PORTADOWN 5XV 12 – 30 CITY OF DERRY 4XV A first round McCambley Cup fixture that had been on the books since December 11th finally got played under miserable conditions in the Northwest. The Blues cause hadn’t been helped with cry offs and injuries in the run up to the game and as a consequence […]
Ballyclare rugby club have changed their shirt design for the first time in 61 years (2009/10 Season marked the 60th Year for Ballyclare RFC) for the 1st XV from the traditional hoops to a more modern and professional fitted shirt supplied by Akuma Rugby. The Shirts have been generously sponsored by Nitro Sport (Antrim Hills […]
Both BJ Botha and Rory Best were forced to leave the field during the second half of Ulster’s Heineken Cup match against Biarritz on Saturday due to injury. BJ has sustained an elbow injury. He will be scanned later this afternoon. Rory sustained a rib injury and his treatment is ongoing – a decision as […]
Cookstown travelled to Strabane after a eight week lay off due to weather conditions knowing nothing less than a win would keep their season on track as the game was played as a double header for both league points and as round 1 of the McCambley cup. The match started slow with cookstown taking control […]
Ballyclare High 1st XV are eagerly awaiting the draw for the fourth round of the Ulster Schools Cup due this Saturday and this week are due to play matches against two of the leading schools in Leinster. Last night (Tuesday) they were entertaining Castle knock College from outside Dublin under the floodlights at Ballyclare Rugby […]
Under 13’s After weeks of cancelled fixtures, no-one minded the rain on Saturday morning too much. Any fears that Letterkenny’s U13s might be a bit rusty after the enforced break were quickly swept aside as a well worked move by Dan Little and Peter Scott saw Peter cross the line for the first try of […]
After weeks if not months off, Clogher Valley entertained Coleraine @ the Cran, Fivemiletown and these two very evenly matched sides battled each other in a low scoring game. These two sides are sitting high up the Junior 1 table and this game shows there is not much in it. What a few months ahead […]
While Ulster and Biarritz were engaged in Heineken Cup combat at nearby Ravenhill,Queen’s University and Rainey Old Boys were in opposition at Dub Lane where the outcome was just as close and the ending equally dramatic,if not quite as important.With the last kick of the game,full-back Mark O’Connor won this Ulster League fixture for Rainey […]
After a long break from rugby, the Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV started 2011 with a 22-3 away win against Belfast High School Former Pupils. In far from ideal conditions, and with the lack of match practice evident on both sides, Carrick could not convert dominance in both territory and possession in the first half into […]
Ballyclare 1st xv started 2011 in the same way they finished 2010 before the frost and snow halted progress and maintained their good run recording the sixth consecutive victory with a 24-3 win in Qualifying2 away to University of Ulster (Coleraine). The Clare had made four changes bringing in Coburn (prop),Heaney(lock),Baird (wing) and Paul Morrow […]