TONY WARD – 07 JANUARY 2014 They didn’t turn up in Dublin so we knew there’d be a Belfast reaction but, even by Ravenhill ‘Stand up’ standards, what transpired on Friday night was old-time inter-provincial rugby at its scintillating best. ALSO IN THIS SECTION Rory Best in line to start against Montpellier after making miraculous […]
IRB Further Empowers Referees at Scrums In a minor revision to the current protocol surrounding the ongoing scrum engagement global trial, the International Rugby Board has confirmed that referees will use non-verbal communication to indicate to the scrum-half when the ball can be thrown into the scrum. Up to now as part of the scrum […]
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Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 4th January 2014 Despite the fact schools do not restart, after the Christmas break, until Monday 6th, there were some games played on Saturday 4th January. Belfast High School hosted Royal Belfast Academical Institution, at the Shore Road venue, in a game in which the Belfast Inst team […]
With a horror weather forecast warning, 19 players and the alikadoos made their way to Dungannon for the captain’s fixture, A handful of cry-offs in the morning, most notably Ricky McIlmoyle “it’s too wet, my spray tan might run, meant that most of the guys had to play the whole match. As it turned out, […]
Ophir start the year in great form Supported by MCW properties and Biffa, Ophir Firsts had managed to get through the 2013/2014 season so far undefeated in all competitions. And last Saturday gave them the best possible start to the New Year with another convincing victory. The Mallusk team had defeated Armoy Firsts three times […]
Newry RFC have won £1000 and thank everyone who voted for them. The competition was organised through facebook and without a shadow of a doubt there are people in Newry RFC who got on to facebook and started sharing and messaging friends supporters, other rugby club facebook pages and so on and so forth generating […]