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Issue 48			19 February 2007

Ulster 14 Dragons 7
Friday night rugby back at Ravenhill - brilliant. Finished work early, back to Larne, Ulster shirt on and round to Bus Depot to get Belfast Express. In Belfast by 4:00pm and call in to McHughs for a light ale on the way round to Central Station. Meet Hound and Big B of the Hounds of Ulster who were having a relaxing afternoon, bit of chat then it's off to Central to meet up with the rest of the crowd. Meet as planned and it's off to The Rosetta for a bite to eat and a few beers prior to the game. Stroll down to Ravers and a couple more pints in the SCOOP bar and in no time it's kick off. Ulster start strongly and Ferris looks to be making an impact at No. 8. Ulster get a penalty and Ferris explodes up the pitch taking four Dragons with him, ball to Boss who dummies and out sprints the defence for Ulster's first score. Shortly afterwards Neil Best forces a turnover and the ball's fed to Trimble on the wing. Pace, a dummy and a step disposes of the defense and he's under the posts for another seven pointer. Ulster's power and pace was completely overwhelming the Dragons. Ulster took their foot of the gas and allowed the Dragons back into the game and a try from Brew kept the remainder of the game meaningful if not too exciting. Few more after match drinks then it's off home. Meet Neil Best in the car park on the way out. "Good game Mini Ferris" I say with a wink on the way past. We both chortle as we make our ways home!			*The FRU Man of the Match Stephen "There's only one F in"* Ferris Picture from Rooster. More pictures here.**

INTISTA Predictions League Week 23
			The Original One bags another full house this week to keep himself 10 points clear of Ardmhic. The Cap'n, Dewi, Plums and Pwrmoore also get a full house but it looks like they've left it too late to make any sort of impact on His Highness. The Fruettes have been out and about again this week. Check out the pictures here.

Trouble Brewing?
The UAFC kicked up a bit of a storm his week with it's review of a local journalist's comments in the so called rugby magazine Emerald Rugby. What caused local boy Manus Lappin to produce a poorly researched piece based solely on hearsay and speculation?		A grinning Manus sits proudly at the top of the ERC Features Writers. Just opposite Issues 6 and 7 of "Trevor Brennan's Diary".
Emerald Rugby makes the FRU appear professional!	Was he too busy to contact the many Ulster supporters who had put forward their eye witness statements on various websites? Or.. Was he too busy trying to ingratiate himself with his co correspondents on the ERC features pages. Well, we'll never know and we don't want to speculate. What we do know, however, is that among his swipes at "so called Ulster Fans" the bold Manus neglected to tell his readers of any conflict of interest. I suppose you would expect nothing else from a so called journalist.

Stop Press.
In a shock announcement Emerald (Not) Rugby stated that they would be handling all day to day running of their so called rugby magazine to none other than the gorgeous, pouting, Jade Goody (right). Local boy Manus Lappin can count himself unlucky to be pushed aside but it was thought that Goody would give a more balanced review of local rugby issues. It's not all bad news for Manus though as it's believed that he started in his new post of "Chief of Unsubstantiated Patronising Public Announcements" (CUPPA) at Ulster Rugby on Friday night. Speaking exclusively to the FRU an undisclosed Ulster Rugby insider stated, "Since people started making unfounded accusations against Ulster Rugby Supporters all we have wanted is a good strong CUPPA. Now that we have one things just don't seem so bad! The easiest way out of this is to blame the fans, and that's exactly what we're going to do - starting with those troublemakers in the URSC. Now where's that CUPPA." In a completely unrelated story Ulster Rugby have placed a substantial order with CRAP-PR Sinks for a large basin for the PR Department. Said a completely different Ulster Rugby insider, "We had to get a bigger sink in as our PR Department have been washing their hands two or three times a day chanting "It's nothing to do with us". Personally I blame the URSC. It used to be nice and quiet here until they came along."			Jade, pictured shortly after leaving De Danu late last week.

Letters to the Editor. Dear Dewdrop, I feel I must complain bitterly at your rascist behaviour towards me at Ravenhill on Friday night. Unfortunately I have no option but to make an official approach to the FRU. I didn't actually hear you say anything, but it was obviously rascism of the most vicious kind. After all, you are an Ulster fan (so-called). My feelings have been badly hurt and I haven't stopped crying since the incident. A full statement has been made to some guy called (or so-called) Manus, who has promised to publicise this atrocity in his esteemed organ. Yours in sport Dai Laffin' (West England and Gwen's Dragons) Ed: Hi Dai!



		Predictions League Week 24 Weekend 23rd February. Six Nations Saturday, 24th February Scotland v Italy, 15:00 Ireland v England, 17:30 France v Wales, 20:00 Predictions to be in by 2.00pm Saturday 24th February. ENTER HERE TOULOUSE PICTURES 1 TOULOUSE PICTURES 2 TOULOUSE PICTURES 3 TOULOUSE PICTURES 4 TOULOUSE PICTURES 5 TOULOUSE PICTURES 6 TOULOUSE PICTURES 7 TOULOUSE VIDEO 1 TOULOUSE VIDEO 2 TOULOUSE VIDEO 3 You need QuickTime installed to view videos. Gerry and Alex are mistaken for Ulster Supporters during their recent trip to East Belfast. Sign The FRU Guestbook View The FRU Guestbook

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