Cooke fail to impede league leaders Well drilled Portadown pack make life difficult Cooke could do little to impede the progress of league leaders Portadown as the Co Armagh side’s forwards dominated affairs at Shaw’s Bridge. Portadown registered the first points of the game within five minutes. A penalty against Cooke was kicked to the […]
Colts win against Ophir Off the back of the narrow defeat to Ards last week the Colts welcomed Ophir to Stormont today. Unfortunately Ophir arrived short numbered. Credit is due to the visitors for fulfilling the fixture and credit is due to the Civil Service 21 who gamely took turns in donning the Ophir jersey […]
Hard won bonus point at Randalstown The rigours of the midweek Towns Cup game were obvious as Bangor made hard work of their away game at Randalstown. Despite securing a bonus point victory, they conceded 3 soft tries to their determined opponents, finally winning by 27-31. With little time for recovery and five changes in […]
This fixture had been in doubt due to the heavy rain, which had fallen during the previous 48 hours. By lunchtime Hinch decided the pitch had drained sufficiently to proceed with the game, with the going officially soft, for this Ulster Senior League clash against Queens University. Queens kicked off playing towards the clubhouse and […]
Ballyclare Vs Enniskillen + Presidents Dinner BALLYCLARE AVENGE SOLE LEAGUE DEFEAT On Saturday Ballyclare 1st XV had their biggest test for some weeks with the visit of Enniskillen who were the only side to have beaten the Clare in Qualifying 2 this season. The Fermanagh were the early season league leaders but lost twice in […]
The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV suffered a narrow away defeat for the second week in a row when they were beaten by 18 points to 16 by Lisburn on Saturday 12 January. After a scrappy and erratically refereed first sixty minutes, Carrick had the better of the final quarter in terms of possession and territory […]
Ballyshannon returned to winning ways with a comprehensive victory against Omagh with a seven try blitz against the Tyrone side. Despite a significant injury list ”Shannon” were still too strong and the Omagh side could not contain their fast running rugby. Mark ”Nuggets” Lyons made his first appearance and deputised for the injured Tom Dillon […]
RANDALSTOWN 1st XV 27 BANGOR 1st XV 31 Saturday was a day of total heroism set against a background of tragedy. Randalstown entertained promotion favourites Bangor, fresh from a Towns Cup victory over runaway Section I leaders Portadown. Having suffered a heavy defeat at Bangor in their first match in this higher division, Randalstown knew […]
Limavady 1st xv travelled to Omagh on saturday in a resumption of the league programme following a 3 week break and gave a very spirited performance and were unfortunate to lose 12-7. CLICK HERE for the shots Playing with the slope on the pitch in the first half Limavady started brightly and after 10 minutes […]