Paul Marshall (rugby union) Paul Marshall (rugby union) Paul Marshall (born 26 July 1985) is a former Irish rugby union player who was educated at Methodist College Belfast. Paul Joined Ulster at the beginning of the 2006/2007 on a full contract having graduated from the Ulster Academy. His first senior game was against Newport Gwent Dragons on November 9, 2006 coming on as a substitute. He currently plays scrum-half for Ulster and is a former captain of the Ulster U21 rugby team. In early January 2012 Paul signed a new 2-year contract extension with Ulster. He was named Most Improved Player for the 2011/12
Rugby union in Yugoslavia Serbian clubs switch to rugby union to unite Yugoslavia under one form of rugby football in 1964. Yugoslav rugby did not enjoy high reputation. For example, in 1988, an anonymous French rugby official joked that "one of the FIRA nightmares... is to have playing refereed by a Soviet." Yugoslavia was not invited to the first Rugby World Cup in 1987, and did not qualify for the second in 1991. The former All Black scrum half Chris Laidlaw, writing at the end of the 1970s, saw rugby as a positive force in east-west relations at the time: Yugoslavia affiliated to the