It could have been a cup final, the crowd thronged the clubhouse balcony, and the respective teams came with excellent attitude on both sides. Cooke matched them all the way and led for considersable periods and won the game, we managed to get 48 pictures from Intouch Rugby CLICK HERE and another 231 pictures from […]
After their long trip to Letterkenny last Saturday the Tata Steel sponsored First XV finally won their first game of the season with a valuable victory over the improving Donegal outfit. Having lost their first three games of the year by narrow margins, but picking up bonus points in each, Lisburn were keen to put […]
Awesome game by Malone, we can only say that Instonians who are very good found themselves playing a very good Malone side and we look forward to covering both sides. Malone were ecstatic at the cohesion, team workk and selfless graft of the individuals and team work – absolutely brilliant. Instonians will learn from this […]
Despite the bad weather of the past few weeks the pitch at Judges Road was in perfect condition. Dungannon kicked off in this 2nd XV league match. Although Derry cleared from the line out Dungannon secured the ball and the scrum half Gareth McGonigle cut through the Derry defence to score under the posts. Robin […]
Ballyclare 1st XV returned to Qual.2 league action at the Cloughan against local rivals Larne in a game sponsored by Newtownabbey Borough Council. The home side brought in Clotworthy,Byers and Tweed as the changes from the previous week against Queens. Larne had wind advantage in the first half but seldom looked like threatening the home […]
CRFC U15s 48 Ballymoney U15s 10 Carrick U15s secured another league victory at Tom Simms Memorial Park against a spirited Ballymoney on Saturday morning. A five try first half haul allowed the home coaches to introduce the bench early on in the second half & although this allowed the visitors the luxury of two consolations […]
This weekend will see the commencement of the 2011/12 All Ireland Junior Cup, with Ulster clubs Academy, Coleraine, Cooke and Portadown all hosting southern opposition in Round 1. The competition has proved popular since its inception in 2006. Four of the previous winners have gone on to win promotion to the Ulster Bank League – […]
Tir Chonaill Mini Blitz : The minis travelled in numbers to Letterkenny last Saturday morning to play Letterkenny and Inishowen. Despite the poor conditions, some excellent rugby was on view, with the U 8s and U 10s doing well despite missing several strong players. The Under 12s were happy to have some debutants in the […]