Civil Service arrived at Newforge, for the second of the three scheduled matches against PSNI this season, short of a number of first team regulars after injuries in the Lurgan Game. With Chris Summers, Chris Davey, Andrew “Boney” Sloan, Ben Scott and Johnny Bradshaw all missing through injury Jonny Wilson was drafted into the side […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Round Up Saturday 30th October 2010
With all schools enjoying a half term break there were fewer than usual fixtures involving schools in Ulster played on Saturday 30th October. However, a number of schools did play fixtures and some interesting games took place. [youtube jAFZjBXSnSk] [youtube _t8Et1bXJhI] Royal Belfast Academical Institution travelled to play a Royal School, Armagh team that lost […]
Banbridge Rugby I XV 36 v Suttonians Rugby I XV 17 & Banbridge III XV 32 v Dungannon III XV 12
After covering the Banbridge Academy game in the morning we travelled the short distance to Banbridge rugby club to watch Ban I v Suttonians I and Ban III v Dungannon III. With schools playing in the morning and senior squads in the afternoons it makes for an excellent day out and we are looking forward […]
Halloween Fancy Dress For Lurgan & Monaghan I XV 48 v Lurgan I XV 7: Lurgan Players Pictured With Tommy Bowe @ Monaghan RFC
Turnovers and defensive lapses cost Lurgan Monaghan 48 Lurgan 7 Having made a promising start to the season Lurgan were dealt a heavy eight try defeat on Saturday on the road at Monaghan, Writes Paddy Allen. The visitors had to make several changes to the side that won comfortably the previous week with centres Scott […]
City Of Derry Ladies Rugby I XV 20 v Longford Ladies Rugby I XV 5
A Fantastic Performance By City Of Derry Ladies. City of Derry Ladies moved into third place in the league after a 20-5 win at home against Longford on Sunday. The girls are now only 2 points behind the league leaders. The opening exchanges were fiercely contested with both defences being put to the test. After […]
Instonian U17’s rise to the Challenge: Dungannon U17 XV 5 v Instonians U17 XV 17
Instonians knew that they would be facing a tough task when they brought their Under 17 squad up to Dungannon’s Stevenson Park on Wednesday, 27 October for a friendly game. It was a dark, damp but windless night. The game was keenly contested throughout with little quarter asked or given. Inst drew first blood through […]
City of Derry RFC I XV 18pts, Greystones I XV 23pts
City of Derry Rugby Club lost their undefeated record in all competitions this season when they were narrowly defeated away to Greystones on Saturday in the All Ireland League Division 3. Derry now slips back to second place in the league table two points behind their northern rivals Instonians. Both Greystones and Derry served up […]
Karl Gemmell-Clark (Poverty Bay RFC No 8) Remembers His Time At City Of Derry RFC
NZ Meads Cup Poverty Bay 45pts, Thames Valley 18pts LONDONDERRY, or Derry, is Northern Ireland’s second-largest city, with a population of about 100,000. It is also the place where the Battle of the Bogside took place from August 12 to 14, 1969. Fighting between Roman Catholics and the Royal Ulster Constabulary erupted in what is […]
Northern Bank Ulster Schools’ Preview Saturday 30th October 2010.
Despite the fact that all schools are enjoying their half term break there are still a number of games involving schools in Ulster scheduled for Saturday 30th October. The Royal Belfast Academical Institution team stole the headlines last weekend with their 23-18 win against their Belfast rivals, Methodist College. The Belfast Inst team will head […]
Civil Service Rugby II XV 52 Ophir Rugby III XV 0
Despite the poor weather the Civil Service 2nd XV took to the pitch at Stormont determined to extend their unbeaten run and continue the scintilating try scoring form that had proved too much for Cooke 4’s the previous Saturday. Lots of photos here of Service v Ophir CLICK HERE thanks to Civil Service Rugby For […]