Ulster got their much needed win agaisnt Connacht last night but I still haven’t made up my mind if this was a good Ulster performance, an indifferent Connacht one or perhaps both sides just aren’t actually that good!
I wasn’t able to make it up to Ravers to worship with the rest of the Brethren due to “real life” work commitments but I did my best to create my own little Fortress at home with my own inflatable 2nd Barrier Crew, complete with flegs, a looping reel of inane chants and a scented candle of dodgy, dodgy underarm odour! Add in a tape of a couple of Henriettas behind me discussing their latest IKEA purchase, a drunk shouting out “For feck sake ref!”, a couple of schooners of freezing cold Heineken in plastic glasses and a few crass comments about Niall O’Connor from Dergman and it was just like being there!
As I donned my new “I FRU Ulster Rugby” hoodie (XL in black – only available on this site) and switched on the goggle box to watch the game, the thoughts going through my mind were not about Best, Ferris, Afoa or Marshall, but rather would the . . .
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