Senior business executive to spearhead expansion Rugby League Ireland (RLI), the company responsible for the management and development of the game in Ireland, has appointed Gordon Matthews as General Manager. Mr Matthews (51), who takes up his new position immediately, is an experienced business executive and joins RLI from a senior management role at Kerry […]
Carrick RFC U15s completed a league double over their Malone RFC counterparts at Gibson Park on Wednesday night having defeated them on the previous Saturday at Woodlawn. The good relationship between these two clubs Youth Sections was illustrated once again when Carrick agreed to travel for a Wednesday night fixture to the Redsox stronghold in […]
Instonians won a hard fought league game against Larne at Shaw’s Bridge under floodlight on Wednesday night (15 th December). The first half was a scrappy affair with both sides struggling with the cold conditions and the long layoff because of the weather. At half time Instonians led by 9-6 through three Andrew Keane penalties […]
Because of the ongoing Arctic weather conditions which continue to sweep across the province, all rugby in Ulster was postponed last weekend which means yet more fixtures have to be rescheduled for everyone. Once the weather improves, mid-week games under lights will become the norm as clubs try to get their backlog cleared before the […]
Campbell College and Belfast Royal Academy played in a midweek fixture at Malone Rugby Club on Wednesday afternoon. The Campbell College team scored an unconverted try, early in the game, through Shane Moffett to give them a 5-0 lead. Rory Scholes extended that lead to 8-0 a few minutes later when he converted a penalty […]
Extended highlights video clip below incl interviews with supporters, players, coaches and clips of play – and Dungannon lifting the cup. All week we have been on tender hooks to wait and see if the Senior Cup final would be played, the weather fortunately held out until the final decision was taken on Thursday 16th […]
Ballyclare High School had to switch their scheduled midweek home fixture against Ballymena Academy to the Ballymena Academy grounds because of a frozen pitch at the Ballyclare High School grounds. This seemed to unsettle the Ballyclare team who made uncharacteristic defensive mistakes which enabled the Ballymena Academy team to score two first half tries. Callum […]
Despite the arrival of more extreme weather conditions which impacted on the games scheduled to take place on Saturday 18th December, a number of schools did manage to get games played either on tour to warmer climes or midweek prior to the onset of the extreme weather. The RS Dungannon team played two tour games […]
Match Report By; Moss Dineen City of Derry Rugby Club were frozen out by a more experienced Dungannon team in the Ulster Senior Cup Final on Thursday night last at Ravenhill. The Judges Road men found themselves fourteen points down with just five minutes gone following two converted try’s. The weather conditions were deteriorating the […]