THERE was late drama at the Palace Grounds on Saturday as Armagh snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Suttonians in the All-Ireland League in the fourth minute of injury time. This wasn’t a vintage performance from Armagh – far from it in fact – but they turned things around in the second half […]
Randalstown U 17XV Progress to League Semifinals Randalstown made the long journey to Donegal Town to play the quarter final of the Under 17VX League Cup. Three days of rain in the west of Ireland resulted in the pitch being just about playable with over 30% of the playing surface very soft. With conditions under […]
Grosvenor hosted BHS on Saturday which on current form should have been a straight forward victory but it was far from that. The match was a hard fought match with no quarter given and with nothing in it at the start. High School took the lead after a period of pressure Grosvenor conceded a penalty […]
Inishowen win Donegal derby Inishowen travelled to Donegal on Saturday with injuries and work commitments once again disrupting the squad.The front row saw Eamon Doherty make only his second start in an unfamiliar position at hooker, in the backrow the experienced James Carr and young Pauric McGonagle making the step up from underage rugby both […]
Ophir 1st XV 0 Randalstown 1st XV 26 (Gordon West) Randalstown 1st XV began their Gordon West campaign with an away match at Magowan Park Mallusk against a well organised Ophir side. On a day suited to running rugby Randalstown began the game on the attack and were unlucky not to go ahead on two […]
Malone rugby Club I XV 34 v ARMAGH Rugby Club I XV23 Following their narrow defeat against Ballymena on Wednesday evening, Armagh travelled to Gibson Park on Saturday to play their first away fixture in the Ulster League. Armagh, having won only one of their Ulster League fixtures were, nevertheless, confident of putting on a […]