Semi-tropical Donaghadee had almost no snow throughout what some newspapers called the disastrous weather period. But it was cold, and the pitches were sometimes too hard for contact sports, so a few degrees of warmth last week made for a welcome return to live rugby at Donaldson Park. The Donaghadee club Firsts were denied a […]
Clogher Valley 1XV – 45 versus Bangor 1XV – 7 Clogher Valley 1XV – 7 tries, 5 conversions, 0 penalties, 0 drop goals. Bangor 1XV – 1 tries, 1 conversions, 0 penalties, 0 drop goals. Comprehensive Home Victory The Clogher Valley supporters could have been forgiven for thinking that the team would be “rusty” after […]
An excellent day for Carrickfergus U19s as they entertained Ballymena at home on Sat 11th Dec 2010. This fiercely competitive U19s league is being contested right to the wire with Carrickfergus convinced they can win the league on bonus points. they have set their sights on bonus points and achived this against Ballymena at the […]
Ballymacarn Park was a hive of activity on saturday past with 3 teams competing. Fortunately the ice and snow had thawed and the games commenced. Troops assembled and battled progressed. One of the games was a Junior League 1 game between Carrick II XV & Ballynahinch III XV. Good rugby, followed by better rugby made […]
City of Derry Rugby Club will be hoping to continue their recent run of Cup successes when they return to Ravenhill on Thursday night to play Dungannon in the First Trust Senior Cup Final, Kick-off; 7.30pm. This will be Derry’s third appearance in a Senior Cup Final having been beaten by Collegians in 1983 and […]
Ballymena II XV did not let themselves down, they played good rugby and are a very good side. Ballynahinch II Xv where quite simply awesome, and thoroughly deserved the victory at Ballymacarn Park on Sat 11th December. Ballymena arrived at 12 and within half an hour where running through their game plan on the training […]
The McCambley Cup is one of the bastions of grass roots rugby. Youngsters, die hards, veterans, up and coming youth, you will meet them all in a McCambley Cup Tie.Fiercely competitive, the draw each year is a major event in this very old competition which brings the finalists to Ravenhill and grass roots glory. Our […]
Armagh /Monaghan under 19s maintained their unbeaten record this year with a hard fought 19-3 victory over their nearest rivals Virginia at the Palace Grounds. There hadn’t been a match for 3 weeks due to the poor weather and it showed in the team’s first half performance. They had all the ball and territory, but […]
Ever since the final whistle blew two weeks ago in Sligo signalling Armagh’s demise from the All-Ireland Junior Cup the snow had not let up. Not to be beaten the Armagh grounds team took the decision that if the pitch was cleared of snow the Palace Grounds would be fit for rugby. So the services […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV were beaten by 25 points to 6 by CIYMS in a League match at Woodlawn on Saturday 11 December. While the so far unbeaten Belfast side deserved their victory, this was a much better performance from Carrick than in the away fixture at Belmont in October. Indeed, the final score […]