A sunny afternoon saw the Belfast Harlequins Women travel to Carrick for their AIL Division Two North – Round Two clash. After a narrow defeat in Round One, the Quins women were desperate for their first win of the season. Carrick got the better start with the Quins women simply not firing on all cylinders […]
Overall Cooke was the stronger of the teams. In the first half Cooke dominated, great defending, great work from the scrums, constantly breaking the game line with good tackles and passing. Lineouts performed well no recorded lost lineouts and attacked well. 90 Photos on slideshow of Cooke v Blackrock, courtesy of Gleno Photos. Should anyone […]
ACADEMY ARMAGH rugby It was with heavy hearts that Armagh played this league fixture. The whole club at The Palace Grounds had been stunned to hear of the sudden news that Club Secretary, Bill Jennings, had died whilst refereeing a game in Carrickfergus only hours earlier. Prior to the kick-off the teams observed a period […]
City of Derry Rugby Club marked their return to All Ireland League Division 3 with a comprehensive victory away to Connemara on Saturday last. Derry continued their unbeaten run this season in all competitions when they outscored their opponents by six try’s to three and claimed a valuable bonus point in the process. Derry had […]
The U13s, U15s & U17s all enjoyed victories against near neighbours Ballymena at Neillsbrook on Saturday morning. Randalstown U17 47 Ballymena U17 0 Randalstown U15 34 Ballymena U15 10 Randalstown U13 20 Ballymena U13 10 The U19s travelled to Larne and recorded their 2nd league victory 30 points to 17, and then the 1st and […]
On Saturday morning the honorary Club secretary, Bill Jennings, was refereeing a school game of rugby at Carrickfergus when, without warning, he died suddenly on the pitch. Bill originated from Connemara and then spent his youth in Manchester. He returned to Ireland to teach in Saint Patrick’s Grammar School in Armagh. Bill’s rugby career in […]
A Determined Performance From Clogher Valley U15s Clogher Valley’s under 15 side, set out determined to improve on their previous outing against Armagh 2 weeks ago. From the outset the pack controlled play and showed Monaghan who was the dominant team. With the opening try coming from a typical David McConnell run from the half […]
Civil Service (NI) RFC 1st XV unlucky to lose to Holywood in close match Civil Service entertained Holywood in the second match of the Gordon West Cup. Having lost our narrowly in the first match to PSNI, and win was vital to keep alive chances of qualifying into the knock out stages. Service’s preparations weren’t […]
Ballina’s second XV hosted a team from Belfast Harlequins last Saturday in what proved to be a highly entertaining match which was well contested by both sides. The home team got off to the best possible start when they scored from the kick off. They maintained control of the ball and moved it wide to […]
Ballymoney II 37 v Enniskillen II 3 Enniskillen Seconds made the long journey to Ballymoney last Saturday and despite putting in a lot of effort returned home pointless having been defeated by a very accomplished home team. ‘Skins had early pressure but could’nt make it count and the hosts opened the scoring and followed it […]