Armoy rugby club will be losing the services of tight head prop Mark Donald for a while. Mark has been selected to represent Northern Ireland at the commonwealth games Judo and will be travelling to Cardiff to take part.Mark is a black belt and a member of the Causeway Judo club in Ballymoney where he […]
There was one game played on Friday 6th prior to a fuller list of fixtures on Saturday 7th January. Lurgan College II XV v Dalriada II XV PICTURES CLICK HERE Friends’ School hosted Lurgan College in a floodlit game at Lisburn Rugby Club. The Friends’ team had been showing signs of improvement in recent games […]
After a round of games that saw four home wins, with two of those victors also picking up try bonus points, the same four teams Ospreys, Leinster, Munster and Glasgow Warriors still occupy the RaboDirect PRO12 Play-Off Zone. Elsewhere in the table Scarlets were the biggest movers with their 22-12 win over Welsh rivals Newport […]
Conditions force postponement of Ballyclare match in Donegal Ballyclare R.F.C. 1st XV were due to travel to Co.Donegal to play Letterkenny in a Qualifying 2 league game but the wet weather of the previous week meant that the pitches in the north west were unplayable so this will have to be rearranged at a later […]
The two week break for European competition has seen the RaboDirect PRO12 teams return with an impressive record having performed well in both Cup competitions. Edinburgh, Leinster, and Scarlets top three of the Heineken Cup pools, with Ospreys sharing the lead in a fourth, whilst Newport Gwent Dragons head their pool in the Amlin Challenge […]
Following their 9 all draw against Scarlets on Saturday evening, Ospreys remain at the top of the RaboDirect PRO12 table, but are joined on 26 points by Leinster, who won the all-Irish derby beating Munster 24-19 at the Aviva Stadium the night before. As a result of that game Leinster and Munster swapped places, but […]
After a weekend that saw leaders Ospreys fall to their first defeat of the season, and Italian outfit Benetton Treviso gain their first ever try bonus point, the top four teams in the RaboDirect PRO12 stayed the same with Ospreys, Munster, Leinster and Cardiff Blues currently occupying the Play-Off Zone spots. Two of those teams, […]
After a two week break for the final stages of the Rugby World Cup, the RaboDirect PRO12 makes a welcome return with two games in Scotland and one in Ireland on Friday night. In Scotland, Glasgow Warriors host table-toppers Ospreys; a victory would not only see the visitors equal their own best start to the […]