Not everyone can claim to having founded a rugby club but back in 1968, this is what Dr SR Logan did, arriving as a member of staff to the Chemistry dept of the New University opened in Coleraine that same year. During the following 44 years Sam has played for the club, has been mini […]
Randalstown 1st XV 28 Lurgan 1st XV 6 Randalstown avenged their defeat to Lurgan just 2 weeks ago with a fairly comprehensive victory over them at Neillsbrook on Saturday afternoon, keeping alive their hopes of clinching the Qualifying 3 title. It was a pleasing endeavour in front of a sizeable crowd who had supported the […]
[youtube ZkhOTO5IDm0] CLICK HERE FOR 10 SUPERB HIGH RES IMAGES FROM TONY HENDRON DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Last Wednesday night saw the next installment of the first round matches take place of this years Nutty Krust Floodlit Tournament. The draw brought together Ards Under 19s v Carrick Under 19s. There was a minutes silence before the game […]
Playing their first match in three weeks, a much changed Carrick 1st XV side went down to a heavy defeat against Queen’s University 2nds in the Conference at the Dub on Saturday 3 March. After a competitive first quarter, at the end of which Carrick held a narrow lead, a combination of good counter-attacking play […]
Enniskillen – 5 Omagh – 10 A bumper crowd at Mullaghmeen saw Enniskillen narrowly lose to near neighbours Omagh in a hard fought, bruising encounter last Friday night. There was very little between the sides and the game was at a stalemate for twenty-five minutes, with little scoring opportunities, before Omagh capitalised on a ‘Skins […]
Armagh seconds played Belfast Harlequins seconds in an Ulster 2nd xv league fixture on Saturday at the Palace Grounds on a fine sunny afternoon. With several changes to the line up from the previous week, Armagh received the ball from the kick off and immediately knocked on. This gave ‘Quinns’ some early possession which initiated […]
Armagh travelled deep into Munster on Saturday to play their twelfth game in the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League. They played this fixture against Nenagh Ormond who sat in the sixth in the league whereas Armagh were seen to be in eleventh spot. This was always going to be a difficult fixture considering the long journey […]