AIL RUGBY CAMPAIGNS ARE IN FULL SWING WITH 10 ULSTER CLUBS COMPETING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL: Here we meet the teams and cover them all, video interviews with coaches, clips from games, table standings. As the season progresses we will capture the action; already battle is well underway, the intensity of match day is covered […]
The I.R.F.U. (Ulster Branch) in consultation with the PSNI, who have appealed that only essential traffic movement should take place due to adverse weather conditions, have taken the decision that there will be no rugby played under the auspices of the Ulster Branch on Friday 17th, Saturday 18th or Sunday 19th December 2010. This will […]
Inishowen II welcomed Donegal Town II to Carndonagh last Saturday (11th Dec) for the first game since the snow cleared. Inishowen started well, applying pressure to the Donegal side, but found it difficult to convert this pressure into scores. Ten minutes in a stray pass from the Inishowen backline was intercepted by a Donegal centre […]
Monaghan travelled to Stormont to face Civil Service on a surprisingly warm and sunny afternoon after the prolonged wintery weather that had looked like ruling the pitches unplayable for another week. After a fantastic result against Lurgan Monaghan, a team whos exploits dont always recieve the recognotion they deserve, came to Stormont confident of another […]
City of Derry Rugby Club had the ideal preparation for their Ulster Senior Cup Final on Thursday when they defeated a lively Queens outfit at Judges Road on Saturday last. The inclement weather meant that Derry were without a game for the last two weeks and going to Ravenhill to play Dungannon in a repeat […]
Randalstown 3rds recent good form continued with a well deserved 35 – 7 win at Civil Service in the first round of the McCambley cup. Tommy McCann’s men savoured the victory even more due to the fact that they played the entire game with 14 men following a last minute emergency cry off. Spurred on […]
Cooke Ladies made the long trek to Cork on Sunday to play AIL Rugby against Highfield Ladies. Valiantly and to their credit the Ladies never gave up and having had various injuries and unavailable players the management have kept wheels on and can now settle back into their training over the coming weeks and months […]
Clogher Valley 1XV – 45 versus Bangor 1XV – 7 Clogher Valley 1XV – 7 tries, 5 conversions, 0 penalties, 0 drop goals. Bangor 1XV – 1 tries, 1 conversions, 0 penalties, 0 drop goals. Comprehensive Home Victory The Clogher Valley supporters could have been forgiven for thinking that the team would be “rusty” after […]
An excellent day for Carrickfergus U19s as they entertained Ballymena at home on Sat 11th Dec 2010. This fiercely competitive U19s league is being contested right to the wire with Carrickfergus convinced they can win the league on bonus points. they have set their sights on bonus points and achived this against Ballymena at the […]
Ballymacarn Park was a hive of activity on saturday past with 3 teams competing. Fortunately the ice and snow had thawed and the games commenced. Troops assembled and battled progressed. One of the games was a Junior League 1 game between Carrick II XV & Ballynahinch III XV. Good rugby, followed by better rugby made […]