Thanks to the official facebook pages of the Ulster players we have two audio interviews ahead of the Glasgow game at Ravenhill. Pre Match Audio – Paddy Wallace Pre Match Audio – Tom Court With Captain Rory Best winning his 100 cap for Ulster this is sure to be an awesome match!
Civil Service (NI) RFC 1st XV unlucky to lose to Holywood in close match Civil Service entertained Holywood in the second match of the Gordon West Cup. Having lost our narrowly in the first match to PSNI, and win was vital to keep alive chances of qualifying into the knock out stages. Service’s preparations weren’t […]
NI Sporting Stars Launch Dairy Council’s ‘Milk in Action’ Website International rugby professional Bryan Young and rising sports star, pro-biker Jacob Dickson, urged young people to ‘Milk it for all it’s Worth’ today as they helped launch a dynamic new website from the Dairy Council for Northern Ireland. www.milkitforallitsworth.eu is designed to deliver a fun, […]
Ballina’s second XV hosted a team from Belfast Harlequins last Saturday in what proved to be a highly entertaining match which was well contested by both sides. The home team got off to the best possible start when they scored from the kick off. They maintained control of the ball and moved it wide to […]
Brian McLaughlin has named a 30 man squad ahead of this Friday’s match against Glasgow at Ravenhill, kick off 7.05pm. New signing Ruan Pienaar’s name features for the first time, having arrived in Belfast just two weeks ago whilst winger Simon Danielli is also included, having recovered from shoulder surgery in the summer. With props, […]
Ballymoney II 37 v Enniskillen II 3 Enniskillen Seconds made the long journey to Ballymoney last Saturday and despite putting in a lot of effort returned home pointless having been defeated by a very accomplished home team. ‘Skins had early pressure but could’nt make it count and the hosts opened the scoring and followed it […]
In what spectators called a great advertisement for womens rugby – Enniskillen narrowly edged out Belfast Harlequins 22 – 20 in their return to AIL rugby. The match, touted to be the clash of the round, saw Enniskillen come out hard in the first 20 minutes scoring 2 quick tries to Marcella McGovern and Eimear […]
A fantastic tournament bringing the best out of U19 sides. This season promises to be another winner! Brian Irwin and Dromore Captain – Irwin’s Nutty Krust U19 Rugby final Executive Chairman of tournament Sponsors Irwin’s Bakery, Mr Brian Irwin, presents the Irwin’s Nutty Krust Rugby Floodlit Tournament trophy 2010 to Dromore Captain Jamie Kirk, after […]
Last Saturday saw Holywood make the short journey to Stormont to face Civil Service in the next of their Gordon West Cup round robin matches. The travelling supporters weren’t to be disappointed when Holywood ran out victors by 25 – 33. Holywood kicked off into the face of a good breeze on a perfect pitch […]
The pairing of Lisburn with Dungannon in last week’s Junior Cup match evoked memories of the1950s when these two clubs played each other for the “Lisgannon Cup”. This was basically a social event, and could have been termed “the First of the Summer Wine”, but played in a very competitive spirit nonetheless. It came about […]