Congratulations from InTouch Rugby: Saturday saw Armagh entertain Cooke at the Palace Grounds for the final league fixture in the 2010-2011 season. The points situation was that if Armagh won or even drew the game they would be league champions and gain promotion into All Ireland senior rugby. CLICK HERE FOR 50+ Pictures From Rugby […]
CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES [youtube 4-0ycn3jR9w] [youtube bzobo_AAgGE] Cooke II – 14, Enniskillen II – 20 Enniskillen 2nds turbulent season took them to Shaw’s Bridge for a second time this season to face Cooke, a side which had defeated them previously. Preparation was not ideal with only one of the normal pack available and some […]
CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES [youtube 4BpMIYL_bFY] [youtube idsSe9hRLok] [youtube HXZ03PawO1U] Armagh travelled to Shaw’s Bridge to play what was heralded to be one of the most crucial qualifying fixtures of the current season. Prior to the match Cooke had played 11 games lost one and with nine bonus points their points tally stood at forty […]
Cooke maintained its position as leading the promotion race for AIL qualification with a solid display against bottom placed Bangor. The game started at a hectic pace with the Cooke pack taking the ball deep into Bangor territory. A well executed series of ‘pick and drives’ was rewarded after 8 minutes with lively flanker Cochrane […]
Over the past ten days or so we have witnessed some very dramatic events which will influence end results of the qualifying one league race! Last Saturday saw the up and coming side in Ulster, Academy, come to the Palace Grounds with their intentions clearly to knock Armagh off their game. Academy only gained promotion […]
What a day at Shaws Bridge, 3 games on all at once and this one was a nail biting encounter. Total passion and commitment from both sides. Pictures link and video highlights below. First half – Cooke found themselves on the wrong side of the scoreline, they had not registered a point by half time. […]
On Friday evening, the Carrick 2nd XV comprehensively defeated Instonians III by 44 points to nil. Glen Picken scored a hat-trick of tries and was chosen as “man of the match”. The other tries came from Craig Clarke, Johnny Sheriff, Johnny McIlwaine and Craig Jordan. Ricky Moore kicked a penalty and three conversions. This was […]
Below is a short report on the evening followed by 4 video interview. Video 1 is Paul Brown a key organiser regarding the running of the night Video 2 is Naill Armstrong commenting on the overwhelming uptake of seats & numbers booking in Video 3 is Bob Montgomery a Cooke club man making a superb […]