Holywood 1st XV got their league campaign underway last Saturday when they entertained Randalstown at Holywood. Both sides had put a lot of work into their respective pre-season training and with the weather set to be fine and sunny the good crowd settled back to enjoy what turned out to be a fascinating duel. Randalstown […]
Carrick 1st XV 22 v Lisburn 1st XV 6
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV got their League campaign off to a good start at Woodlawn on Saturday 11 September with a comfortable 22 points to 6 victory over Lisburn. Although missing a number of regulars, Carrick always looked the stronger side, holding the visitors to a single penalty when they had the advantage of […]
Holywood 1st XV 17 Randalstown 1st XV 17 & Randalstown 2nd XV 0 Ophir 2nd XV 13 & Randalstown 3rd XV 27-0 Ophir 3rd XV
Holywood 1st XV 17 Randalstown 1st XV 17 Randalstown 1sts opened their league campaign with an entertaining 17 all draw away to Holywood in a game which both sides had opportunities to win. Town started brightly and took an early lead with an Adam Boyd penalty after only 2 minutes. Holywood responded with a penalty […]
Ferris Commits To Ulster
Ulster Rugby today announced that British & Irish Lion Stephen Ferris has committed his future to the club for a further two years. Ferris, who is in the final year of his current deal with Ulster Rugby, signed his new contract late on Friday afternoon and will remain an Ulster player until at least June […]
Grosvenor RFC 4ths v Civil Service RFC 2nds – September 11th 2010
The newly formed Grosvenor RFC 4th XV travelled to Stormont to play Civil Service 2nd XV in a Minor League East 1 clash on a warm but occasionally very wet afternoon. Grosvenor won an exciting match 42v15 with their exciting backline more than compensating for Services dominance in the forwards In a first half hampered […]
Ulster Rugby Senior League: City of Derry RFC 1st XV 69pts v Rainey OB 1st XV 8pts
City of Derry Rugby Club dismissed the challenge of Rainey with distain as they scored eleven try’s in this Preliminary Round of the Ulster Senior Cup played at Judges Road on Saturday last. Rainey finished mid table in All Ireland League Division 3 last season and Derry can have no fears when they commence their […]
Ards RFC: Club Notes & Match Reports
Match Reports 1st XV – Ballynahinch 55 v 5 Ards Ards had another tough encounter at the weekend, when they faced a rampant Ballynahinch, in the Ulster Senior League. Buoyed by last weekends reasonable performance against an equally resurgent Ballymena, but missing a number of key players, Ards had expected to compete much better than […]
Dungannon RFC 25 vs Belfast Harlequins RFC 5 Stevenson Park, Dungannon. 11th September 2010
Dungannon vs Harlequins Stevenson Park, Dungannon. 11th September 2010 Saturday’s Senior Cup match against Belfast Harlequins saw the Dungannon faithful leaving Stevenson Park carrying the memory of a magnificent initial twenty-three minutes with four great tries, and the fact that Dungannon are in the hat for the First Trust Ulster Senior Cup quarter final draw […]
Ulster U20 15 Leinster U20 18 & Ulster Schools 24 Munster Schools 14
Ulster U20 15 Leinster U20 18 John Dickson reports from Ravenhill It was a disappointing result for the Ulster U20 side as they slumped to a 15-18 defeat at Ravenhill having been the only side in the contest through the first quarter. Ulster started well with flanker Dominic Gallagher and number 8 David McGuigan powering […]
Ulster Team Named For Aironi Clash
Ulster travel to face Franco Bernini’s team this Saturday and Coach Brian McLaughlin has made five changes of personnel to the starting line-up that defeated League Champions the Ospreys in Round 1 at Ravenhill last Friday night. Up front there are four changes of personnel and one positional switch. Tom Court and Chris Henry make […]