City of Derry Rugby Club returned to winning ways in All Ireland League Division 3 when they defeated Sundays Well in Cork on Saturday last to maintain their second position in the league table two points behind leaders Instonians. Derry had to put on a very late show to grab victory from the jaws of […]
Enniskillen Rugby Football Club will be opening its doors over the next two weeks as their Fermanagh Community Rugby Officer, Rob Watson will be running a series of FREE Try Rugby Events, at their club grounds at Mullaghmeen. Pictured – Enniskillen mini rugby convenor Alastair Keys with CRO Rob Watson and 1st XV player Clinton […]
Malone IV v Carrick V: Malone lost their unbeaten record in this top of the table clash. Malone got off to a good start taking a ten point early lead after that Carrick came back very strong with malone missing penalty and bad decisions Carrick ran out 24-15 Vs had a good win against lisburn […]
We caught up with Jim at the Grosvenor Grammar v Campbell College game on Satruday past and where delighted when he agreed to comment on the first ever Perennials rugby game. Enjoy & Remember we will all be perennials some day and to be still playing at their age is testament to just how long […]
A beautiful morning at Grosvenor Grammar was the location for a showdown between a Grosvenor side who on their day produce some superb results. Campbell where the decisive victors on this encounter and we were able to capture some good action shots of both side. Is & IIIs covered – apologies to the IIs we […]
Saturday brought an East Antrim derby to the Cloughan when Ballyclare 1st XV took on local rivals Carrickfergus in a Qualifying 2 league rugby clash. The match was sponsored by Country Estates and the match ball by Kare Bears. The only changes on the Clare team from the winning side at Enniskillen were the inclusion […]
Please note that as a mark of respect to the Scallon family and 2nd XV Captain, Daniel Allister, ‘Skins 1st and 2nd XV matches on Saturday 13th November where postponed due to the death of Killian Scallon son of Enniskillen Rugby Past President, and life member Michael Scallon, and the uncle of their current 2nd […]
There were a number of midweek games played prior to a large list of games played on Saturday 13th November. [youtube 7-8N12JWBJA] Campbell College got back to winning ways with a comprehensive midweek victory against Coleraine AI. The Campbell College team started the game without the services of John Creighton and Marc Best, both of […]
Armagh 2nd maintained their recent good form with a 28-0 win over Cooke 2nd last Saturday. The team showed up quite late and it took them 20 minutes to warm up. Too often they didn’t play their phases and kicked away position too easily. Cooke tried hard but they had nothing really to offer except […]
Saturday saw Armagh entertain UUColeraine at The Palace Grounds in the quarterfinal of the Junior Cup. The game was sponsored by Hewitt Meats and it was great to see a sponsor as enthusiastic as Jim Hewitt enjoy thePalace Grounds atmosphere. At the pre-match lunch, it was particularly warming to welcome Gareth Steenson back to Armagh […]