Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 3rd December 2011. The Rainey Endowed School 1st and 2nd xv’s have returned recently from a successful tour, playing games in Dublin and Manchester. On Wednesday 23rd November the ‘P Keenan Road Surfacing’ sponsored Rainey Endowed School Senior Rugby squads left on their annual rugby tour. They left […]
Methodist College I XV defend Pirrie Park against old firm rivals Campbell. These two sides know each other so well, Methody however will be pleased with the winning outcome. Beautiful conditions bar an off putting crossfield wind. The atmosphere was electric and only a few months from now the stakes will not have changed but […]
We arrived at Pirrie Park in near perfect conditions save a particularly troublesome wind blowing left to right across the pitch making for some issue in passing which both teams coped with superbly. The standard was very high indeed with players missing the Campbell found themselves in a position to try out some alternative game […]
There was an air of inevitability at Hatrick Park where Rainey Old Boys and Banbridge met in a top of the table Division 2 B game. For fifty minutes the First Trust Senior Cup finalists, coached by New Zealander Dan Soper and former Ulster and Ireland prop Simon Best, did an impressive containing job on […]
City of Derry Rugby Club travelled to College Park, Trinity College on Saturday last and suffered their fifth defeat from seven games in All Ireland League Division 2A where Dublin University outscored them by four trys to three. Derry struggled all through the first half to compete with the pace and physicality of the students. […]
“Nuff said”, With TVs big two of “Strictly” & “ X Factor” topping the Saturday evening ratings it is Carrickfergus U15s who continue to be the Saturday morning star attraction. With yet another half century plus of points for & another nil against, the NK Fencing sponsored Carrick boys this time put Kilraghts Road side […]
Lisburn Overcome Students The TATA Steel sponsored Lisburn 1st XV recovered from their defeat by Omagh in the previous week by overcoming the students of Queens 2nd XV at Blaris last Saturday. In a game of fast moving rugby, Queens opened the scoring in a blurr of passing which saw their youthful scrumhalf pop through […]
Last Saturday Ballyclare 1st XV did not have a league game and unfortunately the wet conditions of the grounds led to the postponement of the games involving the Thirds and the Fourths at the Cloughan. Also the Under 19 match away to Coleraine was called off for the same reason which meant that the only […]