City of Derry 15 – 12 Inishowen City of Derry dent Inishowen’s title hopes January 21st 2012 On Saturday the men from Inishowen were once again on the road in the league this time travelling the short distance to play neighbours City of Derry fourth XV. The sides previous meeting in the league was at […]
City Of Derry RFC Notes: I XV 26 v Clonakilty RFC I XV 22: Awesome!!!!!!!!
City of Derry Rugby Club had to dig deep when required on Saturday last to overcome a tenacious Clonakilty team in their All Ireland League Fixture in West Cork. Derry had to come from behind on three occasions and survive a late desperate onslaught for the last 15 minutes from a team whose performance belied […]
Two of the teams not involved in the Third Round of the Northern Bank Schools’ Cup locked horns at Pirrie Park on Saturday when Methodist College hosted Ballymena Academy. Report & Pictures
The match proved to be a tense and highly competitive affair with Ballymena keen to make amends for their defeat by Methody back in October. Ballymena started strongly and spent the first ten minutes of the match deep in the Methody half but stout defence by the home team meant that Ballymena were unable to […]
Belfast High School Rugby Notes: Medallion through in Shield
Belfast High School eased past Friends in a delayed third round Medallion Shield match, winning by 57 points to 8 on Saturday. Both teams played good rugby, but the Lisburn team were up against it after early tries from Darren Scott, Alex Curry and Scott White put the home side 21-0 in the first 20 […]
Cookstown RFC Notes: I XV 19 v Grosvenor RFC IV XV: McCambley Cup Quarter Final Report
Cookstown RFC travelled to East Belfast on Saturday to take on Grosvenor 4XVfor a place in the quarter final of the McCambley Cup. Cookstown expected a tough challenge against the team who knocked out past winners Ards in the previous round. Grosvenor did not disappoint, with their 2nd and 3rd XV games being called off, […]
Northern Bank Schools’ Cup: 3rd Round Results & 4th Round Draw
Northern Bank Schools’ Cup 3rd Round Results (matches played Sat 28th Jan) Down High School 0 – 3 Coleraine Inst Belfast High School 0 – 6 Bangor Grammar Rainey Endowed 11 – 8 BRA Dalriada 10 – 0 Regent Grosvenor Grammar 12 – 8 Sullivan Upper Cambridge House – Wellington College – POSTPONED Portadown College […]
IRISH RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION: Gert Smal statement regarding the position of South Africa Head Coach
“I was deeply honoured to be linked to the position of Head Coach for the Springbok team and having being involved with the team before, it was obviously something that I would have thought about very carefully. A big part of that consideration would be my connection to the Ireland team as well as my […]
Electric Ireland set to energise Under-20’s Six Nations Home Series
Seventh season of Electric Ireland support for Buccaneer’s staging of home games Athlone, Wednesday 25th January: Electric Ireland today announced their continued support for Buccaneers Rugby Football Club’s staging of the upcoming U-20 Six Nations Championship home games in Dubarry Park, Athlone. This is the seventh year that Electric Ireland (previously as ESB) has sponsored […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Round 3 Previews Saturday 28th January 2012.
There are eight Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup Round 3 games scheduled to take place on Saturday 28th January. Belfast High School looked impressive in their Round 2 victory against Larne Grammar School. This will give them great confidence when they play Bangor Grammar School at the Shore Road venue on Saturday. It was the […]