After last weeks defeat of Wellington College, Friends School Lisburn Medallion faced Antrim Grammar at Lisburn in the run in to the first round of the Medallion Shield. The game started well for the home side and 5 minutes into the game Lisburn centre Kirk McGrady took a lovely pass for number 8, Gareth Hill […]
City Of Derry Rugby Club Notes: I XV 38 v Terenure 38: Report
City of Derry Rugby Club travelled to Dublin on Saturday last for their All Ireland League Division 2A Round 5 Fixture against Terenure College and were comprehensively beaten when they were outscored by six try’s to one. Derry were down by 19pts to 3 pts at half time after playing with the advantage of the […]
City of Armagh RFC is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative to recruit new playing members specifically from across all communities in the Armagh City and District area: WAOAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Club is implementing a recruitment campaign with three primary targets: 1) Youth players 2) Girls 3) Adults over 18 who have never played rugby before Specifically, we are targeting boys and girls from non-rugby playing schools from all sections of the community. Our mini and youth sections currently have players regularly attending from an […]
Danske Bank III XV Schools Cup Draw! LIVE HERE!!!!!!!!!!
Round 1: Drawn by Mr. D.A. Knox, Principal of Ballyclare High School To be played where possible before Christmas Holidays (Friday 21st December). HOME AWAY 1 Belfast Royal Academy 3rd XV V Strabane 1st XV 2 Ballyclare High School 3rd XV V Rainey 3rd XV 3 Ballyclare High School 4th XV V Foyle and Londonderry […]
GUINNESS RUGBY WRITERS OF IRELAND AWARDS 2012: TOM ROONEY AWARD – KELLY WILSON (Ulster & Ireland)
Rob Kearney named GUINNESS Rugby Writers of Ireland Player of the Year Rob Kearney (Leinster and Ireland) has been named GUINNESS Rugby Writers of Ireland Player of the Year at the 25th Annual GUINNESS Rugby Writers of Ireland Awards. He collected his award at a function in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin this evening. Kearney’s […]
Strabane Rugby Club Notes: Gordon West Cup Report
The gordon west cup has surely seldom seen a turnaround in performance the likes of which occurred in Strabane on Saturday past. Donegal arrived for a virtual knock out game in the final round of the gordon west qualifiers, the winners assured of a quarter final berth as runner-up. Having beaten Donegal recently on their […]
Cooke Rugby Club Notes: Firsts crash out of Junior Cup
Cooke crushed in a 5 try second half rampage by Ballynahinch IIs Cooke v Ballynahinch IIs The strength in depth of high-flying Ballynahinch was clearly evident against a mediocre Cooke side. It took only 7 minutes before the hard working Co Down team had created a 3 on 1 overlap sending winger Arneill over for […]
Banbridge RFC Notes: I XV 45 v QUB RFC I XV 20 + U19s hold on to defeat Instonians & Beattie stands out in U13s win + U15s Fightback
Bann go clear with win over Queens Queen’s University 20 BANBRIDGE 1STs 45 A Queen’s side still searching for their first win of the season still had the potential to be a banana skin for pace-setters Banbridge in Saturday’s All-Ireland league game at Upper Malone. But despite a spirited first half display following which they […]