Ards Rugby Club Notes Match Reports And Scores 1st XV – Suttonians 22 v 11 Ards 2nd XV – Ards 7 v 44 City of Derry 3rd XV – Ards 12 v 55 Queens 4th XV – Ballynahinch 7 v 15 Ards U19s – Ards 7 v 10 Carrick U17s – Portadown 15 v 10 […]
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 […]
In what was probably the deciding match, for the objective bystander, of the Ulster Cup this season, City of Derry showed their worth by beating rivals Cooke in a hotly contested game at Judges Road by 8 points to 7. The score was never going to be a high one, given the high level of […]
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 […]
It was the Grosvenor Grammar School pack that laid the foundations for their emphatic 22-7 Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Round 3 win against a strangely quiet Banbridge Academy team. The Grosvenor pack dominated proceedings at both the scrum and lineout while their back row trio of Issac Thompson, Ryan McKnight and Conor Sinclair had […]
Welcome to Blog 5 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 […]
With eleven minutes of normal time remaining at Hatrick Park,Rainey Old Boys,leading 11-10,looked likely to register their first victory in six meetings with Nenagh Ormond. Their pack had produced their best passage of play of the game to get within a yard of the visitors’ line and were looking a good bet to score when […]