GROSVENOR 22 – DONAGHADEE 17 Last Saturday Donaghadee went to Belmont for their return League game against a Grosvenor team that they had demolished 49-10 in October. Almost from the kick-off it seemed that the memories of losing to Ballymoney in the Towns’ Cup in the final seconds after being the better side all day […]
Cookstown played host to the Donegal side at Mid-Ulster Sports Arena for the return fixture in the Magners League. The home side started strong and pressured the game line for the opening 20 minutes but were growing frustrated as the couldn’t find away through the strong defence which soon won a penalty for an offside […]
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 […]