MALONE II 12 DONAGHADEE 29 Donaghadee 1st XV completed their Conference League programme with a visit to Gibson Park where they met Malone II who boasted ex. Dee man Stephen Adams amongst their ranks. Injury and unavailability deprived the Dee of a number of players who had started against Banbridge two weeks earlier but the […]
Pic Credit Peter Bennett >> https://www.facebook.com/peterbennett9?fref=ts ASPIRING 1st XV PLAYERS GET A RUN OUT Donaghadee’s season opened when they welcomed Limavady to Donaldson Park for a 4 x 20 minutes training game. With the new season starting so early there were quite a few unavailabilities and this fact, plus a couple of minor injuries to […]
NEW SEASON AWAITS The 2015/16 season opens at Donaldson Park on Saturday 15th August 2015 when we welcome Limavady 1st & 2nd XVs to Donaghadee for two “pre-season” friendlies. The following week Bangor will be the visitors when the two 1st XVs meet to challenge each other for the Rodney Gray Cup and the 2nd […]
ANNUAL DINNER Another successful Annual Dinner & Awards Evening was held at Donaldson Park last Friday night. Thanks go to speakers John Kinnear (President IRFU (Ulster Branch)) and Mick Quinn (Ireland & Lansdowne RFC) but most special thanks are reserved for Bertie Bell for his impeccable organisation of the evening. Especially pleasing to see 53 […]
VIRGINIA RFC Virginia U16 reach Youth Cup semi-final Virginia U16 started their cup campaign at the quarter final stage against Ballymena at Deer Park on Saturday. After receiving a “bye” in the first round and the last minute forfeit of Portadown in the second round it actually was the first fixture disputed in the cup […]
Randalstown 1st XV 91 Holywood 1st XV 0 Randalstown 1sts rounded off their season with a comprehensive victory over Holywood at Neillsbrook on Saturday afternoon. This leaves the 1st XV in 6th position overall in Qualifying 2, where there have been several results recorded against the formbook during the season. The bonus point system has […]
Ballymoney 1st XV 37 Donaghadee 1st XV 29 Not to be outdone by the Six Nations scoring spree last Saturday both Ballymoney and Donaghadee put on an excellent display of attacking rugby finishing up with an aggregate points tally of 66 points. Within ten minutes the Toon men had scored ten points from a penalty […]