As soon as Ian Humphreys signed for Ulster in 2008 the comparisons with his 72-times-Irish-capped older brother David, began. Humphreys joined Ulster from Leicester Tigers whom he opted to sign for instead of a accepting a development contract with Ulster in 2005.
The former Ballymena Academy schoolboy had captained Ireland during the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in March as well as guiding Tigers to a famous 13-6 win over Munster at Thomond Park – that was the first time Munster had been defeated at home in a European competition.
Humphreys had a flavour for it. During his first stint with Ulster from 2008-2012, Ulster’s form lay entirely at the feet of the out half, perhaps unfairly as he often copped slack for things that were out of his control.
As mentioned in the piece on Timoci Nagusa, 2008-2009 was not a great season at the province, however Ulster . . .
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