Rob Lyttle (born 28 January 1997) is an Irish

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who plays

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for

Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...

. Born in

Donaghcloney Donaghcloney or Donacloney ()County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...

, he played mini rugby at Dromore RFC as a child. He attended

Royal Belfast Academical Institution The Royal Belfast Academical Institution is an independent grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. With the support of Belfast's leading reformers and democrats, it opened its doors in 1814. Until 1849, when it was superseded by what today is ...

, where he appeared in the

Ulster Schools' Cup The Ulster Schools' Challenge Cup is an annual competition involving schools affiliated to the Ulster Rugby, Ulster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. The Schools' Cup has the distinction of being the world's second-oldest rugby competitio ...

final in 2013. He then moved to

Methodist College Belfast God with us , established = 1865 , type = Voluntary grammar , religion = Interdenominational , principal = Jenny Lendrum , chair_label = Chairwoman , chair = Revd. Dr Janet Unsworth , founder ...

, with whom he made the Schools' Cup semi-finals. He was signed to the Ulster academy. He made his senior debut, scoring two tries, against the

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in September 2016. He made his fiftieth appearance against

Scarlets The Scarlets () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup (which ...

in January 2022. In April 2023 he announced he would be leaving Ulster at the end of the 2022-23 season.Jonathan Bradley
"I’m sad to be leaving Ulster at end of the season, admits winger Rob Lyttle"
''Belfast Telegraph'', 11 April 2023

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Ulster Rugby profileUnited Rugby Championship profile
* 1997 births Living people People educated at Methodist College Belfast Rugby union players from County Down Rugby union wings Ulster Rugby players Irish rugby union players {{UK-rugbyunion-bio-stub