Ferris commits future to Ulster

IRELAND and Lions back row Stephen Ferris has targeted silverware with Ulster after pledging the next two years of his career to the province.

Ferris, 25, had been in the final year of his current deal at Ravenhill but signed a new two-year contract with Ulster Rugby on Friday to extend his association with the only team of his professional career until at least June 2013.

“It means everything,” Ferris said of his new deal. “This is home, I was born and raised here, Ulster is the team I’ve always followed and I have a huge desire to achieve something big with the club.