Height: 5 9 Weight: 18 stone Clubs: Fivemiletown High School, season for Enniskillen u16s, then Clogher Valley RFC 18 years & 3 seasons with Jnr Ulster. Honours: We won the Junior Interprovincials for Ulster, 1998/99. Victories over Ballymena II XV & Dungannonn II XV at home in Bohatton lane before our new club house and […]
Height: 6ft ish Weight: 100kgs Clubs & schools: Campbell College, Civil Service, CIYMS, Havelock North (New Zealand) Honours: Hawkes Bay Colts Cup Semi Finalist, CCF National 7s Champion. What is your most memorable moment as a number 8? My best moment as a number 8 so far happened last year when I scored on my […]
A large crowd gathered in scenic and sunny Carrickfin on Saturday last to witness the debut of the Tir Chonaill rugby club senior team in their first game. The club played host to Finn Valley RFC, and these two clubs are the newest rugby clubs in Ireland. Finn Valley have only recently begun playing with […]
Last Saturday Donaghadee’s first team had a break from Qualifying League Two games, but only to play in the new Conference League. Confused? Join the club. This strange competition sees QL2 clubs like Donaghadee play the Second XVs of Ulster’s senior clubs – but only two of them in the season. Win, lose or draw […]
City of Derry went to Coleraine on Wednesday night to play the hosts under lights in the first leg of their league encounters. It was a case of top playing second in the league and the positions were reflected in the game! In almost perfect conditions watched by a sizeable home support the game kicked […]
Despite the rather inclement weather conditions on Saturday afternoon Randalstown 1sts and 3rds were in action against Malone and Donaghadee respectively. The 1st XV travelled to Malone to play the first of their Conference fixtures against a senior second fifteen. Injury and work commitments meant that Randalstown had to ring a few changes from the […]
Saturday saw the Armagh team make the long trek west to play Sligo in the quarterfinal of the All-Ireland Junior Cup. Last year’s final debacle in this tournament was still fresh in the minds of all the Armagh players and there was a real desire in the Armagh camp to pull out a special performance […]
Malone hosted the Students of Terenure College on a cold and wintry day at Gibson Park. The students played a very spirited and workman like game and ran our winners by 29-16. All Malones points came in the opening half, a try from winger concede Barker and the remainder from the boot of Josh Pentland. […]
City of Derry seconds returned to winning ways on Saturday when the beat high flying Larne by 31 point to11. Larne who are currently leading the way in the Conference League Section 3B, as well as Qualifying league Section 3B succumbed to their first defeat of the season. When a Young and talented Derry side […]