User:Nicknack009/1993–94 Ulster Rugby Season

Davy McMaster was in his third and final season as coach. Richard Milliken chaired the selectors' committee, alongside McMaster, Harry Steele, and newcomers Nigel Carr and Stephen Blake-Knox.[1]

Maurice Field made his debut for Ireland on 19 February 1994.

Jonny Bell made his debut for Ireland on 5 June 1994.

Players selected

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Ulster Rugby squad

Props

  •   Gary Bell, Instonians
  •   Simon Booth, Ballymena
  •   David Elliott, Bangor
  •   Davy Millar, Dungannon
  •   Peter Millar, Ballymena

Hookers


Locks

Back row

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

Fullbacks

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.

IRFU Interprovincial Championship

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Team P W D L F A Pts Status
4 3 0 1 72 40 8
4 3 0 1 84 59 8
4 3 0 1 91 71 8
4 1 0 3 71 80 4
4 0 0 4 42 110 0
17 October 1993 Ulster   21-3   Exiles Ravenhill  
Try: Tweed
Millar
Con: Humphreys
Pen: Humphreys (3)
Report[2][3][4] Pen: Burke
Referee: B. Smith
Ulster lineup:

1. Davy Millar, 2. John MacDonald, 3. Gary Bell,
4. Paddy Johns, 5. Davy Tweed,
6. Stephen McKinty, 7. Denis McBride (c), 8. Brian Robinson,
9. Ashley Blair, 10. David Humphreys,
11. Tyrone Howe, 12. Mark McCall, 13. Maurice Field, 14. Innes Gray,
15. Ian Orr.
Replacements:
Stephen Smyth (for Orr).

23 October 1993 Connacht   10-39   Ulster Galway Sportsgrounds  
Try: Curley
Con: Elwood
Pen: Elwood
Report[5][6] Try: Blair
Wilkinson
Humphreys
McKinty
McBride
Con: McCall (4)
Pen: McCall (2)
Referee: A. Lewis
Ulster lineup:

1. Davy Millar, 2. John MacDonald, 3. Gary Bell,
4. Paddy Johns, 5. Davy Tweed,
6. Stephen McKinty, 7. Denis McBride (c), 8. Brian Robinson,
9. Ashley Blair, 10. David Humphreys,
11. Tyrone Howe, 12. Mark McCall, 13. Maurice Field, 14. Innes Gray,
15. Colin Wilkinson.

12 November 1993 Leinster   25-0   Ulster Donnybrook  
Try: Woods
O'Shea
Gavin
Con: O'Shea (2)
Pen: O'Shea (2)
Report[7][8] Referee: S. Lander
Ulster lineup:

1. Davy Millar, 2. John MacDonald, 3. Gary Bell,
4. Paddy Johns, 5. Davy Tweed,
6. Stephen McKinty, 7. Denis McBride (c), 8. Brian Robinson,
9. Ashley Blair, 10. David Humphreys,
11. Tyrone Howe, 12. Mark McCall, 13. Maurice Field, 14. Innes Gray,
15. Colin Wilkinson.
Replacements:
Gary Longwell (for Tweed, 40)

18 December 1993 Ulster   24-21   Munster Ravenhill  
Try: Wilkinson
Howe
Con: McCall
Pen: McCall (3)
Drop: Humphreys
Report[9] Pen: O'Sullivan (7)
Referee: G. Black
Ulster lineup:

1. David Elliott, 2. John MacDonald, 3. Peter Millar,
4. Paddy Johns, 5. Davy Tweed,
6. Stephen McKinty, 7. Denis McBride (c), 8. Brian Robinson,
9. Andrew Matchett, 10. David Humphreys,
11. Tyrone Howe, 12. Mark McCall, 13. Maurice Field, 14. Ronnie Carey,
15. Colin Wilkinson.
Replacements:
Jeremy Hastings (for McBride, 31).

Representative

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16 October 1993 Ulster   21-3   Irish Exiles Ravenhill  
Try: Tweed
Millar
Con: Humphreys
Pen: Humphreys (3)
Report[10] Pen: Burke
Ulster lineup:

1. Davy Millar, 2. John MacDonald, 3. Gary Bell,
4. Paddy Johns, 5. Davy Tweed,
6. Stephen McKinty, 7. Denis McBride (c), 8. Brian Robinson,
9. Ashley Blair, 10. David Humphreys,
11. Innes Gray, 12. Mark McCall, 13. Maurice Field, 14. Tyrone Howe,
15. Ian Orr.
Replacement: Stephen Smyth (for Orr)

29 October 1993 Ulster   6-22   South African Barbarians Ravenhill  
Pen: McCall (2)
Report Try: Schultz
Roux
Mulder
Con: De Beer (2)
Pen: De Beer
Ulster lineup:

1. Davy Millar, 2. John MacDonald, 3. Gary Bell,
4. Davy Tweed, 5. Paddy Johns,
6. Stephen McKinty, 7. Denis McBride (c), 8. Brian Robinson,
9. Ashley Blair, 10. David Humphreys,
11. Tyrone Howe, 12. Maurice Field, 13. Mark McCall, 14. Innes Gray,
15. Ian Orr.

4 December 1993 Ulster   44-26   South of Scotland  
Try: McCall
Gray (2)
McDowell
Howe
Con: McCall (5)
Pen: McCall (2)
Humphreys
Report[11] Try: Hay
Parker (2)
Con: Parker (2)
Pen: Parker (2)
Ulster lineup:

1. Davy Millar, 2. Andy Adair, 3. Peter Millar,
4. Jeremy Davidson, 5. Gary Longwell,
6. Stephen McKinty, 7. Denis McBride (c), 8. Brian Robinson,
9. Andrew Matchett, 10. David Humphreys,
11. Tyrone Howe, 12. Jonny Bell, 13. Mark McCall, 14. Innes Gray,
15. Colin Wilkinson.
Replacements: Stan McDowell.

11 December 1993 Edinburgh District   39-13   Ulster  
Try: Stark
Timms
Paul
Adam
Con: Hastings (2)
Pen: Hastings (5)
Report[12] Try: Wilkinson
Con: McCall
Pen: McCall (2)
Ulster lineup:

1. David Elliott, 2. Michael Patton, 3. Peter Millar,
4. Colin Hamilton, 5. Colin Morrison,
6. Colin Darrah, 7. Jeremy Hastings, 8. John Hastings,
9. Andrew Matchett, 10. David Humphreys,
11. Tyrone Howe, 12. Mark McCall (c), 13. Maurice Field, 14. Innes Gray,
15. Colin Wilkinson.
Replacements: Stan McDowell (for Gray), Johnny Boyd (for John Hastings).

International callups

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Selected for the 1994 Five Nations Championship:

Selected for the 1994 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia

References

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  1. ^ "Nigel's new role", Belfast Telegraph, 12 February 1993
  2. ^ Neil McKay, "Ulster's Best is yet to come", Sunday Life, 17 October 1993
  3. ^ Alex George, "Ulster shouldn't get carried away", News Letter, 18 October 1993
  4. ^ "Exiles never in with a shout", Irish Examiner, 18 October 1993
  5. ^ Michael Glynn, "Mannion's heroics fail to save sub-par Connacht", Connacht Tribune, 29 October 1993
  6. ^ Mick Doyle, "Ulster always in control", Sunday Independent, 24 October 1993
  7. ^ Micheal McGeary, "Leinster end ten year unbeaten run", Sunday Life, 28 November 1993
  8. ^ Mark Jones, "Leinster end Ulster's run", Sunday Tribune, 28 November 1993
  9. ^ Mark Jones, "Title shared three ways", Sunday Tribune, 19 December 1993
  10. ^ Jim Stokes, "Ulster in top gear", Ireland's Saturday Night, 16 October 1993
  11. ^ Jim Stokes, "Ulster in 5 try blitz", Ireland's Saturday Night, 4 December 1993
  12. ^ "Nightmare in store for Ulster selectors", Sunday Independent, 12 December 1993