Portadown met Dungannon 2’s under lights at Chambers Park on Friday night in wet and windy conditions that did little for the game as a spectacle. The Blues started well and in the opening exchanges bossed territory and possession, several penalty kicks pointed to the home sides dominance in the first fifteen minutes but they […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 6th November 2010
There were a number of midweek fixtures played in the lead up to a full list of fixtures on Saturday 6th November. Including pictures & video clips and interviews with coaches from Regent House v Cambridge House & superb pictures from Ballymena Academy v St Michale’s Royal School, Dungannon entertained the Rainey Endowed School in […]
Spectacular Rugby To Follow as Ireland Take On S. Africa, Samoa & N. Zealand – Can’t Wait To Cheer On Stephen Ferris & Rory Best On Saturday.
7 players from Ulster (1 of which might as well be an Ulsterman) are in the Irish Camp for the 2010 Guinness Series with Stephen Ferris Rory Best & Isaac Boss starting on Saturday. Lets hope all the Ulster Guys get into the action. John Dickson (www.dicksondigital.com) will be there to capture all the action […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Preview Saturday 6th November 2010
With all schools re opened after the half term break, there is a full list of games scheduled to take place on Saturday 6th November. Royal School, Dungannon will hope that their injury list will have been sorted out during the half term break as they prepare to host a young but confident Rainey Endowed […]
Jamie Heaslip, Jonathan Sexton, Tommy Bowe & John Muldoon announce the start of 2010 Guinness® Series
Check out the Guinness Rugby Team on Facebook Jamie Heaslip, Tommy Bowe, Johnny Sexton, and John Muldoon, lined out, to announce the start of the 2010 Guinness Series. Ahead of what promises to be a very exciting Guinness Series, fans can follow these players, as well as Jerry Flannery and Tomas O’Leary, on the Guinness […]
UCD I XV 47- Quins I XV 24 (Gillespie 1t; Higgins 1t; Allen 1t,1c; Morton 1t; Heaney 1c) The Belfield Bowl
Quins arrived at the Belfield Bowl on a dry, cloudless but crisp Hallowen Saturday. The gentle diagonal flicker of the flags gave neither side any significant advantage. Many will have remembered the last visit 3 seasons ago, when an injury time penalty from the 10 metre line snatched Division 1 status from Quins. Quins still […]
Carrick Rugby Club Notes: II, III, & U19 XV v Cooke II, Randalstown, Ballymena U19
After a poor start to the season, the Carrick 2nd XV have now won three of their last four games, beating Cooke II- the team that pipped them to the title last season-by 31 points to 3 at Woodlawn on Saturday 30 October. Carrick dominated the line-out, thanks to Terry McCracken and Chris Ferris, and […]
Newry Rugby I XV 19 v Holywood Rugby I XV 0 & Newry Rugby II XV 6 v Holywood Rugby I XV 12
After a week of rain the Newry pitch held up well under pressure from two heavy packs. Newry kicked off playing towards the clubhouse. Good pressure from the Newry back row lead to Holywood errors. Both teams where guilty of sloppy kicking not capitalising on penalty’s. Captain Connor Marshall drove the attacking side back well […]
ALL-IRELAND JUNIOR CUP 1st ROUND: ARMAGH Rugby I XV 34 v TRALEE Rugby I XV 23
Armagh approached this game with a degree of uncertainty for after their resounding home defeat by Portadown the previous week the team were resolute that a special performance was required. The memories of last year’s final in Athlone were still fresh in the minds of the team. To have come back in the second half […]