Despite the arrival of more extreme weather conditions which impacted on the games scheduled to take place on Saturday 18th December, a number of schools did manage to get games played either on tour to warmer climes or midweek prior to the onset of the extreme weather. The RS Dungannon team played two tour games […]
The fixtures scheduled for Saturday 18th December 2010 will be subject to weather conditions allowing the games to be played. With the approach of the end of term, schools with fixtures will hope to play to enable their players to get some game time, something that has been difficult to achieve in recent weeks due […]
With the onset of a thaw following the extreme weather conditions experienced throughout the province, a number of schools did manage to host games on Saturday 11th December. The thaw did not come soon enough for the majority of games to take place but six venues were able to cope. Ground staff had worked hard […]
Despite the onset of a well-deserved half term holiday break for teachers and pupils there are still quite a number of rugby fixtures involving schools from Ulster scheduled to take place on Saturday 23rd October. The “Match of the Day” will be played at Osborne Park when Methodist College travel to play Royal Belfast Academical […]
Over the last three years Donegal has been leading the way in the growth of rugby at club and schools level in Ulster. The DCRP from 2007 to current has produced some substantial results in growing the game in Donegal. These include over 160 new qualified coaches, an increase of 9 to 20 secondary schools […]
Loreto Community School – Milford hosted their first ever rugby fixtures on Tuesday 9th March against St. Eunan’s College and Mulroy College. The 1st game between Loreto Blues and St Eunan Chiefs got things off to an excellent start with both teams playing at a high tempo but finding strong defences difficult to break down. […]
Donegal Town RFC was the venue for this year’s U14 Ulster Branch Qualifier for the High Schools Cup. 12 teams involving over 200 players were taking part in the competition which also acts as the first round of the Donegal School Cup with the second round and finals being played in March. The standard of […]
The first round of the Girl’s Secondary Schools Cup was played in Letterkenny this week. The schools competing were Rosses CS, Loreto Milford, Glenties Comprehensive and Magh Ene Bundoran. The games were all very keenly contested with some very good running rugby on display in overcast conditions. The cup will be played over two legs […]