16:13 – A revamped Ulster team
Compared to Sunday’s match against Toulouse, Richie Murphy made 10 changes to his starting fifteen. The main captains were rested last week.
16:12 – Point in the standings
After one day, three teams are at the top of Pool 1: Stade Toulousain, Sharks and Union Bordeaux Bègles
16:06 – Buros back in a week
Romain Buros, the UBB fullback, injured in the thigh during the last meeting of the French team, could be back next week in the Bordelais squad. The team will be traveling to Castre
15:59 – An Italian on the whistle
It is the transalpine referee Gianluca Gnecchi who will direct the meeting this afternoon between Ulster and Bordeaux-Bègles
15:53 - Yannick Bru perfectionist
Despite a very good start to the season (2nd in Top 14 with a success against leader Toulouse) and a promising success against Leicester (42-28) last week, UBB manager Yannick Bru is not satisfied enough of the performance of its players during the last outings “We are happy to have taken five points against Leicester, but we are aware of having performed below our potential. We scared ourselves in particular in the first half. We will have to improve a lot of things to claim to be something in Belfast.”
15:47 – Ulster in search of confidence
The Northern Irish team is having a very difficult start to the season as it occupies 10th place in the Union Rugby Championship. In Champions Cup, during the first day, Aidan Morgan’s teammates were defeated by Stade Toulousain (61-21)
3:40 p.m. – On which TV channel is Ulster – Bordeaux Bègles broadcast?
This meeting of the first day of the 2023/2024 Champions Cup will be broadcast jointly by France 2 and Bein Sport 1
15:33 – Ulster fifteen
The Ulster fifteen coached by Richie Murphy who will start the match against UBB is as follows:
15. Mike Lowry; 14. Werner Kok, 13. Jude Postlethwaite, 12. Stuart McCloskey, 11. Zac Ward; 10. Aidan Morgan, 9. Nathan Doak, 7. Nick Timoney, 8. Dave McCann, 6. Cormac Izuchukwu; 5. Kieran Treadwell, 4. Iain Henderson (cap); 3. Tom O’Toole, 2. Rob Herring, 1. Eric O’Sullivan.
15:27 – The fifteenth of the UBB
As expected, Matthieu Jalibert was rested for this trip to Belfast. The Bordeaux-Bègles team which will start the match will be as follows: 15. Louis Bielle-Biarrey; 14. Damian Penaud, 13. Nicolas Depoortere, 12. Yoram Moefana, 11. Arthur Retiere; 10. Joey Carbery, 9. Maxime Lucu; 7. Lachie Swinton, 8. Tevita Tatafu, 6. Marko Gazzotti; 5. Jonny Gray, 4. Guido Petti; 3. Carlü Sadie, 2. Romain Latterrade, 1. Jefferson Poirot (cap)
3:21 p.m. – The Bordeaux residents arrived yesterday
The match will take place in Belfast at the Kinspan Stadium.
. The UBB players arrived in the capital of Northern Ireland yesterday, they have already had the opportunity to explore the pitch at the end of the day on Friday.
15:15 – H-1!
Hello everyone and welcome to our site! We will follow together the meeting of the second day of the Champions Cup between Ulster and Bordeaux-Bègles. The meeting is scheduled to start at 4:15 p.m.