Driving into Omagh Rugby Club on Saturday past for the round 2 game between Omagh 1s and Carrick 1s in the Junior Cup round 2 was impressive immediately from the substantial grounds with 3 pitches, sizeable clubhouse with changing rooms, function room available also to local groups and businesses and not least the sizeable gathering […]
Antrim 1st XV 12 Randalstown 3rd XV 10 (Images thanks to Marc Lawrence CLICK HERE) It doesn’t seem so many years since Antrim 1sts would have been competing with Randalstown 1sts at Qualifying level. An unsettled and difficult time has seen them forced to regroup and rebuild hence they are currently competing in the Minor […]
WHY? Unbroken by blindness in 1998, Mark Pollock suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury in 2010 that left him paralysed. As Mark strives to walk again, his most complex journey is ahead of him – to find a cure for spinal cord injuries for him and the millions of paralysed people around the world. The […]
Olympic and Rugby experts prepare us for Rio 2016 It’s one month to go until IRB World Rugby ConfEx 2014 and we’re celebrating with an announcement of our Olympic Rugby Sevens – Faster, Higher, Stronger panel. Our experts include: Patrick Baumann, Secretary-General of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur (FIBA) and serving member of the International Olympic […]
Portadown U14s took to the field on a beautiful sunny but very blustery chambers park on Saturday morning to tackle Enniskillen Portadown where on the offensive right from the start playing with wind advantage at their backs. FULL SIZE IMAGES CLICK HERE FOR THEM at 1pm A strong run from number 8 McDowell supplied scrum […]
Ray Williams Wins Prestigious IRB Award Pioneering rugby coach and dedicated administrator Ray Williams has been named as the 2014 winner of the prestigious Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service as a mark of the significant positive contribution he has made to the game throughout his lifetime. In 1967, Williams changed the way rugby coaching […]