MALONE Rugby II XV 8 v ARMAGH Rugby I XV 52 & Armagh To Play Portadown In Local Derby This Weekend!

The Ulster Junior Cup does look comfortable in the Armagh trophy cabinet but its retention isn’t really the main target of the Current Armagh season. This year, the Armagh team are well and truly focused on returning to senior rugby after thirteen years playing in the Qualifying Leagues. With this in mind the Armagh contingent […]

ARDS RUGBY NOTES: 1st XV – City of Derry 71 v 31 Ards, 2nd XV 0 v 33 Larne, 4th XV – Ards 25 v 7 Ballynahinch, U17s – Lurgan 34 v 17 Ards, U19s – Portadown 17 v 23 Ards

Ards under 19s travelled to Portadown for this league fixture, Ards started at a blistering pace with an excellent unconverted try in the fourth minute for winger Adam Coulter. Ards kept up the pressure keeping Portadown pinned in their 22, fly half Andy Savage scored a penalty in the 15th minute to extend the lead […]

BALLYCLARE HIGH REMAIN UNBEATEN DESPITE CHANGES!

On Saturday morning in excellent conditions at Hillmount Avenue Ballyclare High 1st XV recorded another deserved win 24-14 against a useful Limavady Grammar side which started and finished strongly. The result keeps the Clare boys undefeated and the victory came despite being forced to make several changes due to injuries including both regular half-backs being […]

Senior Cup Quarter Final: Instonians Exit: Instonians 1st XV 20 Malone 1st XV 32

This Ulster Senior Cup Quarter Final game proved a bridge too far for an experimental young Instonians side. Instonians entertained near neighbours Malone at Shaw’s Bridge on Saturday, 16th October. It was played in near perfect conditions on a beautiful autumn day that brought out a healthy crowd of spectators. Instonian head coach, Clem Boyd, […]

Enniskillen U19s To Play Malone U19s (Last Years Champions) We review Enniskillens last game against Clogher Valley – “The Clash Of The Titans”

A stroming display, by Ian McCleery, Enniskillen U19s 62 v Clogher Valley U19s 3 Exactly nineteen years ago this month, three storms combined into one to form what became known as “The Perfect Storm” off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts creating an almost apocalyptic situation in the Atlantic ocean. On Saturday afternoon last, fifteen young […]