Cardiff forward Ben Donnell will join Ulster at the end of the current season on a three-year deal.<\/p>\n
The versatile 25-year-old, who is Irish-qualified, can also operate in the second row or back row positions.<\/p>\n
Donnell represented England at U18 and U20 level and had spells at London Irish and Gloucester Rugby, before joining Cardiff in 2023.<\/p>\n
He has made 26 appearances for the Welsh side and has scored four tries to date.<\/p>\n
“I’m really pleased to be signing for Ulster Rugby. With my family roots in Belfast, it makes the move even more special for me,” Donnell told the Ulster website.<\/p>\n
“I am very excited by the opportunity to join a team that’s playing some fantastic rugby and are competing at the top end of the league.<\/p>\n
“I know how tough Ulster are to play against, so I’m hugely motivated to come in, work hard, and add real value to a squad full of young talent and quality experience. I’m looking forward to getting started and pulling on the Ulster jersey.”<\/p>\n
Ulster general manager Rory Best said that Donnell will add “depth” to Ulster’s forward pack.<\/p>\n
“He is at a good age, with valuable experience from London Irish, Gloucester and Cardiff and that will bolster our squad and help drive competition,” Best added.<\/p>\n
“Ben is a strong ball-carrier with the versatility to play in multiple positions, which is an important skillset to have in the modern game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cardiff forward Ben Donnell will join Ulster at the end of the current season on a three-year deal.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-456601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}