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Ulster banner may be dropped from Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games chiefs in Northern Ireland are threatening to ditch the Ulster Banner used by its athletes in favour of a more inclusive flag. The country’s unofficial flag includes the red ...
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Jim Allister decries proposal to axe Ulster Banner as the flag of Northern Irish athletes from head of Commonwealth Games in the Province
At the Olympics, the athletes can either compete under a Union Flag (Team GB) or a tricolour (Team Ireland), but at the Commonwealth Games, the Ulster Banner is the standard flag displayed on ...
An NI ‘fleg’ for all? Nah, because what value is there in something no one would want to burn?
For a place that’s so obsessed with ‘flegs’, it’s ironic that Northern Ireland doesn’t have a separate one to call its own.
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Ulster escape from 'hole' on McCloskey's big night
Stuart McCloskey and his Ulster team-mates will face high-flying Bordeaux in the last 16 of the Investec Champions Cup next weekend Stuart McCloskey joked his team-mates had seemed determined to ...
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Ulster survive scare against bottom side Dragons
Tries: Owen, Anderson, Williams Cons: Reed 2 Pens: Reed 3 Ulster (14) 34 Tries: Hume, Herring 2, Wilson Con: Doak 3, Cooney Pens: Cooney 2 Ulster survived a huge scare against the Dragons to win ...
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Ulster survive scare against bottom side Dragons
Ulster survived a huge scare against the Dragons to win 34-30 and keep their hopes of a top-eight finish in the United Rugby Championship alive. The Dragons, who have only one win to their name ...