A nail biting finish to what was a good game. We noticed some amazing Ulster players coming through and also missed some players away for Ireland duty in the Guinness autumn Internationals. Looking forward to the next games for Ulster and the Ulster Players playing for Ireland. Well done to Congratulations to Rory Best, Isaac […]
In what was billed as the top game of the day in Ulster, both teams lived up to the occasion, playing an open and exciting game of running rugby. The Hinch side took the field minus the services of Adam D’Arcy, Nevin Spence, Ian Whitten, Paddy McAllister and Willie Faloon who all played for Ulster […]
After a week of rain the Newry pitch held up well under pressure from two heavy packs. Newry kicked off playing towards the clubhouse. Good pressure from the Newry back row lead to Holywood errors. Both teams where guilty of sloppy kicking not capitalising on penalty’s. Captain Connor Marshall drove the attacking side back well […]
BALLYMENA (2XV) 20 – 19 PORTADOWN After the euphoria of last weekends derby win against Armagh, it was always going to be a struggle for Portadown to reach the same intensity against a committed Ballymena 2’s outfit. In the opening twenty minutes however the Ports dominated territory and possession, helped in no small part by […]
Armagh approached this game with a degree of uncertainty for after their resounding home defeat by Portadown the previous week the team were resolute that a special performance was required. The memories of last year’s final in Athlone were still fresh in the minds of the team. To have come back in the second half […]
Civil Service arrived at Newforge, for the second of the three scheduled matches against PSNI this season, short of a number of first team regulars after injuries in the Lurgan Game. With Chris Summers, Chris Davey, Andrew “Boney” Sloan, Ben Scott and Johnny Bradshaw all missing through injury Jonny Wilson was drafted into the side […]
With all schools enjoying a half term break there were fewer than usual fixtures involving schools in Ulster played on Saturday 30th October. However, a number of schools did play fixtures and some interesting games took place. [youtube jAFZjBXSnSk] [youtube _t8Et1bXJhI] Royal Belfast Academical Institution travelled to play a Royal School, Armagh team that lost […]
After covering the Banbridge Academy game in the morning we travelled the short distance to Banbridge rugby club to watch Ban I v Suttonians I and Ban III v Dungannon III. With schools playing in the morning and senior squads in the afternoons it makes for an excellent day out and we are looking forward […]
UUC take trip down memory lane! This weekend The University of Ulster Coleraine Rugby Team, travelled to Grosvenor RFC for a particularly poignant game. Both sides were eager for the win, Grosvenor wanting to get revenge for the league defeat in 2008/2009. However it was UUC who took the spoils gaining a bonus point win […]