LISBURN & ARDS TO HOST COFFEE MORNING FOR IRFU CHARITABLE TRUST: DETAILS BELOW: PLEASE SUPPORT THIS VERY WORTHWHILE CAUSE: On Saturday, 5th March, Lisburn’s Ladies Committee will be holding a “Coffee Morning” and a “Cake and Jam” sale in aid of the IRFU Charitable Trust. LOCATION: Lisburn Rugby Club Support will be welcomed from all […]
Magners League: Brian McLaughlin has named a 29 man squad for Friday’s crucial match against the Cardiff Blues at Ravenhill on Friday (KO 19.05). Andrew Trimble, Paddy Wallace and Tom Court all return to the Ireland 6 Nations squad ahead of their showdown with Scotland. Ian Humphreys is named despite his late withdrawal from the […]
Ravens coach Gary Longwell has named Robbie Diack as captain for their final British & Irish Cup game against Moseley on Wednesday (KO 2pm, Ravenhill). Adam Macklin and Darren Cave will make their long-awaited return from injury after they were named in the starting XV. Macklin broke his ankle in September during his last outing […]
What a game, and what a win. Some excellent coverage below with video ointerviews, some pictures and match highlights just click the links below to view. Pienaar last kick win + interview with Brian Mclaughlin BBC sport match highlights BBC sport review of ulster game and some pics and interview with ruan pienaar UTV sport […]
Malone fail to maintain momentum losing away to Thomond by 30-17 Malone failed to maintain their momentum after defeating Ballymena last week. They lost to bottom placed club Thomond by 30-17 which sees them fall a further place in the Ulster Bank Division 2 league table. Malones point were scored with another two tries from […]
Impressive Win for Newry 1st XV Ards were the visitors to Telford Park last Saturday for their Ulster conference league match and found themselves up against a Newry First XV which was showing quite a few changes from the recent league wins over Randalstown and Ophir. The match saw the return of Peter Jenkins to […]
It was back down to earth with a bump for Grosvenor following their heroics against the Dee last week. They were forced to make a few changes in personnel, including a last minute call up for Taylz for an errant Peter McKeown who had gone AWOL. Despite the bright, mild weather, conditions were sticky underfoot […]
Clogher Valley 1XV – 3 tries, 2 conversions, 0 penalties, 0 drop goals. Dromore 1XV – 1 tries, 1 conversions, 0 penalties, 0 drop goals. Valley take the points at home Clogher Valley entertained Dromore at The Cran in the second of these back to back fixtures. Valley were keen to get back on the […]
Despite late pressure, the Hinch hold out and Quins get only a losing bonus point Quins arrived at the Hinch on a much drier day than would have been predicted from Friday’s monsoon conditions! The pitch, after inspection was cleared for use. The wind looked as if it would not dominate play and indeed was […]