IRELAND 22 FRANCE 12 19th October 2014, 16:12 Ireland secured an historic 22-16 victory over France in their opening Rugby League European Championship fixture in Tallaght Stadium yesterday. A crowd of 1,500 watched as debutant Shannon McDonnell scored a brace of tries to give the Wolfhounds their first ever win over the French side. With […]
Ulster’s prolific backs treated a sold-out Ravenhill to a try bonanza tonight against Connacht, running over eight scores – including a hat-trick for Andrew Trimble – in the best possible response to last week’s bitter Heineken Cup disappointment. Paul Marshall (two), Tommy Bowe, Luke Marshall and Craig Gilroy all joined Trimble on the scoresheet as […]
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With the completion of the festive fixtures, the midway point of the regular 22 round season in the RaboDirect PRO12 has now passed and some interesting statistics have come to the fore. Teams claimed ten losing bonus points between them in the eleven games played during rounds 10 and 11 taking the tally to 33 […]
Coleraine 14 Randalstown 12 (Town’s Cup) Randalstown under Head Coach Gary Longwell and backs Coach Alistair Strange are now a side with genuine aspirations. On Saturday they travelled with a big support to Coleraine, eager to measure themselves against opposition from a higher division. In the event they were not remotely out of their depth, […]