City of Derry Rugby Club will be hoping to continue their recent run of Cup successes when they return to Ravenhill on Thursday night to play Dungannon in the First Trust Senior Cup Final, Kick-off; 7.30pm. This will be Derry’s third appearance in a Senior Cup Final having been beaten by Collegians in 1983 and […]
Ballymena II XV did not let themselves down, they played good rugby and are a very good side. Ballynahinch II Xv where quite simply awesome, and thoroughly deserved the victory at Ballymacarn Park on Sat 11th December. Ballymena arrived at 12 and within half an hour where running through their game plan on the training […]
The McCambley Cup is one of the bastions of grass roots rugby. Youngsters, die hards, veterans, up and coming youth, you will meet them all in a McCambley Cup Tie.Fiercely competitive, the draw each year is a major event in this very old competition which brings the finalists to Ravenhill and grass roots glory. Our […]
Armagh /Monaghan under 19s maintained their unbeaten record this year with a hard fought 19-3 victory over their nearest rivals Virginia at the Palace Grounds. There hadn’t been a match for 3 weeks due to the poor weather and it showed in the team’s first half performance. They had all the ball and territory, but […]
Ever since the final whistle blew two weeks ago in Sligo signalling Armagh’s demise from the All-Ireland Junior Cup the snow had not let up. Not to be beaten the Armagh grounds team took the decision that if the pitch was cleared of snow the Palace Grounds would be fit for rugby. So the services […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV were beaten by 25 points to 6 by CIYMS in a League match at Woodlawn on Saturday 11 December. While the so far unbeaten Belfast side deserved their victory, this was a much better performance from Carrick than in the away fixture at Belmont in October. Indeed, the final score […]
After a long weather enforced break CI continued their unbeaten winning streak in Junior 2. A hard fought victory over a tough and determined Carrick side who never gave up. Veteran CI fullback Mark Spottiswode was man of the match with two, one on one try saving tackles. Great performances in the pack from Stefan […]
A runaway victory for PSNI, Antrim showed promise in parts and having brought their club together after some difficult years it is excellent to see them fielding a team and we look forward to covering both teams in the near future. PSNI will be looking to build on this excellent performance as the league reaches […]