21st July marked the first anniversary of the Ladies section at Ards RFC. On 21st July 2010 a group of ladies met and trained for the first time under the watchful eye of Ross Reid and Ian Caughey. Sadly Ross has recently moved on, but Ian continues cracking the whip every Wednesday night from 6.45PM. […]
The sun was shining down on the Glebe this Saturday as everyone gathered to take part in Letterkenny Rugby Clubs annual Tag Festival. Over one hundred players took to the field with aspirations of being crowned champions but alas only 1 team could come away with victory. The competition was split into 2 groups with […]
The tag was mighty in the County Armagh as the young farmers’ from Co Down, Fermanagh, Armagh & Tyrone battled it out for their places for glory in the finals this Saturday @ Ballymoney Rugby Club. Heat 1 was held @ The City Of Armagh Rugby Club and the standard was excellent with a smattering […]
The tour will see the boys travelling from Johannesburg to Cape Town via Pretoria and Port Elizabeth. Grosvenor has a strong touring tradition, which will normally entail a European country on an annual basis and a ‘big’ tour every 5 years. This will be the third time in recent years that they will be in […]
There is a bootcamp @ Ards rugby club on Monday and Wednesday at 6pm and Saturday mornings at 9am. Run by Neil McMillan and Scott Young and is open to everyone (male and female) at a cost of £5 per session. Some of the Ards ladies have been attending as part of pre-season training, in […]
In what would turn out to be a nail biting clash between bitter rivals Brian O’Brien took just three minutes to open the scoring when he slipped in down the right hand side to put the visitors in front. Behind the posts Munster gathered themselves and came straight back at the champions elect when solid […]
Sunny summer weather, the perfect day to push hard and train for success. The coaching team headed up by Niall Malone had a training session on Saturday past as part of their preparations for the September Interpros. 40 players were there although a full squad of 65-70 is expected to pick two sides from who […]
The organisers of this event could not have picked a better day. The best sunny day for ages was the scene for a very high standard Tag tournament & BBQ! Running tag rugby in a different environment played on small qualifyer pitches then played on full half pitches for the semi’s and finals gave the […]
2011/12 Heineken Cup Fixtures Schedule – Pool 4 Sat 12 Nov: ULSTER v Clermont Auvergne (15.40, Ravenhill) Sat 19 Nov: Leicester v ULSTER (18.00, Welford Road) Fri 9 Dec: ULSTER v Aironi (19.30, Ravenhill) Sat 17 Dec: Aironi v ULSTER (14.30 local time, Stadio Luigi Zafanella) 13-15 Jan: ULSTER v Leicester (kick off TBC, Ravenhill) […]