When the Royal School, Armagh played the Royal School, Dungannon in a midweek fixture on Wednesday 26th September at the College Hill venue, both teams were missing key players due to injury and U19 Inter Provincial commitments. The Royal School, Armagh team dominated proceedings in the first half. They opened the scoring with a fortuitous […]
On Saturday the “Deramore Devels” travelled to Mullaghmeen to play Enniskillen in the Junior Cup a game that was to provide much entertainment and drama for the large Enniskillen support. The game was as expected a battle of strenght and awareness with both sides giving nothing in their tackles and rucks although the “Devels” were […]
Ulster kicked off playing into the strong breeze blowing from the Aquinas end. The Munster side quickly established field position with some strong driving play from their well-drilled forward unit… In the 8th minute the visitors had a scrum on the Ulster 10 metre line where number 8 Idris Rqibi picked up and made good […]
Virginia RFC’s senior side started their first match in the new league campaign with a hard fought victory over Derry YMCA at Deerpark on Saturday past. The Cavan side more than held their own in the early exchanges, putting pressure on Londonderry which led to the opening score. Virginia secured possession off a line-out on […]
Limerick Leprechauns making a presentation to Denis Fusco to mark his 56th season of post-school rugby. Official Tour Report To Limerick The tour bus headed off from Belfast with 20 tourists on board, picked up 4 strays on route and linked up with another 7 who travelled by car. Thirty one “mature” adults hit Limerick […]
Lord Carson displayed a distinct lack of foresight when he organised the signing of the Ulster Covenant during the rugby season. This year’s 100th anniversary brought traffic chaos to East Belfast and meant that many Grosvenor players missed the pre-match warm up at Dungannon. This lack of preparation was evident in the opening minutes of […]