Last Saturday Enniskillen Mini Rugby section opened its doors to potential new players in the form of a Play Rugby Day, an initiative organised by ERFC Community Rugby Officer Rob Watson, and was a great success with many new faces boosting the numbers at each of the six age groups. The Play Rugby initiative gives […]
Lurgan returned to Pollock Park on Saturday evening with two well earned league points and also a piece of silverware after retaining Jim Allen’s Wolfhound Cup. The margin of victory may look comfortable in the end but for the first 50 minutes the match was locked at 3 – 3 and was either side’s for […]
University of Ulster 2nd XV have received more than their fair share of criticism in recent weeks after an indifferent start to the season so an away trip to Rainey 4’s seemed an unlikely place to show their critics the error of their thoughts. However, UUC took the game to Rainey in the first half […]
Ulster Rugby today confirmed that David Pollock has decided to retire from rugby due to a hip injury which has plagued the back row forward for the past 18 months. Omagh born and a product of the Royal School Dungannon, David graduated from the Ulster Academy, to sign a development contract in October 2006. His […]
There is a full list of games scheduled for Saturday 27th November 2010 including the first game of the Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Round 1, Round Robin series when Lurgan College entertains Strabane Grammar School. The Strabane Grammar School team came through this series of games last season to play Larne Grammar School in […]
This talented young side can score tries at will but because they are largely U14 and struggle at times to defend against bigger opponents, Jimmy McTeggart and Andy Hunter have worked hard to add some physicality to the side and Saturday’s game saw the boys in red complete a successful “shut out “against home team […]
It was clear from the start of this game that Donaghadee’s first-team must have taken heed of the stories they had heard about what a dangerous side UUC can be. Perhaps it was the five changes on Donaghadee’s team last Saturday, or maybe it was the memory of two very close games last season, but […]