We arrived on a freezing early January morning to the sight of a large crowd of supporters who had gathered to shake off the January Blues and enjoy a game of rugby at a high level. What a better way to spend a few hours on a Saturday than a trip to Donaghadee or CI […]
Dungannon started their Powerade Provincial Towns’ Cup campaign with a difficult away game to Coleraine. The main pitch at Rugby Avenue was frozen but the Coleraine club readjusted their fixtures and moved across the Avenue to a pitch that was perfectly playable. Coleraine had their noses in front and were still leading right up until, […]
The rugby players of Ballymoney and Coleraine emerged from hibernation on the day after Boxing Day to resume their quest for league points in the Kukri sponsored Qualifying Division One. Home team Ballymoney were keen to gain a measure of revenge for a 21-14 defeat at Coleraine earlier in the season but it was the […]
Hindsight is always 20-20 they say. But in a season that has both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day on Saturdays, not to mention the seemingly endless weeks of unprecedented December snow, it proved to be impossible task for Match & Fixture Secretary Frank Porter and other Donaghadee RFC club officials to plan a balanced […]
Armagh were entertained at Stevenson Park, Dungannon on Saturday where they played their third game in the Ulster conference League. They played before a large crowd who, to a person, were only too glad to leave the comfort of the fireside and get back to see some rugby. The frost and snow had prevented any […]
Talk about talent! A fantastic performance by both sides. 3 25 minute periods of quality rugby, showing a very bright future for all the young men involved. Individual skills and excellent team work provided a lot of spectators with a brilliant game to watch. Lots of phase building from both sides and the ability to […]
6 tries by both sides, and excellent display of champagne rugby, played at Civil Service Rugby Club grounds. The kick off for this entertaining game was 2.30pm Sunday 2nd January 2011. Conditions where perfect and after the warm up the teams began at a blistering pace with The Perrenials surging to the CIYMS 5 metre […]
Happy New Year to everyone from All at Ards RFC Exiles Charity Game The annual News Years day charity fixture featuring an Ards select (Nutts Crackers) against an Exiles select (Pudsey’s All Stars) went ahead at Hamilton Park on Saturday in front of a modest but appreciative audience. The day had started off very encouragingly […]