The ARMAGH rugby second xv who are having an excellent season were surprisingly beaten 28-23 by a well-drilled fit Instonians’ side in their first game of 2011. The Armagh side were possibly fielding their strongest side all season, but they came up against an Instonians side which probably had a number of exiles playing at […]
Old Crescent 7 Belfast Harlequins 14 (Heaney 3p, Gillespie 1t) Quins arrived at Rosbrien for the re-arranged AIL match, and saw the pitch in exceptionally good condition, considering the previous day’s snow-laden blizzards. On paper, Quins put out their strongest team so far this season. Neil McCombe and Niall O’Connor made rare appearances, while Quins […]
Ards 2nds, 3rds and U17s, all fell foul of the weather on Saturday as games were cancelled right across the province due to frozen pitches. The 1st XV and Minis, only just managed to get through their games on the day, with yet more head scratching for the beleaguered fixture secretaries, as they try to […]
All Carrick’s games scheduled for Saturday 8 January were postponed because of the weather conditions. However, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd XVs did manage to get in a training session on Saturday afternoon. Fixtures for Saturday 15 January are: 1st XV vs BHSFP,away 2nd XV vs Ballyclare II,home 3rd XV no match 4th XV vs […]
Spectators arriving slightly late at Hamilton Park for the AIL game between Ards and Rainey Old Boys would have been rubbing their eyes in disbelief.The scoreboard had Ards 12-0 ahead and less than three minutes had elapsed.The visitors clawed their way back into the game to nose ahead before half-time and went from strength to […]
Last Friday night was the Annual President`s Dinner at Ballyclare Rugby Club and was the best attended ever with ninety-six members and guests present. Ian Morrow was on hand to welcome everyone to what is the best function of the season.The catering was in the capable hands of chef Jeff Baird who is Ian`s son […]
Dungannon started their Powerade Provincial Towns’ Cup campaign with a difficult away game to Coleraine. The main pitch at Rugby Avenue was frozen but the Coleraine club readjusted their fixtures and moved across the Avenue to a pitch that was perfectly playable. Coleraine had their noses in front and were still leading right up until, […]