5 point Christmas bonus for firsts – Young guns contribute to well deserved victory Cooke got an early Christmas gift with a well-earned bonus point win over Coleraine in this bottom of the table clash in Qualifying One. Within minutes and as spectators emerged from lunch it was the visitors who opened the scoring with […]
Boxing Day 2013 @ City of Derry Rugby Club 10.30am City of Derry RFC U15’s V Foyle College City of Derry RFC U17’s V Foyle College 11.30am City of Derry RFC U19’s V Foyle College 1pm Novelty Classic Rugby Womens Team V Golden Oldies Referee; Mickey O’Kane 2pm Senior Game – Cityside V Waterside Referee; […]
BALLYCLARE STRENGTHEN POLE POSITION After the disappointment on Tuesday night at Ravenhill of losing the Junior Cup final and their unbeaten tag to Ballynahinch 2nds, Ballyclare 1st Xv responded in the best possible way on Saturday at the Cloughan with a key 20-13 win in Qualifying 2 over second placed Academy. This maintains their position […]
City of Derry RFC 35pts, Banbridge 24pts Match Report by; Moss Dineen City of Derry Rugby Club entertained Banbridge at home on Saturday last in the Ulster Senior League and gave their supporters an early Christmas Present of five converted try’s in a first half display of sparkling rugby. Banbridge were down by thirty points […]
Methodist College travelled with their 1st and 2nd xv’s to Portugal for a warm weather training camp. Based at the Brown’s Sports Camp, near Vilamoura in the Algarve, the Methody party took full advantage of the facilities to get a lot of work done, both on and off the pitch. They then travelled to Lisbon […]
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 21st December 2013 Sullivan Upper played Down High School recently in a game the Sullivan Upper team won by 38-10. Sullivan had built up a 19-0 lead at the interval with tries from Josh Davidson, Chris Jordan and Jonny Betts. In the absence of Mark Adair, Dave Cave […]
Armagh has generated the unenviable record of starting off games with the scoreboard clicking away before they decide to play properly! Last week it was Instonians who had notched up a 16-0 score against the Armagh team before the local side got into gear! This week, after only seven minutes play Ards had notched up […]
Ireland Women’s RBS 6 Nations Squad Named as IRFU Announce Italy Game in AVIVA Stadium The IRFU today announced that the first ever women’s RBS 6 Nations fixture to be staged at the AVIVA stadium will take place on 8th March 2014 as part of an RBS 6 Nations Super Saturday double-header as the men […]
IRFU appoint Gillian McDarby as Women’s Sevens Team Manager For Immediate Release The IRFU is pleased to announce the appointment of Gillian McDarby as National Women’s Sevens Team Manager. Gillian joins the IRFU from Cycling Ireland where she held the position of Women’s National Development Coach. At Cycling Ireland, Gillian was responsible for athlete performance […]