In a rearranged Ulster Senior League game Ballynahinch secured a bonus point victory over Instonians in the process scoring seven tries and now have a maximum haul of points from 8 League games played. Hinch played against the wind in the first half and in a fairly even and uneventful first 25 minutes both teams […]
CLICK HERE FOR 100+ PICTURES OF COOKE LADIES RUGBY V HIGHFIELD LADIES RUGBY SEMI FINAL OF AI CUP On a sunny Sunday afternoon in Highfield county cork, cooke ladies arrived to play highfield wrfc in the semi final of the ail cup. With Cooke having suffered 2 defeats to highfield in the league, this was […]
A patched up ‘Skins team, bereft of a number of regulars, battled hard but were unable to overcome a resolute Ballyclare side in a rich vein of form in awful playing conditions. The rain was incessant throughout and the hosts’ decision to play the match on a mudbath of a pitch led to a match […]
City of Derry U19’s were drawn against the combined Armagh/Monaghan side in the quarter final stages of the U19 Plate and on a day better suited to snowboarding they travelled down to the City of Armagh and came away disappointed, losing 8 points to 19! Before the kick off the referee expressed serious concerns about […]
The University of Ulster, Coleraine finally ended a long run of defeats with victory over promotion chasing Donaghadee RFC with a hard fought and well deserved 17-3 win. It was the home side who took command from the kick off with the students bossing the breakdown area and keeping the rumbling forwards of Donaghadee at […]
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A few of the Donaghadee rugby supporters travelling to Lisburn last Saturday may have thought that on such a perfect rugby day the odds would be on a win for the seasiders – especially with Lisburn being in mid-table and Donaghadee in second place in Ulster’s Qualifying League Two. At the excellent lunch before the […]
Pictures Below Report On Wednesday 9th March the Moy Park Lurgan Tigers in association with Ulster Rugby held its annual tag rugby blitz at Lurgan RFC. Ten of our local schools entered the fun day and used the opportunity to show off their skills and rugby awareness. The weather was indifferent to begin with but […]
CLICK HERE FOR 100+ Pictures Courtesy Of Bernard Doherty: e: bernarddoherty@notmail.com City of Derry Ladies secured an All Ireland Plate final spot on Sunday with a 15-12 victory over 1st Division side Old Belvedere at Judges Road. In a hotly contested game Derry proved they have the ability to play against the best sides in […]
BALLYCLARE RUGBY I XV WIN BUT NO BONUS POINT CLICK HERE FOR 100+ PICTURES Ballyclare 1st XV continued their good league run on Saturday at a wet Cloughan ground with a 19-0 win over a big strong Enniskillen side but were frustrated at not getting another bonus point which would have come from a fourth […]