So with Gibbes gone, where to now for Ulster Rugby?

Bring back Brian McLaughlin, all has been forgiven!

I’m jesting, but can it get any worse for Ulster Rugby? Apart from a court case, Ulster’s European glory is gone, again, and the likelihood of PRO14 glory is minimal. With head coach, Jono Gibbes, unsurprisingly throwing in the towel at the Ravenhill, yesterday, with a year of his contract yet to run, it probably will before it gets better.

Gibbes is heading back to New Zealand at the end of the season, for ‘family reasons’. This takes me back to the day when the new chief executive, Shane Logan, took over the reins at Ulster Rugby, nearly eight years ago to the day. He uttered the famous words: “Whatever plan we put together has to deliver Ulster being top of the pile in Ireland, Europe and, indeed, the world!”