Armagh made the long trek north to Balllymoney to play the third league game of their season. To date they have won all in front of them but there is a nagging feeling around the Palace grounds that we have not seen the best of this team yet! Last week they beat a newly promoted […]
UUC RFC 1st XV 20 v Enniskillen RFC 1st XV
Enniskillen RFC were the visitors to Cromore Road on Saturday, where they took on a University of Ulster, Coleraine side looking to bounce back from defeat at Omagh last week. It was the home side who took maximum points from the encounter, winning 20:15 in a hard fought match. It was Enniskillen who applied the […]
Lisburn Earn A Bonus Point Despite Defeat: Lisburn 1st XV 22 – 27 CIYMS 1st XV & Lisburn III XV See Off Instonians 33-12
At Blaris last Saturday the Corus sponsored Lisburn lost out to a good CIYMS team by just one score from the seven tries on offer. A hand injury to outhalf Alistair Finlay in the previous game against Belfast High School FP left an opening for Ryan Hill to step up from the seconds and he […]
City of Derry RFC I XV 68pts v Suttonians I XV 28pts
City of Derry Rugby Club stands proudly at the top of All Ireland League Division 3 following their second bonus point victory of the season when they defeated Suttonians from Dublin at Judges Road on Saturday last. Derry scored ten try’s in a high scoring game that produced 96pts in total and considering the first […]
HOLYWOOD ROAR ON ALL-WEATHER: Ballyshannon Ixv 8 – Holywood Ixv 47
HOLYWOOD ROAR ON ALL-WEATHER A 100+ mile bus trip is never the ideal preparation for a game of rugby but that was the journey that Holywood undertook to play Ballyshannon in a league fixture. Coupled, when they got there, with the fact that they were to play on an all weather 3g pitch and the […]
Bryn Cunnningham Anounces Retirement
Ulster Rugby today confirmed that Bryn Cunningham has decided to retire due to a series of persistent injuries which have plagued the popular full-back for the past 15 months. Capped over 150 times for Ulster, Bryn has been a stalwart of the side for over ten years and arguably one of the best players under […]
UUC Rugby I XV 12 Frustrated By Omagh I XV 9 Defence
The University of Ulster Coleraine travelled to Omagh RFC to play them for the second time in a week, this time for league points. UUC fought hard for the 80 minutes but Omagh came out on top this week, winning 12:9. UUC started strongly against a different Omagh team. Lee Murphy made Omagh pay for […]
Ballyclare RFC: IIXV v Armagh IIxv & Pictures and reports from U19s, U17s, U15s, & U13s
SECONDS FIND ARMAGH TOO STRONG Last Saturday was a quiet day at the Cloughan as none of the Ballyclare Rugby teams had a home game. In fact the only club side in action was the Seconds who were away to probably the top team in Junior 1– Armagh 2nds and Michael Stevenson`s men lost 38-15. […]
Carrick RFC Club Notes: IXV v Donaghadee I, II v Portadown II, III v Monaghan II, IV v Civil Service
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV lost their League match with unbeaten Donaghadee at Woodlawn on Saturday 2 October by 23 points to 17.The visitors picked up a four try bonus point but Carrick came back strongly at the end to claim a losing bonus point. This was a match which the visitors dominated pretty much […]
Enniskillen RFC IXV – 12, Ballynahinch RFC II XV – 5
Enniskillen – 12, Ballynahinch II – 5 Enniskillen continued the momentum gained on their travels a fortnight ago in Belfast by beating a well organised ‘Hinch second string, in a tight tussle. ‘Skins got off to a great start in a game played with a lot of pace, running the ball at the visitors and […]