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 […]
There were a number of midweek games played prior to a large list of games played on Saturday 13th November. [youtube 7-8N12JWBJA] Campbell College got back to winning ways with a comprehensive midweek victory against Coleraine AI. The Campbell College team started the game without the services of John Creighton and Marc Best, both of […]
Location: Wallace High school. A Friday morning, bright sunshine, a little breezy but overall very good conditions for running rugby. 4 games took place between various ages and it was a treat to see such excellent skills on diplay. Learning from Des O’Donnell the coaches were paying particular attention to tackles. If you don’t get […]
Ballyclare High School on Saturday played one of the stronger school 1st XVs at home and continued their excellent run of unbeaten matches this season. They entertained Wallace High from Lisburn and wecomed back regular fly half Jonny Holmes who gave them an early 3-0 lead from a penalty. Wallace hit back with a try […]
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 […]
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 […]