Enniskillen recorded victory on Saturday, but had to do it the hard way, coming from twelve points down in as many minutes. From the kick-off ‘Skins did show some enterprise taking play deep into the visitor’s half but were unable to come away with any points. The game was a fairly even contest but UUC […]
Ballyclare 1st XV travelled to Omagh on Saturday with concern after the Co.Tyrone club`s Towns Cup win over Portadown and the big attendance at the pre-match lunch suggested a lot of confidence by the officials and supporters of the home club. But the White Hare men tore up the script totally by inflicting a massive […]
PORTADOWN 27 – 24 LIMAVADY Portadown got back to qualifying league action for the first time in over two months with an away visit to Limavady. The visitors found the going tough in the opening exchanges and whilst they were dominant in the scrum, the amount of penalties conceded stifled any momentum they hoped to […]
Randalstown 1st XV 33 Virginia 5 After a recent disappointing defeat at home to Newry Randalstown 1sts were back in action on Saturday at Neillsbrook, this time entertaining Virginia. With a raft of regulars unavailable it was a much changed side that took the field and it took ten minutes for them to find their […]
On Saturday Armagh travelled to Clogher with a certain degree of trepidation due to the fact that the lousy weather had robbed the team of any match experience since beating Ballymoney on January 15th. This coupled with the reputation that Clogher has earned over the past few seasons – It’s always very hard to bring […]
The Armagh/Monaghan side fell at the second last hurdle on Saturday last when they were beaten by Malone under 19s in a closely contested game at Gibson Park. The locals fielded almost their strongest side but came up against a Malone side who had several Ulster under 19s and under17 players in their ranks. It […]
UUC RFC v Enniskillen RFC 29-01-2011 The University of Ulster, Coleraine, made the long trip to play Enniskillen RFC on Saturday hoping to bounce back from their previous lose but it wasn’t to be as the visitors lost 28-17 in a tight game. The students came out looking to attack from the kick-off and did […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV lost by 43 points to 3 away to so far unbeaten Donaghadee on Saturday 31 January. As in their other heavy defeat, by CIYMS earlier in the season, Carrick did not play that badly; they simply made a number of crucial defensive errors, which their opponents ruthlessly punished, and could […]