"The players don't want to sit there and talk about the last 18 months anymore... They want to move on and focus on the Rugby." Ex-Ulster player Paddy Wallace on Ulster Rugby's news journalist ban.

Ulster Rugby have banned all news journalists from their press conferences .

If anybody intends to ask a question about their family values or how their players will be role models in the future, they will not be allowed in.

The national union of journalists has described the situation as unacceptable.

The Nolan show attempted to attend a press conference yesterday - we were banned too - with security at the gate tipped off to stop us getting in.

Only sports reporters were permitted into yesterday's media event at the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. The ban has been in place from last week following the sacking of rape-acquitted stars Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.