Rachel Beukes The wife of our recently departed friend and head Coach Cois Beukes was a guest at the pre-match luncheon on Saturday before the Navan. After the meal, Rachel presented a boxed and framed pair of rugby boots to Ards RFC President Mr. Reggie Haddock in honour of her late husband. Mr. Haddock accepted […]
Portadown met Dungannon 2’s under lights at Chambers Park on Friday night in wet and windy conditions that did little for the game as a spectacle. The Blues started well and in the opening exchanges bossed territory and possession, several penalty kicks pointed to the home sides dominance in the first fifteen minutes but they […]
Ards will be digging deep this week, when they field 4 Senior teams, two Youth sides and a full compliment of Minis at the weekend. In the Senior section, the 1st XV will be hosting Navan in the AIL, the 2nds are away to near neighbours Holywood, the 3rds will be hosting Portadown. Meanwhile, the […]
Two individual tries by Simon and Freddie Cuttle in the first half of this keenly contested Derby game between Armagh and Portadown gave Armagh two important league points last Friday night. Anyone coming to watch this game saw the passion which exists when these near neighbours meet. On a dark and dismal October night Armagh took […]
This game was always going to be a real local derby struggle. Since Portadown were relegated into Qualifying League at the end of last season they have been seen to regroup and, indeed, have taken home a winning bonus point from every league game this season. Armagh, on the other hand, failed to secure a […]
Portadown travelled to the Palace Grounds hoping to end Armagh’s unbeaten record in the league to date and consolidating their own in the process. It didn’t start well for the Blues however with the home side clearly on top in the early exchanges. With the penalty count racking up against the visitors, it was only […]
On Saturday the local boys entertained the visitors from Donegal Town in what was to be the first meeting between the two clubs at this level. Unfortunately the visitors only turned up with a compliment of 12 players and following a ruling on Tue last by the Ulster Branch YCC, which the referee was not […]
The Carrick 2nd XV recorded their second League win of the season when they beat Coleraine II by 11 points to 6 at Woodlawn on Saturday 16 October. In a hard fought match, Carrick’s defence kept the visitors at bay for most of the game. Despite spending much of the second half in Carrick territory, […]
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 […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV lost their League match with unbeaten Donaghadee at Woodlawn on Saturday 2 October by 23 points to 17.The visitors picked up a four try bonus point but Carrick came back strongly at the end to claim a losing bonus point. This was a match which the visitors dominated pretty much […]