Limavady Rugby Club Rugby Blitz – 24/08/2013 On Saturday 24th August Limavady RFC will host a rugby blitz in preparation for the season ahead. The 6 team tournament will kick off 1:30pm. The blitz games will be played simultaneously and will be played over 20 minutes. Pitch 1 Castlebar v University of Ulster (Coleraine) 1:30pm […]
Carrickfergus Ladies Rugby Team welcomed Killygarry Ladies to Tom Simms Memorial Park last Saturday, as part of a Peace III cross community project. Twenty of the Killygarry Ladies Gaelic football team made the day-long trip to Carrick where they took part in a diversity workshop alongside the rugby ladies. After lunch, both teams were on […]
Ulster Rugby Head Coach, Mark Anscombe, has named a panel of 27 players for tomorrow night’s pre-season friendly against Leinster, the first match to be played in the new look Ravenhill (kick-off 19.30). James McKinney, who returned to the club from Rotherham this summer, starts at out-half with Michael Heaney named at scrum-half. Chris Farrell, […]
The rugby season at City of Derry Rugby Club kicks off this weekend with a “UK City of Culture” All Ireland Youth Tournament @ Judges Road which will be contested by teams from Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster. The teams from outside Ulster coming to Derry are from Skerries in North Dublin, Creggs in Roscommon […]
Ulster U18’s and U19’s v Exiles Wednesday 21st August 2013. The Ulster Rugby U18 Club team gave a great account of themselves before going down by 17-12 against the Irish Exiles U18 team in a game played at the excellent Queen’s University facilities at the Dub. The Exiles have been playing Provincial games against Leinster […]
Ophir RFC Official sevens / re-open grounds with 7s Tournament Last Friday and Saturday, Ophir RFC opened their 2013/2014 season with the traditional 7-a-side competition. After a year of work on a major drainage scheme, the competition returned to the home grounds at The Cottonmount Mallusk. The U17 tournament on Friday evening served as an […]
Ulster’s Fitness Development Officer Robbie Bremner offers advice to the Ballyclare HS players Ballyclare High School’s pre-season preparations have been aided by Ulster Rugby’s Fitness Development Officer Robbie Bremner, who has been working on conditioning sessions with the Medallion and Senior squads at Hollinger Park. The players have been involved in contact conditioning, speed sessions, […]