Ballymena RFC Rascals 2011/2012 are off to a flier this season with the weather thankfully holding for the first 8 weeks all sessions have taken place with record numbers attending. Excitement each week is high and skill levels are on the up with the basics of running with the ball in two hands and passing […]
Ballymena through to Cup Quarter Final In a dour struggle which either side could have won, played in a downpour, Ballymena emerged the victors in this First Trust Ulster Cup match by 12 points to 6. All Ballymena’s points came from the boot of David O’Hara, who kicked four penalties to Dungannon’s two. Pictures of […]
After a flying start to the season Randalstown firsts hit the buffers on Saturday afternoon turning in a poor performance and suffering their 1st defeat. Randalstown took to the park in their brand new Power NI sponsored shirts today for a cup match that on paper should have seen them run out easy winners, but […]
The match of the weekend involved the meeting at Pirrie Park of Methodist College and Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Rudolph Benade landed a penalty to put the home side into a 3-0 lead. Royal Belfast Academical Institution came back strongly and enjoyed the majority of territorial possession for the remainder of the first half with […]
Ulster Ravens were defeated 46-19 by Leinster, who produced a fine second half performance at Donnybrook on Friday evening… Paddy Jackson got the first points of the game 5 minutes into the game when he slotted a penalty from a Leinster offside infringement. FOR THE FULL STORY ON THE ULSTER RUGBY WEBSITE
On Saturday 22 October, the Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV drew 14 points apiece with Grosvenor at Tom Simms Memorial Park. This was a game Carrick could, and probably should, have won but they were not helped by persistent handling problems. In addition, the home side will feel that the referee did them no favours, letting […]
For the second consecutive Saturday Armagh made the trek to Rifle Park to play their neibours, Banbridge. This time it was the Ulster Senior Cup, Quarterfinal that drew the Armagh team to the wet, windy, environs of Banbridge. Armagh were still sore from the narrow defeat last Saturday when they played the wet & untidy […]