Saturday 14th Jan saw the fourths commence their Forester Cup campaign with a hard fought victory over City of Derry threes at Kilraughts Road. Ballymoney Fourths 11 V’s City of Derry Thirds 3 The opening period of the first half saw the Ballymoney side take the game to their opponents. City of Derry defended hard […]
Ballymena earned a place in the All Ireland Cup final with a tremendous win against Division 1A side, Old Belvedere, in Dublin on Saturday. Playing with a strong wind in the first half, they knew that it was essential to get points on the board before the break. And they did just that, with tries […]
After the improvement evident against Bangor the previous week, the Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV -forced into a number of changes as a result of injury and illness-took several steps backwards when they were heavily beaten by local rivals Ballyclare at Tom Simms Memorial Park. The final score of 55 points to 10 did flatter the […]
CAVAN 1st XV 13 RANDALSTOWN 1st XV 16 Sometimes you win well. Sometimes you win ugly. Amongst ugly wins this was as ugly as it gets. Randalstown travelled to Cavan in good spirits and with high expectations taking a virtually full strength team to play a side that was undefeated at home since September. At […]
In what was another epic win for Ballyshannon at the Lakeside on Saturday last in bitterly cold and windy conditions, they secured another two points against Derry YMCA for the second time this season. The Ballyshannon side inflicted an eight try rout on the Derry side to further boost their side’s confidence and along with […]