Cooke I XV got back to winning ways on Saturday but were made to work extremely hard in an anxious encounter with top four contenders Ballymoney. The Belfast side started the game against the wind in confident form but it was Ballymoney who registered the first points with an easy McCartney penalty after 12 minutes. […]
Saturday saw Armagh travel to Magherafelt to play Rainey Old Boys in the Ulster senior League. This was to be Armagh’s last game of 2011 and so far their first season since returning to senior rugby was proving to be somewhat fraught! Having failed to win a game since the October fixture with Sligo the […]
Following on from some heroic exploits by its teams in the European competitions, the RaboDirect PRO12 returns once again to centre stage, and with the prospect of the festive season upon us all the games this weekend are local derbies. Italy and Wales host two games before Christmas, with the remainder of the round being […]
Enniskillen bounced back followed last week’s defeat at Omagh with a comprehensive bonus point victory at home to Carrick. The pre-match hospitality overran somewhat and by the time a lot of the supporters had ventured into the wind ‘Skins were already five points clear, the forwards having rumbled to the visitors’ line, and over, whilst […]
Saturday saw Armagh travel into Leinster for the first time to play in the Ulster Bank All Ireland League. Their opposition was NUIM Barnhall. The game was played in the National University of Ireland Maynooth campus fields. Barnhall have unique relationship with the university and carry on a tradition of playing one fixture per season […]
Ulster made their 2011-2012 Heineken Cup bow in fine style this afternoon at Ravenhill, trading blows with top French outfit Clermont Auvergne and emerging victors by 16 points to 11 thanks to a passionate but disciplined display. CLICK HERE FOR THE 300 Pictures – Big Thanku to Rob Irwin for the pictures Head coach Brian […]
Clogher Valley 1XV – 28 versus Portadown 1XV – 5 Clogher Valley 1XV – 3 tries, 2 conversions, 3 penalties, 0 drop goals. Portadown 1XV – 1 tries, 0 conversions, 0 penalties, 0 drop goals. Better Second Half Showing Clogher Valley outgunned visitors Portadown on Saturday in a fine second half showing that has kept […]
Hinch 10-11 Quins Quins take the spoils Ballynahinch v Belfast Harlequins 14-30 Ulster Championship League Saturday 24 September 2011 at Ballymacaran Park. Quins elected to play away from the Clubhouse against the, at times, stiff breeze and Sun. After 9 mins, against the elements, Quins led 3-0 from a Michael Heaney penalty, from the 22 […]