The Boot Room caught up with Ulster Academy and Ireland under 20 second row Iain Henderson as he prepared to take on England in the Under 20 Six Nations. The Boot Room: Tell us about your career so far. When did you start playing rugby? IH: I started when I was seven, playing mini rugby […]
Lurgan were the visitors to Kerr Park last Saturday and with the firsts having no game the sidelines were crowded with spectators wanting to see what the seconds were up to in their league. CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES The weather was set fair for a fast open game although there was a stiff breeze blowing […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV followed up their mid-week victory over Grosvenor with a 26 points to 14 bonus point win against Ballyclare at Woodlawn on Saturday 19 March. This avenges the away defeat to their local rivals earlier in the season and consolidates Carrick’s position in mid -Table. After a hard fought first half, […]
SCHEDULE BELOW REPORT below video [youtube 9nGIHeJzFxE] A group of 6 Ballymena Rugby Club Rascal coaches on 1st/2nd April 2011 are to run a lap of the main pitch of 24 rugby clubs across the entire province of Ulster non-stop over 24hrs to raise money for “Wooden Spoon” rugby’s charity for diadvantaged children. Their journey […]
Randalstown 2s picked up another 2 league points with a solid performance at Neillsbrook running out 26 – 3 winners against Carrick 3s. The opening 20 minutes didn’t give the home supporters much cheer as ‘town spent much of the time on the back foot while Carrick dominated. The visitor’s only reward for all their […]
A bumper crowd turned out to watch this local derby last Friday night, a match that ‘Skins should have gotten more from, especially given their domination of both possession and territory in the second half. It was Enniskillen who opened the scoring after ten minutes, when James McIntyre made up for an earlier miss by […]
Armagh entertained Bangor at the Palace Grounds on Saturday afternoon. Having beaten Bangor handsomely 43-12 in the away league fixture on February 12th the home match looked a fair probability to pick up another winning bonus point. Bangor has yet to win a league match this season so they appear to be resigned to being […]
Saturday’s league fixture with Clogher Valley @ The Palace Grounds was postponed due to the death of a prominent Clogher Valley sponsor. This fixture will be added to the long list of rescheduled games to be played later in the season. Originally the Armagh club had three games arranged to be played at the home […]