Four teams were in action this week at Ballyclare RFC. 2 at home winning in spectacular style and 2 away losing in fairly spectacular style. The home sides proved unstopable! Both 2’s against Clogher Valley 2’s and 4’s against Academy 3’s scoring almost at will. The two away sides on the other hand did not […]
The second xv suffered the first defeat of any Armagh team this season on Saturday afternoon when a strong Ballymoney side came to Armagh and went away with a deserved 14-12 win. Armagh had a strong side selected and had territorial advantage for almost the entire first half but couldn’t manage to take any advantage […]
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 […]
Ballymoney 4th XV travelled to Lurgan for their second league match on Saturday 25th September. Ballymoney got off to a great start dictating the terms in the lineouts, scrummaging and loose play. The forwards set up a great platform, which allowed Aidy White to cut through Lurgan’s back line untouched to score underneath the posts. […]
Saturday saw Ballymoney travel to Barban Hill, Dromore, in unfavourable conditions for the flowing rugby we have come to expect from the team. The men from The Toon would not be disheartened by the weather and emerged as victors 24-16 although neither side were able to show their true potential under the poor conditions. The […]
The University of Ulster, Coleraine Rugby Club (UUC RFC), continued their pre-season preparations with a hard fought cup win at the City of Derry Rugby Club on Saturday. They entered the George Tee’s Cup for the fourth year in a row and won the tournament after four very competitive matches. UUC started their challenge with […]
Having seen the Pigdog Ladies from Canada earlier this year playing at Dungannon and Carrick we had a feeling that United Rugby Club on tour to support the Canada Womens team in the World Cup would be serious contenders for the Inaugural Quins 7s trophy. However, the superb performance by United was only bettered by […]
A good day weather wise and even better for some excellent rugby and the spectacle of teams playing and preparing for the new season. Games kicked off at 1pm, with Randalstown haveing an excellent first game against Ballymena. Teams competing were: Grosvenor, Ophir, Carrick, Lurgan, Randalstown, Hollywood, Civil service, Ballymena and Bangor. Good flowing rugby […]