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 […]
After a very wet Thursday and Saturday last week, the Saturday turned out nice again for the rugby football game against Instonians 4. The referee, players of both sides and all the spectators at Donaghadee’s Donaldson Park stood in silence as a token of respect for the loss of a former player from both clubs […]
Turnovers and defensive lapses cost Lurgan Monaghan 48 Lurgan 7 Having made a promising start to the season Lurgan were dealt a heavy eight try defeat on Saturday on the road at Monaghan, Writes Paddy Allen. The visitors had to make several changes to the side that won comfortably the previous week with centres Scott […]
A Fantastic Performance By City Of Derry Ladies. City of Derry Ladies moved into third place in the league after a 20-5 win at home against Longford on Sunday. The girls are now only 2 points behind the league leaders. The opening exchanges were fiercely contested with both defences being put to the test. After […]