Ulster Juniors Ulster Juniors played the second game of the inter provincial campaign in Coleraine last Saturday when they took on their Munster counterparts. Both sides were unbeaten after Round One but it was the Munster men who ended victorious pulling away to a 29-9 win. Ulster were unfortunate to have been without their scrum-half […]
RABODIRECT PRO12 TV: LIVE HERE – Williams, Marshall and Trimble win RaboDirect PRO12 awards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + Ulster Rugby win “Specsavers Fair Play Award”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nick Williams and Luke Marshall doubled up to round off the perfect weekend for Ulster Rugby as they scooped the top two awards at the RaboDirect PRO12 Awards evening in Dublin tonight (Sunday, 5 May). [youtube hXn9RS-3Xmk] Two days after Ulster clinched top spot at the end of the regular season with a convincing 32-17 […]
Carrick Abbey 10s Womens Rugby Tournament!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In 600+ Team, Action & Winners Shotsssssssssssssss LIVE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Sunday 5th May, the Manvik Qualifying Sevens and the Abbey Insurance Ladies 10’s were both keenly contested affairs. In the Ladies competition, the semi-finals brought victory for defending Champions Queen’s and five times winners Cooke. In the final, Cooke started well and scored the first try but, as the game wore on, Queen’s gained […]
Carrick 7sssss – Manvik Qualifying Open – The Sunday Super 7s Tourno in 550 Team, Action & Winners shots LIVE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Manvik Qualifying competition was dominated by defending champions CIYMS and Bangor in the pool stages although hosts Carrick, after a poor start against Bangor in their pool game came within one converted try of causing an upset and, had their handling and ball retention been better in the closing stages, they might well have […]
Carrick 7s: Quigg GOLDEN Open!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Saturday Open Competition Surpassed Its Billing – One of the most Outstanding group of teams to ever enter – 1000 + Action, Team & Winner Shots LIVE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Quigg Golden Open on Saturday 4th May was dominated from start to finish by the NGN 7s team organised to honour the memories of Noel, Graham and Nevin Spence. The team, based around Ballynahinch RFC for which Graham and Nevin played, ran in a feast of tries in pool victories over Hawick Linden, Jack […]
CARRICK 7ssssssss – Amazing Weekend! – U19 Tournament Team, Action + 700+ Winner SHOTS LIVE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Carrick Sevens Festival tournament began on Friday 3rd May with the now traditional Under 19s competition sponsored by Samurai. In the semi-finals of the Cup competition, defending champions Surrey Colts overcame Queen’s Barbarians while, in a somewhat tighter contest, Edinburgh College beat BRA Big Dogs, out-scoring their opponents by three tries to one. The […]
Donaghadee RFC Notes: Ulster Juniors + Club Dinner & The Club Salute Departing Friend Kalave Auali’itia
Ulster Juniors Three Donaghadee players had a major part in the Ulster Junior side’s 20-12 victory over Connacht in the Inter Provincial Championship last weekend in Ballina. Chris Hamilton started in the No. 7 jersey with Paul McKenzie and Phil Eadie joining him off the bench. Paul doubles up as Assistant Coach to the squad […]
World set to watch crucial Scottish round of HSBC Sevens World Series
– Captains launch round 8 of HSBC Sevens World Series – Results key to promotion / relegation battle in London – 29 broadcasters take Glasgow coverage to 150 countries The European climax of the HSBC Sevens World Series kicks off in Scotland this weekend with round 8, the Emirates Airline Glasgow Sevens, at Scotstoun stadium […]
The British & Irish Lions Squad Is Announced – NAMED HERE – Tommy Bowe Is In!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope All The Guys Have An Amazing Tour
The British & Irish Lions squad for the Tour to Hong Kong and Australia was announced this morning. The 37-strong party was unveiled live on Sky Sports News by Tour Manager Andy Irvine and Head Coach Warren Gatland. The squad for the 10-match, three-Test series is made up of 15 Welshmen, 10 Englishmen, nine Irishmen […]
Ulster Rugby Juniors kick-start inter-pros with Connacht win!
Junior Ulster won their first match of the 2013 inter-provincial series by beating Connacht, last year’s champions, 20-12 at Ballina RFC last Saturday. After a cagey first twenty minutes, the deadlock was broken by a fine break by CIYMS centre Andrew Hodgen who evaded three tackles to dot down under the posts. His clubmate David […]