Tyrone based accountancy firm Cavanagh Kelly have come on board this year as co-sponsors of the “Ulster Exiles” rugby sevens team which compete in the “Guinness Carrick Sevens” held 3rd-5th May at Carrick Rugby Club. They join Charles Hurst Renault, Kinetica Supplements, Mars. Kukri and Premier Print in the support of this side The Exiles […]
JL3 Champions! The season produced another dramatic twist as the recent result at Queens was overturned by the Branch, promoting Bangor to league winners. Having already secured promotion to Junior League 2, to end up as league winners was the icing on the cake! Despite a slow start to the season, the 2nds started to […]
Pic – Aaron Ferris dives in to score the winning try against Dungannon Stevenson Park was bathed in spring sunshine for the last game in this seasons Ulster Bank League rugby. It may have been a dead rubber as a contest, with the Hinch already crowned champions last week and Dungannon having secured their future […]
Ballymoney U19 lost 33-28 to Ballymena U19 in last weeks Bowl final at Cookstown. With the squad suffering injuries in the semi-final there were down to only 15players with the Branch not allowing the U17 players McBurney and Ferris to be selected. With Jordan Munnis having to withdraw the night before as he had not […]
Last game of season brings victory Ballymena’s young guns outplayed Belfast Harlequins to win their final game of the season, scoring three tries through Adrian Hamilton, Ian Caldwell and Adrian Kirkpatrick. The margin of victory was narrow – 22pts to 21 – but Ballymena were the better team throughout , playing with a combination of […]
Ballyclare 1st Xv coach Bob Young made five changes for the last league game of the season against Larne who had won well against Enniskillen the week before.Larne really needed something from the game to try and keep them safe but Clare started with real intent when Weatherup made ground to force Larne off side […]
The IRFU (Ulster Branch) is among seven sporting organisations who have received awards from Sport Northern Ireland for their commitment to tackling inequality. The Branch are joined by Outdoor Recreation Northern Ireland, Cricket Ireland, Northern Ireland Sports Forum, Irish Football Association, Ulster Hockey Union, and Disability Sports Northern Ireland have all achieved foundation level in […]