv|;uőķ -u1†v ou-m Ő †mv|;uő -m7 bh; 1 -u|_‹ Ő omm-1_|őķ ‰bѴѴ l-h; |_; fo†um;‹ ‰b|_ "|;r_;m -m7 r-|uomv =uol ;-1_ o= |_;bu ruoˆbm1;v |o |-1hѴ; |_; _b]_;v| =u;;Ŋv|-m7bm] lo†m|-bm bm |_; ‰ouѴ7ĺ |-u];| o= ŨƐƒƏh _-v 0;;m v;| -m7 o†u Ѵo1-Ѵ ˆoѴ†m|;;uv hb1h o@ |_;bu =†m7u-bvbm] 1-lr-b]mv |_bv ;ˆ;mbm] ‰b|_ - 0†1h;| 1oѴѴ;1ঞom -| bm]vr-m "|-7b†lĺ $_; ubv_ !†]0‹ oo|0-ѴѴ &mbom _-ub|-0Ѵ; $u†v| ‰-v =oul;7 bm ƐƖƕѶ |o -vvbv| v;ˆ;u;Ѵ‹ bmf†u;7 u†]0‹ rѴ-‹;uv bm |_;bu ;ˆ;u‹7-‹ Ѵbˆ;vķ -m7 _;Ѵr |o u;v|ou; |_;bu 1omC7;m1; -m7 bm7;r;m7;m1;ĺ $o Cm7 o†| -0o†| |_; ‰ouh |_; |u†v| 7o;v rѴ;-v; ;ŠrѴou; bu=†1_-ub|-0Ѵ;|u†v|ĺ1olĺ &Ѵv|;u !†]0‹ķ u;Ѵ-m7 -m7 bomv Ѵ;];m7 "|;r_;m ;uubv _-v o@;u;7 |o Ѵ;-7 |_; &Ѵv|;u 0u-m1_ o= |_; =†m7u-bvbm] |;-l †r |_; =-lo†v lo†m|-bmĺ "|;r_;m 1oll;m|;7ķ ľ -l 7;Ѵb]_|;7 |o 0; bmˆoѴˆ;7 ‰b|_ |_bv ;Šr;7bঞomĺ o†m| bѴbl-mf-uo bv |_; _b]_;v| r;-h bm =ub1- -m7 -l mo| †m7;u;vঞl-ঞm] |_; 1_-ѴѴ;m]; |_bv |;-l _-v v;| b|v;Ѵ=ĺ ‰o†Ѵ7 ;m1o†u-]; |_; &Ѵv|;u !†]0‹ =-lbѴ‹ -m7 ‰b7;u 1bu1Ѵ;v |o v†rrou| |_;bu ;@ou|v bm -m‹ vl-ѴѴ ‰-‹ |_;‹ 1-mĺĿ †l;uo†v ;ˆ;m|v _-ˆ; 0;;m rѴ-mm;7 0;=ou; |_; |;-l 7;r-u|†u;v bm -m†-u‹ĺ )-|1_ o†| =ou ‰bm; |-vঞm]vķ 1ooh;u‹ v1_ooѴ ;ˆ;m|vķ rubŒ; u-Z;vķ u†]0‹ 7bmm;uvķ vr-uubm] v;vvbomv ‰b|_ ruo=;vvbom-Ѵ 0oŠ;uv -m7 vromvou;7 _bh;vĺ = ‹o† ‰o†Ѵ7 Ѵbh; |o -vvbv| ‰b|_ vromvouv_brķ 1-m o@;u _;Ѵrķ -m ;ˆ;m| vr-1; ou vblrѴ‹ ‰bv_ |o 7om-|; |_;m rѴ;-v; 1om|-1| Ѵbm7-ĺ0Ѵ-1hŠbu=†ĺb; ‰_o ‰bѴѴ =ou‰-u7 ‹o†u o@;u |o |_; u;Ѵ;ˆ-m| |;-l l;l0;uĺ

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Ѵbmhv ‰b|_ |_; &ƐѶ rѴ-‹;uv -m7 7;ˆ;Ѵorl;m| rѴ-‹;uv =uol -uo†m7 |_; uoˆbm1;ĺ $_; ˆbvbom bv |o 1u;-|; - ļ1†Ѵ|†u; o= rѴ-‹Ľ bm &Ѵv|;uķ ‰_;u; -ѴѴ )ol;mĽv 1o-1_;v =uol -ѴѴ 1Ѵ†0v -u; ;vv;mঞ-ѴѴ‹ ru-1ঞ1bm] -m7 7;ˆ;Ѵorbm] bm |_; v-l; l-mm;uĺ $_; &Ѵv|;u )ol;mĽv |;-l -u; 1omঞm†bm] |o 0†bѴ7 =o†m7-ঞomv =ou =†|†u; v†11;vv -m7 ‰; ‰bv_ |_;l -ѴѴ |_; 0;v| =ou |_;bu ";ub;v 1-lr-b]m -m7 0;‹om7ĺ INTERPROVINCIAL SERIES FIXTURES ;bmv|;u ˆ &Ѵv|;u ub7-‹ ƒƐv| †]†v|ķ b1h o@ ƕrl Blackrock RFC, Dublin &Ѵv|;u ˆ †mv|;u "†m7-‹ Ɩ|_ ";r|;l0;uķ b1h o@ Ɛrl Portadown RFC omm-1_| ˆ &Ѵv|;u "-|†u7-‹ ƐƔ|_ ";r|;l0;uķ b1h o@ ƑĺƒƏrl Sportsground, Galway

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THREE TO WATCH

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NEVE JONES Hooker

EMMA JORDAN Wing Cooke RFC Outstanding performances in

Malone RFC ;-7;uv_br t†-Ѵbঞ;v beyond her years, technically excellent in the breakdown area and relentless work rate.

Huge physicality, strong ball carrier,

CLAIRE McLAUGHLIN played for Ireland at both centre and wing but recently moved to the back row where she could do real damage.

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NAME: MATTHEW HOLMES ROLE: CLUB SERVICES OFFICER EMAIL: matthew.holmes@ulsterrugby.com

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GRAHAM CURTIS ERIC O’SULLIVAN IWAN HUGHES Year 2 Scrum Half 12.09.99 174cm 85kg Malone Year 2 Prop 30.11.95 186cm 115kg Banbridge Year 1 Back Three 06.04.99 173cm 77kg Ballynahinch

Year 2 Back Three 19.08.97 193cm 89kg Ballymena

MARCUS REA JAMES HUME AZUR ALLISON Year 3 Back Row 08.09.97 189cm 105cm Ballymena Year 2 Centre 07.09.98 184cm 95kg Banbridge Year 1 Back Row 19.04.99 192cm 99kg Ballymena

Year 3 Hooker 10.02.95

AARON HALL MATTHEW DALTON JACK REGAN DAVID McCANN Year 3 Back Row 26.06.98 193cm 98kg Ballynahinch Year 2 Flanker 16.11.98 197cm 112kg Malone Year 2 2nd Row 09.05.97 197cm 112kg Ballynahinch Year 1 Back Row 13.06.00 190cm 94kg Banbridge

ZACK McCALL JOE DUNLEAVY MATTHEW AGNEW STEWART MOORE 180cm 100kg Ballynahinch Year 2 Flanker 22.12.98 190cm 101kg Malone Year 1 Back Row 20.11.98 180cm 95kg Malone Year 1 Centre 08.08.99 183cm 91kg Malone

ROBERT BALOUCOUNE MICHAEL LOWRY BRUCE HOUSTON Year 2 Fly Half 20.08.98 170cm 81kg Banbridge Year 1 Fly Half 16.08.99 192cm 92kg Ballymena

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CELTIC CUP LAUNCHED TO DEVELOP EMERGING TALENT

The Irish Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union have joined =ou1;v |o 1u;-|; - m;‰ 7;ˆ;Ѵorl;m| 1olr;ঞঞomķ |_; ;Ѵঞ1 †rķ =ou the emerging professional players from the four Irish provinces and four Welsh regions.

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ULSTER’S 2018/19 CELTIC CUP FIXTURES: ) Ɛ &Ѵv|;u ˆ ;bmv|;u Friday 7th September b1h o@ Ɣrl

Malone RFC ) Ƒ &Ѵv|;u ˆ "1-uѴ;|v Friday 14th September b1h o@ ƕrl Instonians/Cooke RFC ) ƒ -u7b@ Ѵ†;v ˆ &Ѵv|;u Saturday 22nd September b1h o@ ƑĺƒƏrl -u7b@ ulv -uh ) Ɠ &Ѵv|;u ˆ u-]omv Saturday 29th September b1h o@ ƑĺƒƏrl Ballymena RFC ) Ɣ vru;‹v ˆ &Ѵv|;u Friday 5th October b1h o@ ƕrl

Swansea RFC ) ѵ omm-1_| ˆ &Ѵv|;u October 12th-14th Details TBC

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WILL ADDISON &ঞѴb|‹ -1h 20.08.1992 186cm 94kg

Prop 27.10.1988

Hooker 26.05.1993

Hooker 15.08.1982 180cm 106kg 208 Ireland 111

RORY BEST

JOHN ANDREW

184cm 128kg 35 Ireland 3

181cm 104kg 43 —

RODNEY AH YOU

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DARREN CAVE Centre

PETER BROWNE Second Row 25.10.1987 201cm 117kg 34 —

BILLY BURNS Outhalf

&ঞѴb|‹ -1h 03.02.1994 183cm 90kg 4 —

05.04.1987 183cm 96kg 210 Ireland 11

13.06.1994 185cm 85kg

DAVID BUSBY

— —

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ANGUS CURTIS Centre 26.03.1998 178cm 90kg 2 —

Back Row 08.05.1991 192cm 114kg 5 S Africa 28

JOHN COONEY Scrumhalf 01.05.1990 178cm 87kg 25 Ireland 2

Back Row 05.03.1985 191cm 112kg 13 S Africa 4

JEAN DEYSEL

MARCELL COETZEE

CRAIG GILROY Wing

IAIN HENDERSON Second Row 21.02.1992

Back Row 17.10.1984 191cm 105kg 183 Ireland 24

Prop 05.07.1988 180cm 117kg 73 —

11.03.1991 183cm 91kg 162 Ireland 10

CHRIS HENRY

199cm 117kg 90 Ireland 39

WIEHAHN HERBST

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ROB HERRING Hooker

Back Row 13.01.1996

ROSS KANE Prop

ROB LYTTLE Wing

GREG JONES

27.04.1990 185cm 102kg 144 Ireland 6

14.10.1994 179cm 116kg 23 —

28.01.1997 174cm 83kg 14 —

196cm 106kg 4 —

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&ঞѴb|‹ -1h 08.10.1986 182cm 90kg 78 —

Centre 03.03.1991 181cm 97kg 119 Ireland 11

Hooker 05.09.1996

KYLE McCALL Prop

LOUIS LUDIK

02.01.1992 176cm 108kg 49 —

182cm 102kg 3 —

LUKE MARSHALL

ADAM McBURNEY

Centre 06.08.1992

Outhalf 13.03.1997 179cm 85kg 13 —

Back Row 22.04.1991 188cm 105kg — Ireland 23

Prop 01.03.1991 178cm 119kg — Ireland 10

MARTY MOORE

JORDI MURPHY

194cm 108kg 82 Ireland 1

JOHNNY McPHILLIPS

STUART McCLOSKEY

Second Row 19.06.1995

Full Back 05.10.1992 180cm 87kg 47 —

ALAN O’CONNOR Second Row 10.09.1992

Prop 05.10.1993 183cm 118kg

PETER NELSON

191cm 103kg

197cm 114kg 63 —

TOMMY O’HAGAN

— —

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CALEB MONTGOMERY

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Back Row 21.09.1993

TOM O'TOOLE Wing

JACK OWENS Wing

Back Row 10.05.1989

MATTY REA

SEAN REIDY

23.09.1998 185cm 113kg 5 —

04.10.1995 188cm 94kg 1 —

193cm 114kg 18 —

182cm 103kg 80 Ireland 2

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Back Row 14.06.1989

Scrumhalf 20.06.1993 174cm 90kg 22 —

Wing 24.03.1988 186cm 97kg — Australia 19

Scrumhalf 20.02.1998 174cm 77kg 4 —

CLIVE ROSS

192cm 110kg 61 —

HENRY SPEIGHT

JONNY STEWART

DAVE SHANAHAN

&ঞѴb|‹ -1h 03.04.1996 191cm 103kg 43 Ireland 11

Second Row 21.11.1995

NICK TIMONEY Back Row 01.08.1995 190cm 113kg 23 —

Second Row 06.11.1995

201cm 115kg

198cm 118kg 44 Ireland 3

ALEX THOMPSON

JACOB STOCKDALE

KIERAN TREADWELL

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Prop 04.12.1990

Prop 12.03.1991

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182cm 114kg 3 —

179cm 112kg 95 —

ANDREW WARWICK

SCHALK VAN DER MERWE

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1

WILL ADDISON

ANDREW WARWICK

14

2

CRAIG GILROY

JOHN ANDREW

13

3

TOM O’TOOLE

DARREN CAVE

12

4

ALAN O’CONNOR C

STUART McCLOSKEY

ULSTER RUBGY

11

5

HENRY SPEIGHT

IAIN HENDERSON

6

10

MARCELL COETZEE

BILLY BURNS

7

9

SEAN REIDY

JOHN COONEY

REPLACEMENTS 16 17 18 19 A McBURNEY K McCALL R KANE K TREADWELL

20 21 22 23

C HENRY D SHANAHAN A CURTIS A KERNOHAN

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ROB EVANS

CLAYTON BLOMMETJIES

14

2

TOM PRYDIE

KEN OWENS C

SCARLETS

3

13

JONATHAN DAVIES

WERNER KRUGER

4

12

KIERON FONOTIA

DAVID BULBRING

5

11

STEFF EVANS

STEVE CUMMINS

6

10

BLADE THOMSON

RHYS PATCHELL

7

9

JAMES DAVIES

SAM HIDALGO-CLYDE

REPLACEMENTS 16 17 18 19 R ELIAS P PRICE R EVANS J MACLEOD

20 21 22 23

K HARDY D SMITH D JONES C BALDWIN

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PAUL ASQUITH Wing 12.08.93 182cm 95kg

Wing 13.10.98 183cm 95kg

JAKE BALL Lock

Fullback 30.08.90 181cm 93kg

21.06.91 197cm 124kg

COREY BALDWIN

CLAYTON BLOMMETJIES

Back row 15.12.94

Lock 12.09.89

UZAIR CASSIEM Backrow 17.03.90

Wing 05.02.99 178cm 92kg

WILL BOYDE

RYAN CONBEER

183cm 103kg

198cm 118kg

189cm 110kg

DAVID BULBRING

Lock 29.03.92 203cm 116kg

Scrum half 18.08.90 178cm 88kg

JAMES DAVIES Flanker 25.10.90 183cm 98kg

Centre 05.04.88 186cm 101kg

SCARLETS SQUAD 2018/19

GARETH DAVIES

STEVE CUMMINS

JONATHAN DAVIES

Hooker 30.07.95

Hooker 07.01.95

DYLAN EVANS Prop 25.01.89 184cm 113kg

Scrum half 25.07.92 181cm 88kg

RYAN ELIAS

TAYLOR DAVIES

185cm 106kg

187cm 110kg

JONATHAN EVANS

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ROB EVANS Prop

SHAUN EVANS Back Row 14.09.96 183cm 101kg

STEFF EVANS Wing 01.09.94 182cm 93kg

Prop 09.10.96 185cm 116kg

14.04.92 186cm 118kg

RHYS FAWCETT

SCARLETS SQUAD 2018/19

Centre 02.02.88

Prop 10.02.90

Fullback 22.12.88 177cm 85kg

Scrum half 30.11.95 184cm 92kg

KIERAN HARDY

186cm 104kg

183cm 126kg

KIERON FONOTIA

SIMON GARDINER

LEIGH HALFPENNY

JOSH HELPS Lock

Scrum half 04.08.93 175cm 84kg

Hooker 08.01.96

Centre 17.02.94 180cm 95kg

22.12.94 197cm 116kg

STEFF HUGHES

178cm 102kg

DAFYDD HUGHES

SAM HIDALGO-CLYNE

Fly half 07.01.96 183cm 90kg

WYN JONES Prop

Backrow 19.09.94

Prop 23.01.85

DAN JONES

ED KENNEDY

26.02.92 184cm 118kg

196cm 110kg

191cm 125kg

WERNER KRUGER

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SAMSON LEE Prop

Back Row 27.10.96

Wing 24.09.90 185cm 96kg

Centre 03.04.98 185cm 92kg

30.11.92 180cm 117kg

JOSH MACLEOD

IOAN NICHOLAS

189cm 110kg

JOHNNY McNICHOLL

SCARLETS SQUAD 2018/19

Fly half 17.09.94 181cm 85kg

KEN OWENS Hooker 03.01.87 184cm 110kg

Centre 05.10.87

Fly half 17.05.93 191cm 92kg

ANGUS O’BRIEN

RHYS PATCHELL

187cm 101kg

HADLEIGH PARKES

Back Row 13.02.96

PHIL PRICE Prop

TOM PRICE Lock

TOM PRYDIE Wing

TOM PHILLIPS

10.11.88 184cm 117kg

22.01.93 203cm 120kg

23.02.92 189cm 93kg

193cm 110kg

Lock 13.04.90 198cm 111kg

Back row 07.08.87

Scrum half 14.09.97 175cm 87kg

BLADE THOMSON Backrow 04.12.90

DECLAN SMITH

LEWIS RAWLINS

197cm 107kg

198cm 107kg

AARON SHINGLER

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OPPOSITION THREE TO WATCH

The pace and the power of Clayton Blommetjies will come as no surprise to fans of Guinness PRO14 following his excellence for Toyota Cheetahs last season. The 27-year-old made an instant impact in his maiden Guinness PRO14 campaign, 7oমm] 7o‰m vbŠ ঞl;v bm1Ѵ†7bm] - |u‹ -]-bmv| "1-uѴ;|v bm _bv Cm-Ѵ l-|1_ =ou |_; Cheetahs. Ѵoll;|fb;v ‰-v -m bm|;]u-Ѵ r-u| o= |_; _;;|-_v vb7; |_-| Cmbv_;7 |_bu7 bm om=;u;m1; -m7 _bv Cu;‰ouhv ‰b|_ 0-ѴѴ bm _-m7 1o†Ѵ7 0; |_; vr-uh |o v;m7 Scarlets all the way next season. $_; );Ѵv_ vb7; -u; _-u7Ѵ‹ v_ou| o= orঞomv -| |_; 0-1h ‰b|_ ;b]_ -Ѵ=r;mm‹ having thrived in his debut campaign and McNicholl equally adept at full-back and on the wing. o‰;ˆ;uķ |_; -uubˆ-Ѵ o= Ѵoll;|fb;v 1-m omѴ‹ _;Ѵr |_; =u;;ŊYo‰bm] "1-uѴ;|v ;Šr-m7 |_;bu -‚-1hbm] ]-l; =†u|_;u ‰b|_ _bv ;Ѵ;1|ub1 r-1; -m7 1o†m|;uŊ-‚-1hbm] -0bѴb|‹ĺ )b|_ |_; Ѵbh;v o= $-7_] ;bum; -m7 "1o|Ѵ-m7 1-r|-bm o_m -u1Ѵ-‹ 7;r-uঞm] |_; Llanelli-based region, Pivac was keen to bring in high class talent in the forwards. m7 _;Ľv 7om; f†v| |_-| ‰b|_ |_; -1t†bvbঞom o= Ѵ-7; $_olvom =uol ;‰ ,;-Ѵ-m7 side the Hurricanes. The 27-year-old has won four caps for the Maori All Blacks and will add plenty of power and ferocity to the Scarlets pack. $_olvom l-‹ _-ˆ; lbvv;7 - Ѵ-u]; r-u| o= |_; ƑƏƐƕ v;-vom 7†; |o u;1omv|u†1ঞom v†u];u‹ om _bv v_o†Ѵ7;u 0†| bˆ-1 _-v -Ѵu;-7‹ |-Ѵh;7 †r _bv |;m-1bo†v -ম|†7;ĺ $_; _;-7 1o-1_ v-b7Ĺ ľ ; bv - ˆ;u‹ -|_Ѵ;ঞ1ķ moŊmomv;mv; rѴ-‹;u ‰b|_ - 0b] ;m]bm; ‰_o ‰bѴѴ 0; -m ;@;1ঞˆ; 0-ѴѴ 1-uub;u 0o|_ bm |_; ‰b7; 1_-mm;Ѵv -v ‰;ѴѴ -v bm |_; middle of the park. ľ Ѵ-7; bv _b]_Ѵ‹ u;]-u7;7 bm ;‰ ,;-Ѵ-m7ĺ m †mঞl;Ѵ‹ bmf†u‹ blr-1|;7 om _bv u†]0‹ in the last six months but he’s certainly a physical player who possesses the skillset to play the Scarlets way.” &mѴbh; |_; o|_;u |‰o rѴ-‹;uv l;mঞom;7ķ !‹-m Ѵb-v bv mo| - m;‰ vb]mbm]ķ 0†| |_; hooker could have an even bigger role this season. ; _-v rѴ;m|‹ o= 1olr;ঞঞom bm |_; "1-uѴ;|v r-1h ‰b|_ 1Ѵ†0 1-r|-bm -m7 )-Ѵ;v _ooh;u ;m ‰;mv Cuv| 1_ob1; bm |_; r;1hbm] ou7;u 0†| |_; ƑƒŊ‹;-uŊoѴ7 _-v improved every season so far. | _-v 0;;m - Cm; v†ll;u =ou Ѵb-v ‰_o v1ou;7 - l-|1_Ŋ‰bmmbm] |u‹ -]-bmv| "o†|_ Africa in Washington DC this June as he added to the caps he earned on last year’s )-Ѵ;v |o†u |o |_; -1bC1 vѴ-m7vĺ Ѵb-v -Ѵvo v|-u|;7 bm |_; ƒƏŊƐƑ ˆb1|ou‹ bm u];mঞm- -m7 ‰b|_ Cˆ; bm|;um-ঞom-Ѵ 1-rv -Ѵu;-7‹ |o _bv m-l;ķ |_; ƑƒŊ‹;-uŊoѴ7 _-v -m ;Š1bঞm] =†|†u; -_;-7 o= _bl -| Scarlets. Dynamic around the park, Elias will be keen to show that he is more than just a back-up for Owens and keep his place in the Wales set-up for the long haul.

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-u;7 ‰-v 0oum bm $-†u-m]-ķ ;‰ ,;-Ѵ-m7ĺ He began his Super Rugby career with the Chiefs in 2007, before moving to Crusaders and then the Blues. In 2011, Payne signed with Ulster, making his debut -]-bmv| -u7b@ Ѵ†;vĺ [;u u;ru;v;mঞm] &Ѵv|;u om ƕѶ o11-vbomv -m7 u;ru;v;mঞm] u;Ѵ-m7 -m7 |_; ubঞv_ -m7 ubv_ bomvķ _; ‰-v =ou1;7 |o u;ঞu; 7†; |o bmf†u‹ĺ Jared was named on Ulster's coaching ঞ1h;| bm ƑƏƐѶ -v 7;=;m1; 1o-1_ĺ

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