Pythons Begin Season With Away Home Win! Due to the ongoing cricket season and some old timer belting out some songs at Shorts, Grosvenor were forced to move their home fixture to Banbridge. Grosvenor 3rds took to the pitch to play their first league match following promotion to Junior 4 in baking sunshine. It was […]
Dungannon RFC Notes: Ballymoney II XV 31 – 7 III XV + IV XV 8 – 22 Limavady 2: Reports Now Live!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ballymoney 2 31 – 7 Dungannon 3XV A poor performance by the IIIs in their opening game of the season. They were very rusty and lacked sufficient possession to pose a serious threat to Ballymoney. Andrew Girvan was the outstanding player in the Dungannon pack with Jake Finlay and Paul Cashel the pick of the […]
CIYMS RFC Notes: I XV 60 v Academy RFC I XV 28 + II XV 19 v CLogher Valley RFC II XV 7: Reports LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CIYMS 60 Academy 28 8th September 2012 On an unusually warm day at Roughfort CIYMS 1st XV commenced their Qualifying League 1 campaign for 2012/13. CI fielded a strong team which incorporated several of their new recruits who joined the club over the summer. CI set out their stall in the first play of the […]
Donaghadee RFC Notes: I XV Falter In North West + II XV 14 v Instonians RFC 12: Reports & Pictures NOW LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Following a convincing defeat of newcomers UUC in this season’s first league encounter Donaghadee began their away campaign on Saturday with a trip to Ballymoney. Although the Dee had the upper hand in lasts years meetings with two wins and a draw, the North West team finished their league campaign strongly and indeed beat the […]
Belfast Harlequins RFC Notes: A late try by veteran Gillespie secured a win for a disrupted Quins side + Power NI III XV 45 v Grosvenor RFC 0
Banbridge must have felt slightly bewildered as to why they didn’t come away from this game as winners. However, ‘Quins never give up despite early injuries and also having two key players not showing up due to a car breakdown. ‘Quins Captain Robert Logan had to leave the pitch after just a few minutes with […]
Banbridge RFC Notes: Tourists enjoy fantastic trip to Western Cape!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Simon McKinstry reflects on what has proven to be a very successful and enjoyable tour……. When Banbridge 1st XV travelled to Vancouver in August 2000, no one thought it would be twelve years before they embarked on another Club tour. The idea for the excursion came at a post match night in the clubhouse. The […]
City Of Derry RFC Notes: I XV 22 v Malone RFC I XV 19: Report
Malone Rugby Club were City of Derry’s latest opponents in the Ulster Senior League at Gibson Park, Belfast on Saturday last. Both teams scored three tries but City of Derry finished the stronger and added a late penalty from full back Peter Henderson to keep their unbeaten start to the league campaign intact. Following two […]
Carrickfergus RFC Youth Rugby Notes: Reds Too Hot For ‘Clare
Under 17 Ballyclare 61-0 Under 15 Ballyclare 47-12 Under 13 Ballyclare 53-10 Saturday saw Carrickfergus RFC Youth start their build up to the start of their league campaign with friendly fixtures at home against local East Antrim neighbours Ballyclare. The youth, once again sponsored by local company Nk Fencing Ltd where eager to get started […]
Belfast Harlequins RFC v Ballina Rugby (training game): FEROCIOUS! “Will we play a fourth quarter…… YES WE WILL” 230+ Action Shots Now Live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An absolutely ferocious game. Belfast Harlequins were playing against a side who had more firepower and were probably the favourites for this training game from the kick off. That is exactly what the harlequins relished about this encounter! Everyone of them fronted up against bigger players and took the hits and put the hits in. […]
OFFICIAL: Ulster Rugby U19 Squad For Munster: Named HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ulster U19 squad to play their first Inter Provincial game of the season v Munster U19’s on Saturday 8th September at Ravenhill with a 4-00pm KO. 15 Lorcan McGillian Malone RFC 14 Neil Burns Foyle and Londonderry College 13 Jordan Grattan Wallace High School 12 Rob Haldane Campbell College 11 Andrew Butler Queen’s University RFC […]