Nutty Krust U18 Tournament 2016 The 37th Nutty Krust Rugby Tournament was launched in Portadown Rugby Club on Tuesday 12th January. This season has seen nine teams enter and the organisers have decided to schedule the opening series of game on a group basis. This will ensure each team will play at least two games […]
Virginia RFC U14s Keep Momentum Going Virginia RFC U14s finally got 2016 underway when they welcomed Letterkenny RFC to The Deerpark on Saturday. The conditions weren’t great underfoot but the rain finally abated and the match got the go ahead. The 1st half saw a seven try bonanza for the home side, but built on […]
Randalstown 1st XV 7 Clougher Valley 1st XV 22 (Town’s Cup) Despite another heavy fall of rain the Neillsbrook pitches got a chance to dry off for an hour before kick off and although conditions were heavy underfoot it was a dry and virtually windless afternoon when the game started. The visitors kicked off playing […]
Larne 1st XV 12 Enniskillen 1st XV 13 Enniskillen 1st XV jumped to third in the league on Saturday with a hard fought win over Larne, an arduous journey and a saturated playing surface requiring a determined performance from Skins to grind out a result. The early phases had the home team looking confident as […]
Under 18 Match Report – 9th January 2016 Banbridge 15 Newry 46 Newry travelled to Banbridge for the return game in their league campaign, and were the victors in a hard fought battle on a heavy pitch. The early exchanges showed Newry’s intent to run the ball, and with a Banbridge player sin binned for […]
Monaghan 17 Newry 27 A disappointing performance by an understrength Monaghan Bio-Sciences sponsored 1st XV at Rafeenan on Saturday led to a home defeat to Newry in the Kukri league div 3. Injuries and a number of players doing college exams meant Monaghan having to make a number of changes and positional switches for this […]
Qualifying League Section 3 Hard Earned Win For 1st XV Lurgan 7 Limavady 24 Following last weeks disappointing Towns Cup exit to Portadown, The North West Independent Clinic sponsored Limavady 1st XV returned to league action to face another Mid-Ulster side in the form of Lurgan RFC. Last weeks battle against a Qualifying 1 team […]