Belfast Harlequins ran out comfortable winners of the 2010 Woman’s Shield Final at Ballymena Rugby Club on Sunday afternoon. Despite a spirited second half fightback by Ballymoney the Belfast side closed out the game by 39 – 10. Belfast Harlequins dominated the first half of the Shield final with full back Ashleigh Baxter running riot […]
McCambley Cup: Ards IV 23 Ballymoney IV 6
The veteran Ards IV side controlled this McCambley Cup final at Ravenhill on Saturday afternoon runing out winners by 23 – 6 against Ballymoney IV’s. McCambley Cup Final Pictures. Report from Robin Johnston, Ards. The game was played in perfectly dry conditions and Ards played with the breeze at their backs in the first half. The […]
Ballymena Mini’s Festival
Over the Easter weekend Ballymena Rugby Club Mini Section had a very busy weekend. On Friday 9th they played host to three visiting Scottish sides from Ardrossan at P5, P6 and P7. A fantastic mornings Rugby took place with the Scottish sides holding their own against the home teams for much of the time. But […]
AIB League 3: Banbridge 27 Navan 21
Banbridge duly picked up the win they needed to copper-fasten their place in the end-of-season Division Three play-offs, scoring four tries for good measure to add another bonus point to their haul. But it could so easily have ended in defeat for the home side as they contrived to produce a mix of wonderfully enterprising […]
AIB League 1B: Ballynahinch 35 Ballymena 20
5 Tries, A Bonus Point Win, But The Hinch Still Go Down John Dickson reports from Ballymacarn Park. Ballynahinch did everything they could possibly do to keep themselves in Division 1B next year, in the end their bonus point win didn’t matter as both Dungannon and Buccaneers won their games sending both Ballymena and the […]
All Ireland League Round Robin: Monivea 18 City of Derry 33
City of Derry Rugby Club produced a sparkling performance as they returned to winning ways on Saturday last with an emphatic victory in their All Ireland League Round Robin game against Monivea the Connacht Junior Champions at the Castle Grounds, Monivea. Derry having lost their first game in this series to regain Senior Status against […]
AIB League 3: Rainey OB 18 Ards 14
Rainey and Ards both sent in reports for this one but, to the victors the spoils, we run with the Rainey report from James Barr. Thanks to Roy Lawton of Ards for the pictures. Games between Rainey Old Boys and Ards have,over the years,usually been closely contested affairs.It was no different at Hatrick Park where […]
Gordon West Cup: Grosvenor 27 Letterkenny 17
The boot of Grosvenor full back Scott Martin kept the Belfast side’s nose in front as they defeated Letterkenny 27 – 17 in the Gordon West Cup Final at Belfast on Saturday afternoon. Letterkenny gave pre-match favourites Grosvenor an early scare when full back Kyle Samson went over for an early score. Out half Boyd […]
World Cup Winning Coach to visit Donegal
This month the Donegal Community Rugby Project is looking forward to a visit by Richard Hodges one of the Welsh 7’s World Cup Winning coaches from 2009. Richard will be delivering a training session to all interested senior players in Donegal in preparation for the Carrick 7’s tournament to be held on the May bank […]
Advertisment: Irish Team Has Chance of Success In South Africa This Summer
The Island of Ireland looks set to be represented in South Africa this summer after all! Our adopted seafarer, Captain Morgan, has officially launched the search for a captain and 3 crew members to represent their country in the Captain’s Cup finals in South Africa this July. The Captain’s Cup will see 10 countries battle […]