City of Derry Rugby Club travelled to Dublin on Saturday last to play Seapoint who were sitting a point behind them in the league in third position in what promised to be the game of the day in All Ireland League Division 3. Derry came away with a narrow loss with the game living up […]
Despite the fact that all the Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Round 2 games, scheduled for Saturday 8th January, had to be postponed due to frozen pitches, a number of schools managed to get games played in the week leading up to Saturday 8th January. Despite the frozen conditions affecting rugby in most of the […]
Spectators arriving slightly late at Hamilton Park for the AIL game between Ards and Rainey Old Boys would have been rubbing their eyes in disbelief.The scoreboard had Ards 12-0 ahead and less than three minutes had elapsed.The visitors clawed their way back into the game to nose ahead before half-time and went from strength to […]
Last Friday night was the Annual President`s Dinner at Ballyclare Rugby Club and was the best attended ever with ninety-six members and guests present. Ian Morrow was on hand to welcome everyone to what is the best function of the season.The catering was in the capable hands of chef Jeff Baird who is Ian`s son […]
Welcome to Blog 2 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 […]
Dungannon started their Powerade Provincial Towns’ Cup campaign with a difficult away game to Coleraine. The main pitch at Rugby Avenue was frozen but the Coleraine club readjusted their fixtures and moved across the Avenue to a pitch that was perfectly playable. Coleraine had their noses in front and were still leading right up until, […]
The rugby players of Ballymoney and Coleraine emerged from hibernation on the day after Boxing Day to resume their quest for league points in the Kukri sponsored Qualifying Division One. Home team Ballymoney were keen to gain a measure of revenge for a 21-14 defeat at Coleraine earlier in the season but it was the […]
new pictures from Perrenials v CI Jan 2nd 2011 CLick Here Gerry O’Donnell rises up the IRFU ranks Gerry O’Donnell appointed to high profile position in IRFU Gerry O’Donnell has been appointed as the Financial guru, to turn around the financial fortunes of the IRFU following the recent poor ticket sales at the Autumn International […]