{"id":28865,"date":"2025-04-21T17:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/united-rugby-championship-ulster-face-three-finals-in-play-off-bid-richie-murphy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:20:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:20:05","slug":"united-rugby-championship-ulster-face-three-finals-in-play-off-bid-richie-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/united-rugby-championship-ulster-face-three-finals-in-play-off-bid-richie-murphy\/","title":{"rendered":"United Rugby Championship: Ulster face ‘three finals’ in play-off bid – Richie Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Head coach Richie Murphy says Ulster face “three finals” in their bid to reach the United Rugby Championship play-offs.<\/b><\/p>\n

Their defeat by Leinster<\/a> on Saturday leaves Murphy’s side in 10th place in the standings, two points outside the all-important top eight.<\/p>\n

Ulster host the Sharks in Belfast this weekend and finish their campaign away to Munster and Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, it definitely is,” Murphy said when asked if Saturday’s final home game of the season was a must-win for his side.<\/p>\n

“It’s very hard to know what you need to get into the top eight but 47 or 48 points will probably do it. <\/p>\n

“We’re on 37 at the moment, so we’d be pretty happy with 10 or 11 points. Whether that be three wins or picking up a couple of bonus points, it’s going to be very tight.”<\/p>\n

After three consecutive league wins, Ulster had moved into sixth place heading into last weekend but have dropped to 10th after the 41-17 defeat by runaway leaders Leinster at the Aviva Stadium.<\/p>\n

Murphy will also have to contend with a number of injury concerns heading into the final stretch of the regular season, with backs Stuart McCloskey, Stewart Moore and Michael Lowry all injured in Dublin.<\/p>\n

Props Callum Reid and Andrew Warwick were also injured in the defeat, while hooker Rob Herring was replaced at half-time.<\/p>\n

“We always said we would take each game as it comes,” Murphy added. <\/p>\n

“Our big worry is what state our troops are going to be in. <\/p>\n

“I know they will bounce back mentally and we can physically freshen them up, but it’s just where we sit with injuries.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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