In the wake of their 29-19 defeat by Ulster in Belfast on Saturday evening, Glasgow Warriors officials are waiting to hear if further action is to be taken over the second-half incident that led to centre Mark Bennett being given lengthy treatment on the pitch before being taken off on a stretcher. It was alleged […]
REPORT Omagh 14 v Cookstown RFC 5
Omagh RFC 14 – Cookstown RFC 5 Cookstown suffered their first loss of the season when they were defeated by a bolstered Omagh side in the Tyrone derby on Saturday past. Despite a good performance in the second half, they could not outdo a first half littered with errors and mistakes. Omagh dominated the first […]
Service Stride Into Action 1s 52 v Cavan RFC 8
Service Stride Into Action Caretaker Captain Takes Care of Business 11/10/14 was a bright and warm October afternoon. It was however not only the weather that was bright and cheerful, Service, led by Caretaker Captain Peter Hoskins gave the kind of performance that they had been threatening now for some weeks. A tale of two […]
Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 11th October 2014. By Barney McGonigle
There was one midweek fixture played on Tuesday 7th October when the Royal School, Dungannon team hosted the touring Dilworth School from Auckland, New Zealand. Prior to the kick off the recently formed Royal School, Dungannon Pipes and Drums ensemble led the players from both teams, along with the match officials, onto the WK Armstrong […]
Report Ballyclare 1s 34 v Donaghadee RFC 1s 10
Donaghadee v Ballyclare 11/10/14 On Saturday the Cloughan men visited Donaghadee, a place Ballyclare have always found results difficult to find. With Donaghadee yet to get a league win this season Ballyclare travelled with a degree of reserved confidence. On another fine autumnal day, with perfect playing conditions, Coach Campbell was forced to make changes […]
Summary of the fixture congestion facing the Ulster rugby clubs between now and the resumption of the AIL on the 1st Nov 2014. These are the games involving Ulster rugby. By George Millar
Sat 18th October: Ulster v Leicester Tigers (A) European Champions Cup. Ulster Ravens v Yorkshire Carnegie in B & I Cup at Kingspan Stadium. KO 2.30pm Sat 25th October: Ulster v Toulon at Kingspan Stadium. Ulster Ravens v Rotherham in B & I Cup at Deramore Park on Friday 24th October. KO 7pm Ulster AIL […]
Ireland Rugby League Squad ANNOUNCED FOR EUROS
Ireland Train On Squad or European Championships Announced Ireland Head Coach Mark Aston has today announced a 29 man train on squad for the 2014 Rugby League European Championship during which the Wolfhounds will face France, Scotland and Wales. The squad includes eight of 2013 Rugby League World Cup squad in the form of Bob […]
Connacht’s Nigel Carolan appointed Ireland U20’s Head Coach
Nigel Carolan appointed Ireland U20’s Head Coach Connacht Rugby’s Nigel Carolan has been appointed as Ireland U20 Head Coach following Mike Ruddock’s decision to step down from the role. Nigel, who has been the Connacht Academy Manager since 2004, will retain his role at Connacht while assuming the Head Coach role with the PwC Ireland […]