Friends School Lisburn served up another exciting game in this Northern Bank Schools Cup quarter-final against Ballymena Academy on Tuesday afternoon at Ballymena Rugby Club. Leading 11 – 3 going into the last quarter Friends looked the likely winners but a controversial yellow carding of Friends talismanic No. 8 David McGuigan allowed Academy to snatch […]
Invictus: Private viewing at The Strand Cinema
Several of the Ulster Rugby Players along with The Strand Cinema and the I.R.F.U. Charitable Trust are hosting a private viewing of Invictus on Tuesday 2nd March and would like to invite all Rugby Fans to this unique event. On arrival guests will receive drinks & nibbles in a private lobby. Following the movie the some […]
Powerade Towns Cup: Dungannon II 16 Ballynahinch II 13
Yellow Fever Hits 2’s Cup Run John Dickson report and pictures from Stevenson Park. Ballynahinch 2’s went into this game as firm favourites having defeated Gannon in their previous meetings this season. It was a strong Hinch side that took to the field with the welcome return to action for Adam Craig at fullback, and […]
AIB League 3: Queens University 44 Rainey Old Boys 0
QUEEN’S CLOSE IN ON TITLE Saturday 20th February. James Barr reports. Dub Lane was free of fog and frost, allowing Queen’s University to take another step towards the Division 3 title by beating Rainey Old Boys 44-0. If they beat Co.Carlow at Oak Park this week they move into top spot and have, on paper […]
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Cathay Pacific Airways is back as Co-Title Sponsor and Official Airline of the Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens 2010, and is getting the fun underway by offering rugby fans the chance to win tickets for next year’s event. This year’s Sevens takes place from 26 to 28 March at Hong Kong Stadium and will […]
Kukri Qualifying 2: CIYMS 7 Donaghadee 25
Saturday 13th February 2010. Report by Harry Allen. According to the Ulster Branch, until last Saturday CI had only lost one game out of eleven, and had scored over 400 points, but the Dee fans well knew that their First XV’s form since before Christmas was greatly improved since their poor early season and that […]
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Junior 4: BHSFP II 16 Queens University III 12
Saturday 13th February 2010. Report by Simon Harland On an early spring day the sun shone down on the scene of this Junior League 4 match between Belfast High Scholl Former Pupils 2nd XV and Queen’s 3rds. The Green Island pitches overlooked by the Knockagh Monument, commemorating the fallen of WW1, inscribed with the notation: […]
AIB League 1B: Ballynahinch 35 Dungannon 11
Saturday 13th February. John Dickson reports from Ballymacarn Park. In perfect conditions for running rugby Ballynahinch crept out of the relegation zone with a superb home performance in the Ulster derby clash against Dungannon at Ballymacarn Park. The County Down men ran in 5 tries to claim a winning bonus point, in a display that […]
AIB League 3: Navan 22 Ards 23
A superb team performance secured a famous away victory for Ards against Division 3 newcomers, Navan on Saturday. With the squad weakened by a number of injured and absent players and Navan sitting three positions above Ards in the league table, this was going to be a hard ask of the players who took to […]