Superb game to watch. All the guile of age on the Carrick side and the agility of youth on the Queens side made for an excellent game all round. The pitch is on something of a gradient and both sides made good use of this. Conditions were perfect for flowing rugby and the lineouts, scrums […]
Ulster Rugby today confirmed that Callum Black and Michael McComish will join the squad in the summer, ahead of the start of the 2011-12 season. Callum Black (25) is an Irish-qualified prop who is currently contracted with Championship side Worcester Warriors. Born in the USA and raised in England where he attended Hartpury College, Black […]
A lovely morning on Saturday saw us at Grosvenor Grammar school for two Quarter Finals. One with Dromore High in the Medallion & the other with Ballyclare High School in the Plate. Pictures links from both games below and videos of play / interviews from Grosvenor / Dromore game Grosvenor / Ballyclare videos to follow […]
A good afternoon for it. In the hotly contested series of games undertaken by Perennials each season this annual fixture is ferociously contested with a combined Cooke Rugby & Instonians Rugby side. Videos of play including interviews below report and pictures link including highlights of play from both sides and Geoff Goldsborough gives us an […]
Blistering pace at the start of this game, absolutely superb rugby from Ulster Rugby. Simply superb. Aironi disrupted consistently from about 15 mintues in, but Ulster settled themselves and notched the scoreline up further in the second half. Paddy Wallace was superb, obviously delighted to be playing. Great to see Tom Court & Declan Fitzpatrick […]
Before we DEBUNK some of the myths surrounding strength and conditioning training, lets look at why it WORKS! STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING TRAINING WORKS FOR EVERYONE! Here are the factors we need to take into account to ensure this statement remains true: Genetics – Stimulus – Recovery – Response. GENETICS- Where do you stand in the […]
Welcome to Blog 10 of coaches corner: Question – What is it? Answer – A weekly blog exploring and developing the theme of COACHING. Video Analysis, Ideas, Opinions, Facts, the melting pot is explored here. Written & compiled by: Nathan Moore: BSc (Hons) Sports Science, P.G.C.E Founder of NM Sports Performance, Video analyst and Coach […]
This exciting annual fixture took place in Belfast on Sat 5th March @ Shaws Bridge. Each club takes turns in hosting the fixture. FOR 100+ PICTURES CLICK HERE On Sat the Dublin Bar visitied Belfast and our home team did us proud in an extremely tight match. Belfast Bar Library I XV scored an unconverted […]
Lisburn fall to the ‘Dee CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES At Blaris last Saturday the Corus sponsored Lisburn fell in the final quarter to a strong finishing Donaghadee challenge which saw them rack up three tries to claim the points in this entertaining and hard-fought Qualifying 2 League game. The Dee pressed hard from the opening […]
Will anyone in either of these Schools sleep on Sunday night, indeed the wider school community. Definitely not. For the players, coaches, parents, PE department, schools, and communities will go head to head on Monday to play THE SCHOOLS’ Cup Semi Final 2011 between Ballyclare High School & Campbell College. THIS PAGE PREVIEWS BALLYCLARE HIGH: […]