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Harrison takes top Ulster award

19 May 2006, 10:42 am

By Jonathan McConnell

Over 450 guests attended the annual Guinness Ulster Rugby Awards ceremony, which was held on Thursday evening at the Ramada Hotel.

The ceremony aims to celebrate achievement and development in the game of rugby at all levels in Ulster and the award categories cover areas of school, youth, club and professional rugby.

The coveted top award of the evening, the Guinness Ulster Rugby Personality of the Year went to Ulster second row, Justin Harrison.
Great company, intelligent and good humoured off the field, Harrison is the ultimate professional in terms of preparation and analysis pre match, and a thorn in the side for the opposition and referees on the pitch. The view of many is that he has been Ulster's "best buy" of the professional era and he has become a huge favourite with his team mates, supporters and the media.

With the Ulster team in Wales ahead of their crucial Celtic League match against Llanelli on Friday night, award winners Andrew Trimble (Ulster Player of the Year), Stephen Ferris (Young Player of the Year) and Harrison appeared via video, taking the opportunity to thank the Ulster coaching staff, their team-mates, the supporters and express their delight at winning their individual awards.

Other award winners were:
Calor Gas Ulster Youth Player of the Year - William Stewart
Northern Bank Ulster Schools Player of the Year - Stephen Douglas
Kukri Sportswear Club of the Year - Rainey Old Boys RFC
Dorrington B. Faulkner Award sponsored by Perennials RFC - Ian Beggs
First Trust Bank Club Player of the Year - Glenn Moore, Queens RFC
Belfast Telegraph Merit Award - Keith Patton