In recent years, Ulster’s overseas signings largely consist of players from the southern hemisphere. Only handful have international honours for northern hemisphere nations, notably Carlo del Fava and Rob Dewey spring to mind, while Tommy Seymour and Peter Nelson left Ulster for international honours with Scotland and Canada respectively.
So for them to sign Simon Danielli, a player who was likely to be on international duty during the autumn internationals and Six Nations. Signing from the defunct Borders, Danielli penned a deal in 2007 with his stint ending in 2012, after Ulster’s Heineken Cup final.
With Tommy Bowe leaving for the Ospreys a year after Danielli’s arrival, the Scotsman had the wing spot nailed down alongside Andrew Trimble. In 78 matches for the province the winger scored 26 times, averaging a try every three games.
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