Simon McKinstry reflects on what has proven to be a very successful and enjoyable tour……. When Banbridge 1st XV travelled to Vancouver in August 2000, no one thought it would be twelve years before they embarked on another Club tour. The idea for the excursion came at a post match night in the clubhouse. The […]
Malone Rugby Club were City of Derry’s latest opponents in the Ulster Senior League at Gibson Park, Belfast on Saturday last. Both teams scored three tries but City of Derry finished the stronger and added a late penalty from full back Peter Henderson to keep their unbeaten start to the league campaign intact. Following two […]
Dungannon powered their way to victory in this free flowing Senior Cup encounter at sunny Deramore on Saturday. The visitors made it a dream start with two perfectly angled diagonal kicks from Jaryd Bennett allowing David Egner to crash over in the corner on five and eight minutes respectively. Stung by the 10 point reversal […]
Under 17 Ballyclare 61-0 Under 15 Ballyclare 47-12 Under 13 Ballyclare 53-10 Saturday saw Carrickfergus RFC Youth start their build up to the start of their league campaign with friendly fixtures at home against local East Antrim neighbours Ballyclare. The youth, once again sponsored by local company Nk Fencing Ltd where eager to get started […]
An absolutely ferocious game. Belfast Harlequins were playing against a side who had more firepower and were probably the favourites for this training game from the kick off. That is exactly what the harlequins relished about this encounter! Everyone of them fronted up against bigger players and took the hits and put the hits in. […]
Very simple, two sides with the ability to go all the way in the various competitions. Collegians legendary side of the 011/12 season reaching the cup final, the quality is very much still there if not further bolstered with new recruits. A healthy crowd of supporters were dleighted by the game. Perhaps made by the […]
Ferocious games from 3 sides, we think the U13 split into two teams and the U15s. End to end action, proper forward close quarters combat and some lightning backs, all keeping the ball alive with off loads that looked almost impossible at times! Absolutely brilliant morning, we got 240+ action shots from all these teams […]
One of the shinning lights of mini and youth rugby in Ireland as many in Ulster are the Omagh RFC system grows every year and is producing top level rugby athletes, from the local depth of rugby genetics and innate sporting ability: Every Saturday during the season they enjoy first and foremost in a social […]