RUGBY: SONI launch '˜player of the round' for Ulster Premiership League

Title sponsor of the Ulster Rugby Premiership, SONI (System Operator for Northern Ireland), have announced that they will be rewarding the best player performance across each set of SONI Ulster Rugby Premiership fixture weekends for the rest of the season.
By The Newsroom
Published 6th Dec 2016, 09:55 BST
Updated 6th Dec 2016, 15:42 BST
Nick Fullerton, Senior Manager at SONI with Armaghs James Hanna and Dungannons Jake Finlay launching SONIs Player of the Round at Kingspan StadiumNick Fullerton, Senior Manager at SONI with Armaghs James Hanna and Dungannons Jake Finlay launching SONIs Player of the Round at Kingspan Stadium
Nick Fullerton, Senior Manager at SONI with Armaghs James Hanna and Dungannons Jake Finlay launching SONIs Player of the Round at Kingspan Stadium

The ‘Player of the Round’ will be chosen by a panel of judges from SONI and Ulster Rugby chaired by Head of Sport for Johnston Press Ireland and rugby correspondent Richard Mulligan, with each winning player being rewarded with Ulster rugby tickets and official Ulster Rugby Merchandise.

Nick Fullerton, Senior Manager at SONI said: “SONI’s partnership with Ulster Rugby and the sponsorship of the SONI Ulster Rugby Premiership has enabled us to witness first-hand the incredible talent on show throughout domestic rugby in Ulster.

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“We wanted to recognise and reward the players whose commitment and dedication to perform for their club is the reason why the game is flourishing on a community level.

“SONI is proud to so continue to support our partnership with the league through both our title sponsorship of SURP and the ‘Community Champions Award’.

“This is another small way of rewarding and recognising those involved in the domestic game.”

Neil Hanna, Ulster Rugby’s Business Development Manager said: “SONI has demonstrated an impressive level of dedication to their sponsorship since they came on board as title sponsors of the Ulster Rugby Premiership last year.

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“The ‘Community Champions Award’ was an exciting addition to their activation plan and we’re delighted to see their continued generous support across domestic rugby with the ‘Player of the Round’ initiative.”

Richard Mulligan added: “Total Rugby, our weekly pullout is the only dedicated print product for the domestic game.

“It was superb to see SONI come on board to support the former Ulster Senior League, which can so easily be forgotten about with the focus on performance in the All Ireland League competitions.

“The SONI player of the round is another tremendous boost for the domestic game in Ulster and we look forward to supporting it across all out titles in the Johnston Press Ireland publishing unit.”

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The Ulster Rugby Premiership has a total of 11 teams competing in two Divisions across Ulster. The next round of SONI Ulster Premiership is due to take place on December 31.

For more information on SONI visit www.soni.ltd.uk or follow on twitter @soni_ltd

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