Despite the weathermen’s darkest predictions Saturday turned into a beautiful afternoon for Donaghadee’s first Qualifying League One game of the season at Donaldson Park. The visitors were newly promoted University of Ulster Coleraine who won Qualifying Two last season. The Dee greeted the game with not a little trepidation remembering their own arrival in Q1 […]
This time of year can evoke many mixed feelings for young boys, the end of summers freedom, the inevitability of a return back to the classroom for another term of times tables, but for a group of young players from Inishowen rugby club, in the dying embers of August there was one last nugget of […]
Bann coach Daniel Soper will be waiting for a report on the club’s South Africa Tour before finalising the starting line-up for his side’s first Ulster League game on Saturday. The tourists returned home on Monday evening after a three-game trip to the Southern Hemisphere which saw them lose the first two narrowly before coming […]
The Bannsiders are away to Clogher Valley in their first meeting in the Kukri Qualifying League, Section 1. It is always a tough fixture, especially away from home, and all the more so as the opening match of the season, and to add to the drama the Seconds are playing there as well. Coleraine coach […]
DESPITE an Ulster Senior Cup win and runners-up spot in the All-Ireland Bateman Cup, Ballymena Rugby Club head coach John Andrews still feels a tinge of regret when he reflects on last season. The main source of angst was the Braidmen’s dip in form in the second half of the season, which put paid to […]
Enniskillen entertained their old friends Dromore in a pre-season friendly at Mullaghmeen last Saturday, in what was an important match for both teams ahead of some challenging league matches. ‘Skins were slighty understrength due to injuries and holiday commitments but I spite of managing to field a competitive team it was the visitors who had […]