The Monaghan RFC U13’s traveled to Portadown this morning with only 14 players on the bus, resulting in many lads having to play out of position on the day. Monaghan opened well with a converted try but sloppy play throughout the 1st half left them trailing 17 – 7 at half time. The half time […]
On saturday past due to players sitting exams Ballyshannon found themselves short a few players. But they made the 250 mile round trip to play Holywood, because that meant 30 guys got a game of rugby! Holywood mucked in with a few players and everyone was extremely appreciative Well done Ballyshannon & Holywood RFC – […]
DAWSON McCONKEY The rugby fraternity in Ulster, and particularly in South Derry, has been deeply saddened by the recent passing of Dawson McConkey. His influence and contribution at all levels of the game has been immense and his name is well respected in rugby circles throughout the land. A native of Ballynahinch, he enjoyed Schools’ […]
In a private mailing list circular extolling the Perennials RFC rugby strategy steering sub committee general meeting which cannot be printed here for obvious reasons all thats needs to be said really is that a man who is no stranger to captaining has taken the reigns. The pictures may be accompanied by humorous captions but […]
Crushing victory over Civil Service It took Grosvenor about ten minutes to shake off the rustiness of a four week lay-off before they cut loose against Civil Service and ran in a bagful of tries in both the first and second half periods. Their dominant set piece play gave them a steady stream of possession […]
Cooke I XV got back to winning ways on Saturday but were made to work extremely hard in an anxious encounter with top four contenders Ballymoney. The Belfast side started the game against the wind in confident form but it was Ballymoney who registered the first points with an easy McCartney penalty after 12 minutes. […]