Armagh seconds played their Crawford cup semi final in Coleraine against the local thirds on Saturday. In sunny and warm conditions Armagh kicked off into the strong breeze. Coleraine collected the ball from the drop out and using the wind promptly dispatched it down into Armagh’s 22. With defensive kicking into the breeze very difficult, […]
Beaten but never Bowed; Down but never out. Carrick U15 were beaten in the semi-final of the Brewin Dolphin Sponsored Ulster Cup at Woodlawn on Saturday. Although tremendously disappointed, Banbridge turned out to be the better team on the day with a very determined second half performance. Carrick will lick their wounds and come back […]
9th April A further 3 finals. Two hosted by Clogher Valley, U13 Plate Final and the U15 Shield Final. First to kick off Virginia U13 v Banbridge U13. From the start Virginia gain poccession of the ball, with good ball retention progressed slowly towards Banbridge’s try line. But despite the sustained attack, Banbridge line would […]
Armoy fielded a makeshift team in order to fulfill their final league match.. The final score was Cookstown 31- Armoy 19. An early converted try from Barry Kelly and four penalties from the boot of Jarvis Traynor were not enough to hold back a well drilled and efficient Cookstown XV. This result ended Armoy’s unbeaten […]
Armagh made the long trip north to Limavady with a degree of tension. The whole squad knew that they had underperformed in the last two fixtures. Against Coleraine they had shown sporadic flashes of their flair but were well and truly overpowered in the closing minutes of the game. Against Clogher, however, they were humiliated […]
A trip to the much improved Omagh 1stxv at Mellon Park was always going to be a tricky fixture for the Dee 1st xv. After Tuesday nights high scoring defeat to CIYMS the Dee side needed the maximum five points to maintain their challenge for promotion. With Ballyclare securing five points in their home defeat […]
YOUTH SUCCESS Ballyclare Under 15 XV travelled to Clogher Valley on Saturday morning to play Donegal in the final of the Ulster U.15 Shield. In a very closely fought affair the two sides were tied at 19-19 at the interval with the outstanding Donegal wing forward getting all his team`s points. The Clare lads had […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV finished their League programme on Saturday 9 April with a 31 points to 28 away win against Lisburn. The victory means that, as well as completing the double against Lisburn, Carrick finish the season with nine League wins out of eighteen matches, a better record than seemed likely before Christmas. […]
VITAL LEAGUE CLASH FOR BALLYCLARE On Ballyclare 1st XV have one of the biggest games of the season in Qualifying 2 when the leaders and likely league winners C.I.Y.M.S. come to the Cloughan to face Willie Logan`s side. With two sides to be promoted the Clare are in a tussle with Donaghadee who come to […]