What a day at Shaws Bridge, 3 games on all at once and this one was a nail biting encounter. Total passion and commitment from both sides. Pictures link and video highlights below. First half – Cooke found themselves on the wrong side of the scoreline, they had not registered a point by half time. […]
Finally the opportunity to cover Lisburn Youth who were entertaining Monaghan Youth. We have not made it to either clubs to cover then yet so we were looking forward to finding out more and getting a feel youth rugby at both these clubs. We managed to get 55 picutres CLICK HERE and below are some […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV got their fourth League win of the season on Saturday 12 February when they, perhaps unexpectedly, overcame a determined Omagh side by 34 points to 18 at Woodlawn. Carrick put in an excellent first half performance into a stiff breeze and out-scored the visitors by two tries to one. While […]
After another week with no game due the late cancellation of the Ballynahinch Cup game, the Derry lads were glad to get a friendly away to Rainey. Matches between the two teams have always been eagerly contested with the Derry boys just shading the results, this game was not to disappoint! With the City of […]
COLERAINE 1XV 8 – 3 PORTADOWN 1XV An away game to Coleraine is always a tricky fixture but the Blues hadn’t lost a league game all season and were understandably upbeat about their chances in the Northwest. Playing into a stiff breeze in the first half, Portadown were dominant, bossing scrums, lineouts and possession, but […]
Having been well beaten by Larne on two occasions this season the home team were expecting a difficult game at Neillsbrook on Saturday. Watched by a large crowd the game started with Larne on the attack and after a few minutes the visitors were awarded a penalty in front of the posts, and a simple […]
Welcome to Blog 7 of coaches corner: Question – What is it? Answer – A weekly blog exploring and developing the theme of COACHING. Video Analysis, Ideas, Opinions, Facts, the melting pot is explored here. Written & compiled by: Nathan Moore: BSc (Hons) Sports Science, P.G.C.E Founder of NM Sports Performance, Video analyst and Coach […]
Ireland played France and while the game was being shown in the Belfast Harlequins clubhouse but once starting watching the Ladies game outside we could not leave to go back in and watch Ireland. This game had such a fast tempo with an absolute steely determination by both sides who absolutely switched on and summoned […]