Not alot of clothes on for chairman! Amazing footage of the more frequently seen holding the bar up Lisburn members having the time of their lives + its official the boxing day game is on! [youtube V9dp7NvvKlA] Boxing Day rugby match Friends Old Scholars vs Wallace Old Boys kick off 2.00pm If your looking to […]
Finally an end to the drought of training and playing! With waterlogged pitches and freezing weather, the optics for a game this weekend weren’t good. Never mind white line fever, good old cabin fever was starting to set in on saturday mornings! In stepped Strabane Academy, and a friendly fixture was arranged, so the under-fifteens […]
This young Grosvenor side really came of age at Upritchard Park today and secured a deserved victory over Bangor in front of a bumper home crowd. Bangor took the lead early on with a penalty but after that it was all Grosvenor and play seldom moved out of the Bangor half for the next thirty […]
3rd XV vs Ballymena (57 – 12) Junior League The country cousins met at Stevenson Park on a dull, cold but dry December afternoon. Ballymena kicked off but Dungannon went on the attack immediately when Jonny Toal went through only to be caught by the Ballymena full back. Dungannon maintained the pressure for fully fifteen […]
Cooke had a break in their Qualifying One campaign and travelled to Ballynahinch for a tightly contested match in the Conference League. The game commenced at a lively pace with the visiting pack demonstrating their intentions from the outset. Surging drives from prop Hunter and flanker McMurray brought play into the ‘hinch 22 and when […]
Valley go Top with 52-0 win over Dromore With Donaghadee only drawing at Ballymoney, Valley moved joint top with a game in hand. 2nds and 3rds both lose heavily 2nds lost away 7-38 to a strong Ballynahinch side while 3rds lost away to Cooke 5-21. Bad result for 2nds as Ballynahinch now top table. Valley […]
City of Derry 35pts, Instonians 14pts By; Moss Dineen City of Derry Rugby Club returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion when they outscored Instonians by five try’s to one in their All Ireland League Division 2A fixture on Saturday last at Judges Road. This bonus point win could turn Derry’s season round and ease […]
Quins II 43-13 City of Derry II Quins II 43 City of Derry II 13 By Mark Henderson Saturday 10th December Quins 2’s returned to the Senior 2nd XV league after three weeks of Conference league fixtures which saw two of those games being postponed due to pitches being unplayable. City of Derry travelled to […]
Ballymoney 1st XV drew for the second week in a row when the match with League leaders Donaghadee ended in a 10 – 10 draw. The 2nd XV pulled off a narrow win against a strong Cooke 2’s. The 3rd XV also continued their winning run with home win against Derry 3’s. Although the 5th […]
With the All Ireland League taking a break until late January, Banbridge now turn their attention to the imminent trip to Ravenhill for the Ulster Senior Cup Final against Ballymena. Ravenhill appearances were a regular occurrence for Banbridge’s 1st XV in the late 80’s and 90’s when they dominated Junior rugby in Ulster. However, promotion […]