The women’s week in Donegal proved to be a positive new initiative in getting over 80 new girls and women involved in the game around the county. At mini level over 50 new players were attracted to the game through the clubs involved and are continuing to train every Saturday under the direction of their […]
Wednesday 24th March . Report and pictures John McMurtry. Dromore High School ran out comfortable winners for the seventh year in succession, scoring six tries in their 37- 7 win over Slemish College. Slemish College kicked off and had an early chance with a penalty for offside. Unfortunately full back David McWirter put the kick […]
Wednesday 24th March. Report and pictures John McMurtry Enniskillen and Grosvenor girls produced a fast paced, high scoring game in Wednesday’s final at Ravenhill. With both sides cheered on by enthusiastic supporters Enniskillen pulled away in the last quarter to win the game 11 – 7. Enniskillen started the game well and with some exciting […]
Wednesday 17th March. Report and pictures by John McMurtry. Ballymena Academy ran out deserved winners in the Northern Bank Schools Cup Final at a packed Ravenhill on Wednesday afternoon by the score 10 – 7. BRA opened the scoring with a try by Jordan Buchanan, converted by David Cartmill but Ballymena hit back late in […]
Enniskillen Rugby Club hosted the area and regional girls tag rugby competitions over the past two weeks. The competition is to introduce girls to rugby in a non-contact way by the use of tag rugby. In this format, scrums and line outs are used to make the game as realistic as possible. For the area […]
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. […]
Get to know the players who will be taking part this Wednesday in the Northern Bank Schools Cup final. Thanks to the teachers and players at Ballymena Academy and Belfast Royal Academy we’ve been able to put together a brief fact file on the players of both teams which you can view below. Feel free […]
Ballymena Academy secured another late dramatic win for the second match in a row, beating Methodist College Belfast 11 – 10 in this Northern Bank Semi Final with a last minute try. Timing is everything, and Ballymena’s John Andrew’s timing is impeccable as the versatile forward has popped up to score the winning try on […]
Tuesday 2nd March. Report from Ulster Branch, pictures from Colin Heyburn. Belfast Royal Academy emerged as deserved winners from the first of the Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Semi-Final games after their hard fought victory against a dogged Wallace High School team. The Belfast Royal Academy team was playing the more expansive rugby in the […]