The Wolfhound Cup which involves Lurgan and Civil Service was set up by Jim Allen. Big Jim as he is known to his friends played for both sides firstly at Lurgan in the second row as a 17 year old in 1960 before moving on to play senior rugby for Civil Service in the season […]
Lurgan receive first round bye. The draw for the first round of the 2011 Powerade Towns’ Cup was made at Ulster Rugby headquarters on Tuesday evening, Writes Paddy Allen. For Lurgan they will have to wait until January 29 for the second round after receiving a first round bye. The tie of the round (which […]
Ballyshannon Ladies are a development squad, newly formed and things are going from strength to strength! They now have the numbers to enter the Ulster Cup and we look forward to following them. They recently entertained Letterkenny Ladies at home (20th Nov) and we managed to catch up with Shane Toolan a referee and Ballyshannon […]
Magic stuff here from Barney on watching Stephen Ferris Play in the early days and his current management of the Irish U19/20 Development Squad. The work that is done by Barney and many other volunteers across rugby in Ireland is thoroughly appreciated by us all and we look forward to bringing as much news as […]
We arrived at Ravenhill at 9am to find a band of dedicated supporters who for one reason or another were available on Tuesday morning to rally round in good old style to clear the snow off the pitches again! Having perviously done so last Saturday, the fresh snow from Monday evening which may be followed […]
Since September primary schools through out Fermanagh have been receiving tag rugby coaching. As a result of this local Community Rugby Officer Rob Watson organised a, primary 5 class tag rugby blitz, for all the primary schools who took part in the coaching before Haloween. The blitz day was the chance for the children to […]
Ulster Rugby heroes Chris Henry and Dan Tuohy are urging people to Celebrate & Give this Christmas by making a donation to Age NI instead of buying gifts or cards for family, friends or work colleagues. This is part of the charity’s spread the warmth campaign which aims to support people in later life to […]