Trimble: Ulster can alter Irish power balance

When you have given as much to the Ulster cause as Andrew Trimble, common perceptions about the province begin to grate a little and the desire to change them burns deep.

Still only 27, the Ireland wing has been around the block a few times with Ulster and only his fellow three-quarter Paddy Wallace, five years his senior, has played more times in the Heineken Cup and overall for Ulster.

So it is understandable that in the resurgence his province has enjoyed these last two seasons, of which the next and biggest hurdle is this evening’s Heineken Cup semi-final against Edinburgh at the Aviva Stadium, Trimble is eager to bury a few myths about Ulster Rugby.