Lurgan Rugby I XV 21 v Civil Service Rugby I XV 0 Following two heavy defeats in the previous two weekends to Letterkenny (league) and Dromore (Towns’ Cup) Lurgan gave their league campaign a boost with a comfortable win against Civil Service in an otherwise dull and scrappy affair, Writes Paddy Allen. CLICK HERE FOR […]
At the weekend “The Ulster 24” team of Rascal Coaches at Ballymena RFC received their embroidered shirts from one of their main sponsors; SD Sports (Embroidery Specialists). Denise and David Montgomery took time out to come down and join the Rascals and coaches at their Saturday morning training session to wish them good luck and […]
What a day at Shaws Bridge, 3 games on all at once and this one was a nail biting encounter. Total passion and commitment from both sides. Pictures link and video highlights below. First half – Cooke found themselves on the wrong side of the scoreline, they had not registered a point by half time. […]
Finally the opportunity to cover Lisburn Youth who were entertaining Monaghan Youth. We have not made it to either clubs to cover then yet so we were looking forward to finding out more and getting a feel youth rugby at both these clubs. We managed to get 55 picutres CLICK HERE and below are some […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV got their fourth League win of the season on Saturday 12 February when they, perhaps unexpectedly, overcame a determined Omagh side by 34 points to 18 at Woodlawn. Carrick put in an excellent first half performance into a stiff breeze and out-scored the visitors by two tries to one. While […]
After another week with no game due the late cancellation of the Ballynahinch Cup game, the Derry lads were glad to get a friendly away to Rainey. Matches between the two teams have always been eagerly contested with the Derry boys just shading the results, this game was not to disappoint! With the City of […]
COLERAINE 1XV 8 – 3 PORTADOWN 1XV An away game to Coleraine is always a tricky fixture but the Blues hadn’t lost a league game all season and were understandably upbeat about their chances in the Northwest. Playing into a stiff breeze in the first half, Portadown were dominant, bossing scrums, lineouts and possession, but […]
Having been well beaten by Larne on two occasions this season the home team were expecting a difficult game at Neillsbrook on Saturday. Watched by a large crowd the game started with Larne on the attack and after a few minutes the visitors were awarded a penalty in front of the posts, and a simple […]