UUJ have announced Abbey Insurance as their main Club sponsor and Kukri Sportswear as their playing and leisurewear suppliers. Club spokesperson stated they are glad to be associated with Abbey Insurance who have been involved with supporting Rugby at so many levels over the recent years. Club leisurewear will be available on Kukri Sportswear web […]
Report LIVE Randalstown RFC U16s I XV 38 v Ophir RFC U16s I XV 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Randalstown made the short trek to Mallusk for this friendly fixture with Ophir.A few minor adjustments were made to the teams so that everyone got game time and the welcome ‘Branch’ referee blew for kick off.The Randalstown lads quickly showed their intent immediately taking the game to the opposition and when winger Eoin Letters scampered […]
REPORT Limavady Rugby Club from Top of Table Clash !s 32 v Lurgan RFC 8 TOP OF TABLE CLASH
Unbeaten league leaders Lurgan were the visitors to the Hunter Memorial Grounds on Saturday. With a team high on confidence and a big aggressive pack, the home side knew they were in for a tough afternoon. And it was the home side that struck first blood after just four minutes. Out half Luke Faulkner popped […]
Ireland Team Medical Bulletin Chris Henry on the mend after BLockage of Small Blood Vessel In The Brain
© www.Inpho.ie see more at https://twitter.com/Inphosports IRELAND TEAM MEDICAL BULLETIN – 17.11.14 The medical team for the Ireland National Rugby team have released the following update from Ireland Camp at Carton House: CHRIS HENRY Chris Henry suffered some weakness on the morning of the South Africa game and a viral illness was suspected, he recovered […]
Clogher Valley Q1 LEAGUE CONTENDERS REPORT 1s 19 v Cooke RFC 1s 12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clogher Valley 19 Cooke 12 Valley started poorly dropping the kick off and then poorly defending a scrum which saw Cooke engineer an overlap. Luckily for Valley Leinster referee Colm Dawson, impressive throughout, was well positioned to spot the forward pass and deny the try. Cooke continued to play Impressive and intelligent rugby and with […]
Bonus Point Victory for Carrick 1s v Lisburn they are currently joint league leaders with Omagh and Academy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV gained a winning bonus point in beating Lisburn awayby 38 points to 11 on Saturday 15th November.This win moves Carrick, at least temporarily, into the position of joint League leaders along with Academy and Omagh. However, the latter have played fewer games and remain unbeaten. Saturday’s game was played in […]
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 15th November 2014. By Barney McGonigle
There were two midweek fixtures played before a full list of fixtures on Saturday 15th November. Carrickfergus Grammar School hosted Portadown College in a midweek fixture at the North Road venue. The Carrickfergus team continued their recent run of good form and won an entertaining game by 25-20. Christian Robinson and Michael Black scored first […]
Ireland’s Kieth Wood among 15 new IRB Hall of Fame Inductees
IRB Hall of Fame Welcomes 15 New Inductees First women among the legends honoured Nine greats from men’s game also named Winners of Spirit of Rugby and IRB Development awards also announced Fifteen legends of men’s and women’s rugby have been inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame at a special ceremony in London on […]
UPDATED: Grassroots Rugby Results Round Up KQ 1234, II XV, JL123456, UBL, ML E1/2, ML N&S, Womens, SNR L, Youth U18/U16/U14, Schools Friendly
Referees are noticing that the amount of back chat to referees is reducing and there is less and less physical violence between players. Instead the athletes are playing better rugby and concentrating to a very very high level and the quality and intensity of the rugby is developing higher and higher as a consequence. For […]
Domestic rugby preview: Sat 8th November 2014. By George Millar
Once again Joe Schmidt has become the name we all want to talk about as he and his coaching team raised the spirits of Irish rugby followers with a well deserved win over South Africa at the Aviva stadium last Saturday evening. Whilst the eyes of the world were on the Irish team; in Ireland […]