AIL RUGBY CAMPAIGNS ARE IN FULL SWING WITH 10 ULSTER CLUBS COMPETING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL: Here we meet the teams and cover them all, video interviews with coaches, clips from games, table standings. As the season progresses we will capture the action; already battle is well underway, the intensity of match day is covered […]
City Of Derry Rugby I XV 28 v Queens Rugby I XV 26: Ulster Rugby Senior League
City of Derry Rugby Club had the ideal preparation for their Ulster Senior Cup Final on Thursday when they defeated a lively Queens outfit at Judges Road on Saturday last. The inclement weather meant that Derry were without a game for the last two weeks and going to Ravenhill to play Dungannon in a repeat […]
COOKE LADIES Rugby I XV 0 v HIGHFIELD LADIES Rugby 34
Cooke Ladies made the long trek to Cork on Sunday to play AIL Rugby against Highfield Ladies. Valiantly and to their credit the Ladies never gave up and having had various injuries and unavailable players the management have kept wheels on and can now settle back into their training over the coming weeks and months […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Rugby Preview Saturday 18th December 2010
The fixtures scheduled for Saturday 18th December 2010 will be subject to weather conditions allowing the games to be played. With the approach of the end of term, schools with fixtures will hope to play to enable their players to get some game time, something that has been difficult to achieve in recent weeks due […]
BIG CROWD & GOOD WIN FOR DONAGHADEE RUGBY III XV 17 v BANBRIDGE RUGBY V XV 0: McCAMBLEY CUP
Semi-tropical Donaghadee had almost no snow throughout what some newspapers called the disastrous weather period. But it was cold, and the pitches were sometimes too hard for contact sports, so a few degrees of warmth last week made for a welcome return to live rugby at Donaldson Park. The Donaghadee club Firsts were denied a […]
PREVIEW: First Trust Ulster Senior Cup Final 2010-2011: City of Derry Rugby V Dungannon Rugby Thursday 16th December 2010 @ Ravenhill, Kick-off; 7.30pm. Also Click Here: Pictures of City Of Derry Rugby v Queens Rugby Last Saturday
City of Derry Rugby Club will be hoping to continue their recent run of Cup successes when they return to Ravenhill on Thursday night to play Dungannon in the First Trust Senior Cup Final, Kick-off; 7.30pm. This will be Derry’s third appearance in a Senior Cup Final having been beaten by Collegians in 1983 and […]
FEATURE: Video Clip, Interviews & Pictures – Ballyclare IV 43 v Ballynahinch VII 3 incl Ballyclare Rugby, Club Notes. The Fiercely Competitive McCambley Cup
The McCambley Cup is one of the bastions of grass roots rugby. Youngsters, die hards, veterans, up and coming youth, you will meet them all in a McCambley Cup Tie.Fiercely competitive, the draw each year is a major event in this very old competition which brings the finalists to Ravenhill and grass roots glory. Our […]
ULSTER RUGBY JUNIOR CUP SEMI-FINAL: ARMAGH Rugby I XV 52 v Dromore Rugby I XV 5
Ever since the final whistle blew two weeks ago in Sligo signalling Armagh’s demise from the All-Ireland Junior Cup the snow had not let up. Not to be beaten the Armagh grounds team took the decision that if the pitch was cleared of snow the Palace Grounds would be fit for rugby. So the services […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 11th December 2010
With the onset of a thaw following the extreme weather conditions experienced throughout the province, a number of schools did manage to host games on Saturday 11th December. The thaw did not come soon enough for the majority of games to take place but six venues were able to cope. Ground staff had worked hard […]