Ulster got the confidence boost they needed with a winning result over Leeds in their final friendly...

Ulster's young side suffered a 24-0 defeat to Harlequins at The Stoop in the second pre-season friendly. We spoke to Assistant Coach Neil Doak after the game..

Rugby made a welcome return to Ravenhill tonight, with Ulster entertaining this season's Heineken Cup group stage rivals Bath in a friendly which the visitors carried off by 26 points to 14.

Ulster's final Magners League match of the 2009 - 2010 season ended in a comprehensive 41 - 10 demolition of Connacht, with the 7,755-strong Ravenhill crowd treated to an impressive tally of six home tries.

This afternoon at Murrayfield Ulster ran five tries past Edinburgh to emerge as victors by 37 points to 25, and barring the unfathomable in the final Magners League match against Connacht, Heineken Cup rugby is guaranteed at Ravenhill next season.

Inspired kicking from Dan Parks sealed Ulster's fate this evening at Firhill, but the margin of the 25 - 18 defeat to Glasgow Warriors brought the consolation of a losing bonus point which could prove crucial come the end of the Magners League season.

In an exhilarating contest tonight at Ravenhill, Ulster produced some much-improved, fluent attacking rugby, but narrowly failed to complete a Magners League double over Ospreys, going down by 27 points to 38 in the penultimate home fixture of the season.

Tonight at Ravenhill Ulster failed to overtake Cardiff Blues in the Magners League standings, with the visitors putting in a persistent performance to come away from Belfast as victors by 33 points to 24.

A tenacious defensive display tonight from Ulster at the Cardiff City Stadium was not enough to prevent a 9 - 19 defeat at the hands of Cardiff Blues in a game with an exceptionally high penalty count and some outstanding kicking from Ulster out-half Niall O'Connor.

The Ulster Ravens secured their British and Irish Cup semi-final place with a comprehensive 62-0 victory over Aberavon at Ravenhill, running in ten tries in the process.

Ulster's hopes of a top four Magners League play-off spot took a dent at the Parc y Scarlets tonight as they suffered a 25 - 8 defeat to the Llanelli Scarlets, despite having controlled substantial portions of the game.

Ulster Ravens managed to hold on under considerable London Welsh pressure in the final 10 minutes to claim an important victory putting them joint top with the Londoners.

Tonight at Ravenhill Ulster narrowly missed out on a victory to herald the beginning of new CEO Shane Logan's tenure, sharing the points with the Newport Gwent Dragons in a pulsating 22 - 22 draw.

This afternoon at the Recreational Ground Ulster claimed an historic 28 - 10 victory over Bath, the first on English soil, but narrowly missed out on Heineken Cup quarter-final qualification, Stade Francais making the last eight by a single point.

A man-of-the-match display from Isaac Boss on the occasion of his 100th cap spurred Ulster to a 21 - 13 victory over Edinburgh tonight at Ravenhill, and kept the dream of Heineken Cup qualification very much alive.

Ulster got 2010 off to a flying start tonight at Ravenhill, getting the better of inter-pro rivals Munster by 15 points to 10 after a virtuoso first-half performance had seen two scintillating tries from Simon Danielli.