It’s been over two months since Ulster’s last match against the Toyota Cheetahs and with the PRO14 season suspended indefinitely, I thought I’d take a look back at some of the province’s fan favourites of yesteryear.
First up: Timoci Nagusa.
Matt Williams signed the 21 year old Fijian winger on a two year deal in July 2008 from Tailevu Knights. A powerfully quick winger, he scored eight tries in his two seasons at Ulster, racking up 30 appearances in the process.
Nagusa’s first season was not good from a team perspective – four opening losses including a thumping 43-0 defeat to Ospreys saw Ulster get off to bad start before scrambling over the line to an eighth place finish with only Newport Gwent Dragons and Connacht finishing below Matt Williams’s side.
In those days, all Ulster had to do was maintain their status as the “third Irish province” to secure Heineken Cup rugby for the next season. This wasn’t hard considering Connacht were in the . . .
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