Junior League Dungannon went into this game knowing that they had to win it to clinch the title. They played to their strengths and in the end ran out nine try winners against Randalstown. Dungannon revelled in the warm conditions and Mark Riddell opened the scoring then Philip Hall went over for the second try […]
Ireland were crowned FIRA-AER Under-18 European champions for the first time following an excellent 17-8 victory for Terry McMaster’s well-drilled Schools team over England. The Ireland side, sponsored by PwC, got on top in the opening half of Saturday’s final in Tarbes, with Blackrock College winger Conor McEllin crossing for a 26th minute try. Talismanic […]
London Irish achieved a remarkable consecutive promotion on Saturday when defeating London 1 North runners up Sidcup in an enthralling encounter at Sunbury. Played in glorious spring sunshine in front of a crowd approaching a thousand people including the loud and passionate Sidcup following who had travelled across South London to celebrate St Georges Day. […]
Pictured: Jordan Coghlan No 8 waits for scrum to engage The Ireland U19/U20 development squad continued to enhance the reputation of IRFU age grade teams playing recently in France with a hard fought, but well deserved, 7-7 draw against a much vaunted French U19 team. The game, played in Besancon in front of 8,000 supporters, […]
CLICK HERE FOR 100+ PICTURES FROM WWW.GLENOPHOTO.COM On Saturday Ballyclare 1st XV had to make six changes for the key clash at home to Donaghadee in Qualifying2. Unavailable were Steve Morrow,Ian Russell,Paul Morrow,Gary Clotworthy,Darren Montgomery and Graeme McKinstry. This meant several changes both positional and personnel had tobe made against a Dee side which fielded […]