1
Ulster part ways with CEO with immediate effect
By Josh Raisey
Ulster and the IRFU have confirmed that they have parted ways with CEO Jonny Petrie by mutual agreement.
The Irish province confirmed Petrie's departure in a short statement, also detailing the imminent appointment of an interim CEO during the recruitment process.
IRFU CEO Kevin Potts said: “The IRFU and Ulster Rugby thank Jonny for the five years spent with Ulster Rugby and wish him well, both personally and professionally, for the future.”
Petrie joined Ulster in January 2019 but leaves in what has been a turbulent season so far at the club. Former head coach Dan McFarland also departed last month after almost six years at the Kingspan Stadium.
Alongside a problematic season on the pitch, Ulster also reported losses of £900,000 for the 2022/23 season, with Petrie himself citing the late rearranged Champions Cup visit from La Rochelle in December 2022 to the Aviva Stadium as a contributing factor to their losses.
Ulster are currently in seventh place in the United Rugby Championship ahead of a clash with the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday in the second instalment of their two-match series in South Africa. A 22-12 loss to the Sharks at the weekend handed the Duban-based side only their second league win of the season, lifting them from the bottom of the table.
Added to the loss, both fly-half Billy Burns (shoulder) and flanker Sean Reffell (ankle) have had scans today for injuries they picked up in the match.
Trending on RugbyPass
2
'Bulls***': Ex-England international calls out Eben Etzebeth
3
'Damaging' Jordie Barrett move only helps All Blacks- ex-Ireland wing
4
Pieter-Steph du Toit on the now infamous RWC semi-final halftime spray
5
Latest Comments
Boks are lucky to have a player of the calibre of PSDT in their ranks😍
Go to commentsI really like what the boks have done with bringing Vermeulen into their coaching setup. Perhaps they would have gone to france anyway, but Lawes and Farrell could at least have been offered assistant coaching roles. Lawes could probably aptly fill the brief (breakdown, contact skills, and handling) just given to Strawbridge; and Farrell could be a pretty good like for like replacement for Sinfield when he leaves. I probably wouldn’t want them in the national team set up just yet, but it would be good to see strings pulled to either get May, Youngs, Cole, & Care player-coaching roles in the premiership, or to move them into the under 20s coaching staff.
Go to comments