Student athlete launches campaign to ‘Sideline Concussion’ With the popularity of contact sport higher than ever among young people in Northern Ireland and as a number of youth sporting competitions get underway, William Hayhurst, a 22 year old medical student from Belfast is urging young athletes to be aware of the signs of concussion and […]
KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU…back again and today with Prop Adam Finlay HOW LONG HAVE YOU PLAYED FOR ANTRIM? This is my third season now…I think! MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT? Has to be one of the McCambley Cup games two seasons ago, definite good vibes around the whole team. MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT? Definitely never done anything embarrassing..model […]
Ireland Club Team Unchanged For England Counties Encounter Ireland Club International Head Coach Tom Tierney has named an unchanged side for Friday’s clash with England Counties in Mowden Park. Newcastle. Following the Ulster Bank Club International’s impressive display against Scotland Clubs at Temple Hill, Tierney has kept faith with the combinations that put 28 points […]
Old Wesley 24pts, City of Derry RFC 25pts Match Report by; Moss Dineen City of Derry Rugby Club got back to winning ways in Dublin last Saturday when they defeated Old Wesley by the narrowest of margins in their All Ireland League Fixture. There was an early 6.30am pitch inspection at Donnybrook on Saturday morning […]
Cookstown Progress to McCambley Cup Quarterfinal Once again Cookstown RFC showed their battling spirit to come from behind and win this McCambley Cup 3rd round tie against northern Donegal rivals Inishowen. The game was played on firm underfoot conditions on the 3G surface at the Mid Ulster Sports Arena where the teams experienced all four […]
Ulster Rugby have signed 26 year-old loosehead prop, Ruaidhri Murphy, from the Brumbies on a two-year contract. Dublin-born Murphy has represented Ireland at schools’ under-19 and under-20 level and was part of the Ireland under-20s squad that won the Grand Slam in 2007. He came through the Leinster Academy before moving to England where he […]
Ireland Name 33 Player Squad for Round 3 of RBS 6 Nations IRELAND 2014 RBS 6 Nations Championship Round 3 Squad Forwards (18) Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster) Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster) Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster) David Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) Mike McCarthy (Leinster) Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s […]