Saturday saw Armagh launch their 2010 season proper when they entertained Ballymena second’s in the newly structured Ulster Conference league. This league has been established to encourage the second teams of the senior Ulster clubs to play against the Qualifying league teams. The result at the Palace Grounds would indicate that possibly the senior clubs […]
Despite all the euphoria from the good form shown in the pre-season friendlies Ballyclare 1st XV suffered a shock defeat in the opening Qual.2 league match at the Cloughan on Saturday against a well prepared Omagh team. With a good crowd at both the match and the pre-game lunch everyone was anticipating a home win […]
Pirrie Park on a superb sunny Saturday. Saturday the 11th September to be exact. THE TEAMS: Sullivan 1st xv v Methody 1st xv. Coaches: Mike Rodgers – Sullivan. Nick Wells – Methody. A tale of two halfs, Methody with the home advantage settled into their own playing conditions much better than Sullivan. Then on the […]
Ulster travel to face Franco Bernini’s team this Saturday and Coach Brian McLaughlin has made five changes of personnel to the starting line-up that defeated League Champions the Ospreys in Round 1 at Ravenhill last Friday night. Up front there are four changes of personnel and one positional switch. Tom Court and Chris Henry make […]
After a good solid pre season, a determined Antrim team welcomed Letterkenny to Allen Park in what would mark the first game of Antrim’s return to the Qualifying section. It would also mark the first public glimpse of the impressive new Antrim kit which was unveiled at Spice restaurant to club members last weekend. Antrim […]
Following on from last Friday’s excellent 20-15 victory over Munster in Cork, Ulster have made one change to their starting line up for the game against Leinster this Friday at Ravenhill (KO 5.00pm). Calum Thelfor, who came on as a replacement against Munster, starts at blindside wing-forward with Stephen Irvine dropping to the bench. There […]
Ballyclare 1st XV will start the new league season officially on Saturday 11th September when Omagh will be the visitors to the Cloughan. It is expected that this will be a bigger test this season in Qualifying 2 as the league has two strong newcomers Enniskillen and Grosvenor High (F.P.)– the former having come down […]
Cooke defeat Clogher Valley Cooke’s first league fixture of the club’s centenary season was an eagerly anticipated affair with many new faces on show against visitors Clogher Valley. The close rivalry between the sides has resulted in home wins over the past couple of seasons but it was the visitors who took the lead within […]
Facebook posts from the Ulster Rugby players are excellent, keep it going guys! Check out Niall’s interview on BBC Sport NI Check out Niall’s audio from the Aironi media conference Players with official facebook pages are: Stephen Ferris, Rory Best, Paddy Wallace, Tom Court, Pedrie Wannenburg, Darren Cave, Niall O’Connor, Ian Humphreys, William Faloon, David […]