With some schools’ hosting entrance tests on Saturday 27th November there were a number of fixtures rescheduled to take place earlier in the week. Due to the adverse weather conditions prevailing on Saturday 27th November, none of the remaining scheduled fixtures took place. Banbridge Academy hosted a Portadown College team that was full of confidence […]
RAINEY OLD BOYS RUGBY ~ NAVAN HIT FOR SIX BY RAINEY!
Sensational stuff at Rainey: Co.Meath standard bearers Navan must have been confident of repeating last season’s success at Hatrick Park when they took an early lead against Rainey Old Boys at Dublin Road,but they were forced to take a back seat as Rainey grew in confidence to run in five second-half tries and pick up […]
CITY OF DERRY Rugby I XV 25 v NUIM Barnhall Rugby I XV 22
City of Derry Rugby Club consolidated their position in second place in All Ireland League Division 3 when they defeated Barnhall from County Kildare at Judges Road on Saturday last. Derry scored four try’s and this bonus point victory puts them just one point behind league leaders Instonians with both teams having completed six fixtures. […]
CIYMS Continue winning: CIYMS I XV 48 v BHSFP I XV 7
At a frosty Belmont CIYMS continued their winning 48-7 against Belfast High School. High School started strongly bagging an early try through some great rucking an mauling by the pack. However CI soon took control of the game. Stevie McReynolds, Mark McConkey and Matt Armstrong made some rampaging runs up the middle with Armstrong securing […]
Lurgan Rugby II XV 15 v Newry Rugby II XV 22
A new looked Newry squad travelled to Lurgan for what was to be an excellent game of free open rugby. Newry appeared sluggish at the start, maybe due to the travel, as Lurgan immediately countered at rucks setting up for a backs move which cut the defence in half resulting in a converted try for […]
Two Points & Silverware For Lurgan Rugby: Civil Service I XV 10 v Lurgan I XV 30 Video clip, pictures & report – Click Here.
Lurgan returned to Pollock Park on Saturday evening with two well earned league points and also a piece of silverware after retaining Jim Allen’s Wolfhound Cup. The margin of victory may look comfortable in the end but for the first 50 minutes the match was locked at 3 – 3 and was either side’s for […]
UUC 2’s prove too tough for Rainey 4’s
University of Ulster 2nd XV have received more than their fair share of criticism in recent weeks after an indifferent start to the season so an away trip to Rainey 4’s seemed an unlikely place to show their critics the error of their thoughts. However, UUC took the game to Rainey in the first half […]
Ulster Rugby: David Pollock To Retire From Rugby
Ulster Rugby today confirmed that David Pollock has decided to retire from rugby due to a hip injury which has plagued the back row forward for the past 18 months. Omagh born and a product of the Royal School Dungannon, David graduated from the Ulster Academy, to sign a development contract in October 2006. His […]