St Patrick’s day seems to have produced high quality rugby on this island only, and the spectacle served up by a Strabane side, full of confidence, was one of the best club displays this reporter has had the pleasure to witness. Strabane travelled down to derry aware that YM had last weekend beaten our title […]
Randalstown 2nds also made the trip to Monaghan on Saturday and came home with the points. Despite the score line ‘Town were made to fight all the way against a dogged Monaghan side who refused to lie down. With skipper Hyndman in inspirational form however, and a slick performance by the back line ‘Town were […]
Randalstown made the journey to Monaghan on Saturday knowing it was a must win situation to ensure they remained on track to finish top of Qualifying 3. The nerves told especially in the first half and they turned round 12 – 6 down to a determined Monaghan side who effectively thwarted all their attempts to […]
Carrick U15s welcomed the Northumbria champions Northern FC U15s to Tom Simms Memorial Park at the weekend for the first fixture ever between the two clubs. Northern is a crack touring side who had disposed of Instonians U15s before making the short journey down along the shore of Belfast Lough to Carrickfergus. With one tour […]
Donegal RFC U15s – 0 Carrickfergus RFC U15s – 89 Given the long journey to Donegal, positional & personnel changes & a less that perfect playing surface this was an exceptional score line in Carrick U15s quest for cup qualification. “Bus legs” were the order of the day both during the warm up & opening […]
Enniskillen entertained a quality Ballymena side at Mullaghmeen in the semi-final of the Towns Cup and despite an excellent effort fell short in the dying minutes. Ballymena started the game stronger and run the ball at ‘Skins, who were being made to work hard, and went 3 – 0 up when ‘Skins conceded a soft […]
Armagh seconds met Dungannon seconds on Saturday in their last 2nd xv league game of the season. The game started with Dungannon receiving the ball from the dropout and quickly showed their intent by moving it out wide. The Armagh backs marshalled by Jonny and Ethan Allan made the tackles to clear any early danger. […]
Under 13’s Celebrate League Win With Convincing 24-10 over Carrickfergus On A Day Of Mixed Fortunes Donegal Town Youth RFC welcomed Carrickfergus RFC to the Holmes on Saturday. CLICK HERE FOR 13 ACTION SHOTS COURTESY OF CLUB DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER COLM They played out three great battles against their counterparts who had travelled from the Shores […]
It is our great pleasure to officially launch the 40th Annual Guinness Carrickfergus Sevens, which will take place on the 4th to 6th of May 2012!!!!!!!! Over the years our competition has established itself as the traditional end-of-season celebration of rugby, both on and off the pitch. The tournament commenced in 1973, when Alan Holmes, […]