Simon McKinstry reflects on what has proven to be a very successful and enjoyable tour……. When Banbridge 1st XV travelled to Vancouver in August 2000, no one thought it would be twelve years before they embarked on another Club tour. The idea for the excursion came at a post match night in the clubhouse. The […]
Following Ulster’s narrow 13-16 win over Ospreys, Paul Marshall has called for a step up in performance ahead of the Munster tie at Ravenhill on Friday night. The scrumhalf was Ulster’s match winner at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday night after scoring the decisive try in the 75th minute to clinch a rare victory in […]
Quite a few schools’ games were played on Saturday 8th September but due to Inter Provincial commitments at Ulster U18 Schools and U19 levels, very few schools were able to field their strongest team. However, this gave coaches the opportunity to play some of their fringe players. Ballymena Academy made the journey to Lisburn to […]
Malone Rugby Club were City of Derry’s latest opponents in the Ulster Senior League at Gibson Park, Belfast on Saturday last. Both teams scored three tries but City of Derry finished the stronger and added a late penalty from full back Peter Henderson to keep their unbeaten start to the league campaign intact. Following two […]
Dungannon powered their way to victory in this free flowing Senior Cup encounter at sunny Deramore on Saturday. The visitors made it a dream start with two perfectly angled diagonal kicks from Jaryd Bennett allowing David Egner to crash over in the corner on five and eight minutes respectively. Stung by the 10 point reversal […]
Under 17 Ballyclare 61-0 Under 15 Ballyclare 47-12 Under 13 Ballyclare 53-10 Saturday saw Carrickfergus RFC Youth start their build up to the start of their league campaign with friendly fixtures at home against local East Antrim neighbours Ballyclare. The youth, once again sponsored by local company Nk Fencing Ltd where eager to get started […]
Absolutely superb game. One of those classic encounters, the standard of rugby the best you will see. Everyone of the guys was superb, great attack and great defence. Total commitment and the case was we lost the game rather than being beaten. We got 180+ action shots and the sheer joy of the game and […]