Talk:Ulster Rugby

message: A discussion was held at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rugby union as what symbol should be used to represent Irish rugby union (see also Ireland national rugby union team talk page. 
The upshot of the vote was that a Shamrock should be used. I shall be replacing any other flags with this 20px 20px.GordyB 21:25, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Flags and shamrocks

message: I find the use of 'drastically' here rather odd: 'Ulster rugby has developed and progressed drastically over the past decade'. How can something progress 'drastically'? Surely that is akin to saying that it progressed 'fearfully' or 'scarily' or 'violently' even. Perhaps 'phenomenonally'  might be better here. As for flags, neither the Tricolour nor the Union Jack should appear in the article as the team represents territory in two states and especially not the old Six Counties flag. The team represents the entire province of Ulster and not just the partitioned Six Counties. An Muimhneach Machnamhach 12:18, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Drastically?

message: As for flags, I believe there are two possible solutions:
a) display both the Tricolour and the Union Jack together, as the team represents territory in both the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
b) display the Flag of Ulster, as this is the only flag that represents the province as a whole. The Ulster Banner, in spite of its name does not represent Ulster but only Northern Ireland. An Muimhneach Machnamhach 12:27, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We voted and Shamrocks was the winner. The points that you raised have been discussed before (other than a two-flag approach). The trouble is that sporting reality is one Ireland whereas the political reality is different - I don't think imposing the political reality onto the sporting one can work; it creates too many anomalies. AFAIK there is some attempt to create a unified Wikipedia policy but I don't know more than this.GordyB 19:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Flags Revisited

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Ulster rugby badge.png

message: This Statement has been reported as a matter of fact. But has NOT been backed up by any relevant, and more importantly reliable sources.
If such a source does exist then please feel free to add to the references list below.
NB in this instance An article in the Belfast Telegraph or Irish News isn't entirely reliable or unbiased.
--ShaneDG (talk) 12:05, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ulster Rugby consistently attract the highest average crowd of any sports team in Northern Ireland. 

message: Hello,
In Huw Richards, A Game for Hooligans, Edinburg, Mainstream Publishing, 2006 (ISBN 978-1-84596-255-5, ), p. 45, the author states that "the first inter-provincial club clash, between Belfast's North of Ireland Football Club (NIFC) - born to a cricketing parent in 1868 - and Dublin University in 1874 was followed by Ulster vs. Leinster a year later and the debut of Munster in 1877."
I see that this contradicts Peter 1999, but what do you think about that? Shouldn't it be mentioned?
Regards, --Daehan (talk) 14:22, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no contradition. Both sources say the first game between provincial teams was Ulster v Leinster in 1875. The game between North and Dublin University was a match between clubs in different provinces, but wasn't a match between provincial teams. --Nicknack009 (talk) 15:55, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you Nicknack009, I indeed misread the information. Daehan (talk) 10:43, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  First interprovincial game