Preview this weekend's Guinness PRO14 game verses Edinburgh...
What: Guinness PRO14 Round 2
When: Friday 7th September, kick off 7.35pm
Where: Kingspan Stadium
Watch: Live on Premier Sports 1 & eir sport 2
Referee: Stuart Berry (SARU, 15th competition game)
Rugby did all the talking on the opening weekend of the Guinness PRO14 with expansive rugby and nail-biting finishes on offer in equal measure. In all 10 bonus points were won – a tally that equals the record for most in a round – while Round 1 saw wins for both Italian teams, Benetton Rugby and Zebre, in the season opener for the first time. Fans in Cardiff, Galway and Belfast were treated to results that went right to the wire.
Pipped to the Guinness PRO14 Final Series by this weekend’s opponents, Ulster will host Edinburgh this Friday, aiming to build on their opening win over Scarlets. Back-to-back victories would be a great way to start the new era under Dan McFarland, but Richard Cockerill’s team will be fully focused for this Conference B clash. Ulster have won their last six games at Kingspan Stadium, but Edinburgh will be buoyed by their two wins on Irish soil last season against Connacht and Ulster.
HEAD TO HEAD
Played 31, Ulster won 20, Edinburgh won 11.
DID YOU KNOW?
What: Guinness PRO14 Round 2
When: Friday 7th September, kick off 7.35pm
Where: Kingspan Stadium
Watch: Live on Premier Sports 1 & eir sport 2
Referee: Stuart Berry (SARU, 15th competition game)
Rugby did all the talking on the opening weekend of the Guinness PRO14 with expansive rugby and nail-biting finishes on offer in equal measure. In all 10 bonus points were won – a tally that equals the record for most in a round – while Round 1 saw wins for both Italian teams, Benetton Rugby and Zebre, in the season opener for the first time. Fans in Cardiff, Galway and Belfast were treated to results that went right to the wire.
Pipped to the Guinness PRO14 Final Series by this weekend’s opponents, Ulster will host Edinburgh this Friday, aiming to build on their opening win over Scarlets. Back-to-back victories would be a great way to start the new era under Dan McFarland, but Richard Cockerill’s team will be fully focused for this Conference B clash. Ulster have won their last six games at Kingspan Stadium, but Edinburgh will be buoyed by their two wins on Irish soil last season against Connacht and Ulster.
HEAD TO HEAD
Played 31, Ulster won 20, Edinburgh won 11.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Ulster Rugby beat Scarlets 15-13 in round 1 and have won their opening two games for the past two seasons.
- The Ulstermen are unbeaten in their last six Guinness PRO14 encounters, whilst their only defeat at Kingspan Stadium since last October was by a single point to Edinburgh in February.
- Edinburgh lost to Ospreys at Liberty Stadium last weekend and have not started the season with a pair of defeats since 2011/12.
- The Scotsmen have been defeated in their last two Guinness PRO14 matches, both of these being played away from home, at Munster and Ospreys.
- Edinburgh beat two Irish provinces on their own soil last season; Ulster in round 15 and Connacht in round 18.
- Each side won its respective away game when the two teams met last season with Edinburgh’s victory being their first in Belfast since 2009.