Cooke had a break in their Qualifying One campaign and travelled to Ballynahinch for a tightly contested match in the Conference League. The game commenced at a lively pace with the visiting pack demonstrating their intentions from the outset. Surging drives from prop Hunter and flanker McMurray brought play into the ‘hinch 22 and when […]
Valley go Top with 52-0 win over Dromore With Donaghadee only drawing at Ballymoney, Valley moved joint top with a game in hand. 2nds and 3rds both lose heavily 2nds lost away 7-38 to a strong Ballynahinch side while 3rds lost away to Cooke 5-21. Bad result for 2nds as Ballynahinch now top table. Valley […]
Photo caption: (L-R) Andy Irvine, Alesha Dixon and Sir Ian McGeechan in London following the announcement of FirstCape’s sponsorship of the British & Irish Lions 2013 Tour to Australia Sir Ian McGeechan, 2009 British & Irish Lions Head Coach, Andy Irvine, British & Irish Lions Tour Manager, and singer and Strictly Come Dancing star Alesha […]
City of Derry 35pts, Instonians 14pts By; Moss Dineen City of Derry Rugby Club returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion when they outscored Instonians by five try’s to one in their All Ireland League Division 2A fixture on Saturday last at Judges Road. This bonus point win could turn Derry’s season round and ease […]
Quins II 43-13 City of Derry II Quins II 43 City of Derry II 13 By Mark Henderson Saturday 10th December Quins 2’s returned to the Senior 2nd XV league after three weeks of Conference league fixtures which saw two of those games being postponed due to pitches being unplayable. City of Derry travelled to […]
Friends’ School Senior Rugby squad headed to Scotland recently for a two match tour which was slightly disrupted due to difficult weather conditions… The 1st XV played Morrison’s Academy in their opening game and started the game strongly through their domination of the set pieces. Peter Ferguson broke through Morrison’s defensive line and was hauled […]
With the All Ireland League taking a break until late January, Banbridge now turn their attention to the imminent trip to Ravenhill for the Ulster Senior Cup Final against Ballymena. Ravenhill appearances were a regular occurrence for Banbridge’s 1st XV in the late 80’s and 90’s when they dominated Junior rugby in Ulster. However, promotion […]