City of Derry Rugby Club completed their first campaign in All Ireland League Division 2A with defeat away to Queens at Upper Malone, Belfast on Saturday last. The students ran out convincing winners in the end by five try’s to two with the result in the balance at half time when they lead was only […]
Ballyclare Rugby Club 1st XV travelled to Stevenson Park on Saturday to play Dungannon 2nd XV in the Qual.2 Conference League-a less consequential match than the normal league games-this was the final game of the season for the team coached by Bob Young and it brought a narrow 29-26 win for the Clare boys. Overall […]
This result was enough to ensure that Randalstown 1st XV will top Qualifying 3 this year. With 1 remaining fixture against Newry next week they cannot be caught having suffered only one defeat this year at the hands of Belfast High School just before Christmas. Nevertheless they will hope to finish the season on a […]
In this, Carrick’s penultimate game of the season it was too little, too late to redeem a two point deficit against their Co Cavan opponents. The game played at a bright & sunny Rifle Park Banbridge was the league playoff decider with Virginia taking the honours in what was always going to be a closely […]
RAINEY 44 – 22 Junior Ulster Friendly 4th April 2012 Scorers: Campbell(4*Try), Wilson(1*Try), Hall(1*Try), Lamberton(1*Try), McMurray(1*Try), (2*Conv) Rainey Old Boys were honoured to host a Junior Ulster XV on the Wednesday evening before Easter, and while twelve tries may have been scored, this was never an exhibition match. There was a competitive edge to it, […]
Tipperary South side Cashel celebrated winning fifteen out of fifteen games at a bright,but blustery Spafield to take the Division 2 B title by a fourteen point margin, but they would readily admit that they were rather fortunate to beat a fighting Rainey Old Boys team 20-17. Rainey were the better side for much of […]