Ulster and Ireland wing Andrew Trimble has announced his retirement from rugby at the age of 33.
The Coleraine-native has played his entire career wearing an Ulster jersey, nut announced via Twitter he was hanging up his boots.
Twitter: https://t.co/42tG4O44Sn (@andrew_trimble)
Making his Ulster debut in 2005, the versatile back has made 217 appearances for his boyhood club, scoring 385 points along the way.
Trimble also received his first Irish cap in 2005, and received the international nod 70 times in a career that saw him touch down 17 times.
The veteran appeared in Ireland’s famous 2016 victory against New Zealand (their first against the All Blacks) in Chicago, and played for his country for the final time three months later.
Ulster Rugby operations direct and former teammate Bryn Cunningham said:
He has been a great ambassador for Ulster Rugby, having done much to promote our work in the community and to inspire future generations of rugby players from across the nine counties,
