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 […]
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 […]
From Wednesday of this week every game in Ulster was on standby. Ice snow, minus degrees. But the sun rose on Saturday and grounds men across Ulster gave the verdict – GAME ON. We travelled on Saturday morning to Bangor Grammar in the view that coastal clubs would thaw out faster than in land clubs. […]
At a frosty Belmont CIYMS continued their winning 48-7 against Belfast High School. High School started strongly bagging an early try through some great rucking an mauling by the pack. However CI soon took control of the game. Stevie McReynolds, Mark McConkey and Matt Armstrong made some rampaging runs up the middle with Armstrong securing […]
It was clear from the start of this game that Donaghadee’s first-team must have taken heed of the stories they had heard about what a dangerous side UUC can be. Perhaps it was the five changes on Donaghadee’s team last Saturday, or maybe it was the memory of two very close games last season, but […]
BALLYCLARE WIN MOVES TEAM UP TO THIRD PLACE Ballyclare Rugby Club by virtue of a 25-3 win away to Grosvenor F.P. on Saturday have moved into third place in Qualifying 2 despite a sluggish start to their league programmeback in September. The two sides above them are Donaghadee and C.I.Y.M.S. who are both unbeaten to […]
Enniskillen were routed by the visitors in what was, by some distance, their poorest performance of the season. They started the game flat as if they had just rolled out of bed onto the pitch and within two minutes were behind on the scoreboard when the ‘Clare forwards mauled a line out over for a […]
Enniskillen suffered something of a front row crisis prior to the match at Omagh, but unlike the Ospreys in the professional game, who refused to play citing health and safety issues, the match went ahead. Such were the problems that ‘Skins took to the field with only one recognised prop on show, veteran Garry Law, […]
FIRST LEAGUE WIN FOR BALLYCLARE Ballyclare 1st XV after losing their first three league games came back in style on Saturday at home to a struggling Belfast High (F.P.) side and won 67-10 with the game halted at least five minutes short of full time. The match was sponsored by Business and Scientific Services and […]