Many Thanks to Greers Of Antrim Volvo Dealership For Sponsoring This Section Click Here The Ulster Bank Club International Team to play England Counties in Preston Grasshoppers RFC on Friday March 16th, kick off 19:30, has been named. There are two changes to the side that defeated the Scotland Club side last week in the […]
Mini Rugby : The mighty Tir Chonaill minis attended a blitz last Saturday in Carndonagh hosted by our good friends at Inishowen RFC. Our kids faced the minis from Inishowen and Finn Valley. The Under 8s and Under 10s though depleted in numbers for a variety of reasons performed well, and will hopefully have full […]
Strabane had the rare privilege of hosting two semi-finals on Saturday and the firsts beat Holywood 30-14 in the gordon west But unfortunately the seconds were beaten 12-23 by belfast harlequins 4’s in the mccambley cup The firsts were playing their 4th game of the season against Holywood, who they had narrowly beaten twice earlier, […]
Many Thanks TO Greers Of Antrim Volvo Dealership For Sponsoring This Section Click Here FOUR-TRY IRELAND SEE OFF SCOTTISH CHALLENGE Rory Best marked his first Six Nations match as captain with a try as Ireland overcame Scotland for their second victory in this year’s Championship…. CLICK HERE FOR OFFICIAL IRFU REPORT THIRD SUCCESSIVE HOME WIN […]
Many Thanks TO Greers Of Antrim Volvo Dealership For Sponsoring This Section Click Here The Ireland Club team to play Scotland Clubs in the Ulster Bank Club International for the ‘Dal Riada’ cup contains five new caps. Clontarf’s Simon Crawford will Captain the side with Cork Con’s influential scrum half Gerry Hurley named as Vice […]
Bucks Sink Larne Ferry With your correspondent having partaken of a significant number of corporate ales at the Ulster match on Friday night the recollections of Saturday’s game may be somewhat woolly at best. Firstly, lets get the facts and figures out of the way. The Bucks triumphed over Larne 3s 73-12, scoring 11 tries […]
Cooke emerge narrow winners in an error strewn and bad tempered affair at Chambers Park. The visitors, who had several positional changes, started the game anxiously, conscious of the fact that a bonus point win was essential to stay in the reckoning for league honours. It was Portadown however who had all the play in […]
In a close match where the lead swung from Bangor to Ballyclare and then back to Bangor, the home side kept their composure and produced one of their best performances to finish as 22-18 winners. CLICK HERE FOR 15+ ACTION SHOTS FROM BANGOR CLUB DINNER With Ballyclare in contention for the league title and Bangor […]
Playing their first match in three weeks, a much changed Carrick 1st XV side went down to a heavy defeat against Queen’s University 2nds in the Conference at the Dub on Saturday 3 March. After a competitive first quarter, at the end of which Carrick held a narrow lead, a combination of good counter-attacking play […]
Coleraine 2XV……….37 Ballymoney 2XV…….15 Coleraine seconds produced another stellar performance last Saturday with a five try victory over local rivals Ballymoney at Kilraughts Road. Played on a glorious spring day on the big pitch, conditions were perfect for handling and good running rugby for both teams, but in the end, superior discipline, intensity and skill […]