Queen’s finished a remarkable and record breaking season by lifting the Division Three Championship trophy with a dramatic last gasp victory over Nenagh in Dublin. Finals are about the result not the performance and Queen’s Director of Rugby Robbie Moore was delighted that was the case at the final whistle as the students struggled against […]
THERE was a real winning finale to the weekend’s Festival of Sport at Coleraine Rugby and Cricket Club. The fantastic two day event to celebrate the opening of the new changing facilities was rounded of in glorious style on Sunday afternoon when Coleraine knocked the much fancied Dublin side, Clontarf, out of the Irish Senior Cricket […]
The last Saturday of the Ulster League season saw Instonians and Banbridge provide a feast of tries at Shaw’s Bridge, with the home side coming out on top by a 10-8 margin. With Instonians’ front row resources severely depleted through injury and unavailability, they had already conceded the league points to the visitors before the […]
Work on site is due to begin on the 1st June’10 on new clubhouse and changing facilities at Ophir Rugby Football Club in Newtownabbey. Officials at the club have secured almost £85,000 for the ambitious project, which will involve the replacement of the existing changing rooms at Magowan Park in Mallusk with new, improved facilities. […]
Day 3 at Carrickfergus saw the Abbey Ladies 10’s take centre stage. The competition saw a strong invitational Wooden Spoon Lionesses side together with teams from St Albans, Pontyclun and Tyne and Wear take on local sides Cooke, Belfast Harlequins, Carrick, City of Derry, Enniskillen and Queens. Despite a strong showing from the Lionesses it […]
Academy completed the double this weekend, with the senior side following up on the Big Cats U20 win on Friday night, by claiming the Guinness Holmes Platter in an exciting final against the fancied Tyrone Marauders. Surrey Colts claimed the honours in the Willis Final beating Ulster Exiles and CIYMS had a resounding victory over […]
Newforge Taggers PRO Ted Hall brings us up to date on the Taggers recent fashion night. “Thursday the 22nd of April 2010 Newforge Country Club was the venue for the Newforge Taggers Charity Fashion in Conjunction with Marks and Spencer Forestside. Such was the success of last year’s event it was decided to hold the […]
INTOUCH Rugby caught up with Ulster legend Trevor Ringland as he embarks on a new challenge in his career. In his own words: “The example of rugby whether it is Ulster, Ireland or the British & Irish Lions is its ability to be inclusive and so build relationships between the people in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland […]