All Ireland Junior Cup Preview Saturday 26th October 2013 by George Millar The Premier Junior tournament in Irish rugby kicks off this weekend. We have Portadown, CIYMS, Clogher Valley and Donaghadee representing Ulster. Wanderers, Dundalk Coolmine and Enniscorthy representing Leinster. Tralee, Skibereen, Kanturk and Kilfeacle representing Munster. OLBC, Monivea, Westport and Ballina representing Connacht. No […]
All Ireland League Review Week 3 Saturday 26th October 2013 by George Millar Competition resumes this Saturday after a two week break from All Ireland League fixtures. For teams in Divisions 1A and 1B the next block of fixtures continue through until the 7th December with a one week break on the 16th November. Teams […]
Qualifying League Previews Saturday the 26th October 2013 by George Millar Qualifying Two Ballyclare remain the leaders in this league with Lisburn, Academy and Omagh trying to close the gap. Academy RFC I XV v Ballyclare RFC I XV This Antrim derby at Roughfort will tell us if any of the chasing pack can beat […]
Four Primary Schools attended a Tag Rugby Blitz at Lisburn RFC last Wednesday (16th October). Lisburn schools St. Aloysius, Old Warren and Tonagh were joined by St. Luke’s (Twinbrook) and the majority of the 60 participants had never played rugby until six weeks ago…… CLICK HERE for the full story
The Coleraine Cheetahs are pictured after Sunday’s session Coleraine RFCC hosted a Tag Rugby Blitz for those with learning disabilities at Lodge Road on Sunday morning. Players from four clubs; Ballymena Bears, Newforge Taggers, Donaghadee Sharkies and Coleraine Cheetahs gave a display of competitive and exciting rugby……. CLICK HERE for the full story
Queen’s RFC’s Stuart McIlwaine and Jonny Graham of Banbridge are pictured at Tuesday’s draw with Joey Devlin from First Trust Bank The draw for the semi finals of the First Trust Senior Cup, Ulster’s premier club rugby competition, was made on Tuesday afternoon at Ravenhill……. CLICK HERE for the full story
Malone RFC Plays Host To Primary School Blitz Six primary schools made their way to Malone RFC on Monday for a Mini Rugby Blitz, with over 100 kids in the day’s matches. The participating schools were: St. Matthew’s PS (two teams) Avoniel PS Harding PS (two teams) Euston Street PS (two teams) Elmgrove PS Moneyrea […]
Following on from the successful visit of the Ulster Rugby team in August, Strabane Rugby Club will be launching a new mini rugby section this Saturday, 26th October….. CLICK HERE for the full story
You can see what this means to these guys in the interview below. 2 of 15+ elated players walked off the pitch having played superbly against what are now their nearest rivals in a brutal game of rugby. Connor & Tyler comment on just what a great game it was! [youtube rTk6JnQb_8g]
Without a doubt the intensity that Enniskillen brought to this game was clear from the out set. Yes there were stand out players but everyone raised their game and stood out bigger than they have ever stood out and what a club to do it against. This top of the table clash lived up to […]