Good results for 1st’s and 2nd’s There were good home wins for the 1st’s in the Senior Cup and the 2nd’s in the league. Unfortunately the 3rd’s lost out to a very sharp and well drilled Ballynahinch 3rd XV in a Junior Section 1 league game. The 1st’s defeated Armagh for the second week in […]
Ballymena through to Cup Quarter Final In a dour struggle which either side could have won, played in a downpour, Ballymena emerged the victors in this First Trust Ulster Cup match by 12 points to 6. All Ballymena’s points came from the boot of David O’Hara, who kicked four penalties to Dungannon’s two. Pictures of […]
After a flying start to the season Randalstown firsts hit the buffers on Saturday afternoon turning in a poor performance and suffering their 1st defeat. Randalstown took to the park in their brand new Power NI sponsored shirts today for a cup match that on paper should have seen them run out easy winners, but […]
On Saturday 22 October, the Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV drew 14 points apiece with Grosvenor at Tom Simms Memorial Park. This was a game Carrick could, and probably should, have won but they were not helped by persistent handling problems. In addition, the home side will feel that the referee did them no favours, letting […]
It could have been a cup final, the crowd thronged the clubhouse balcony, and the respective teams came with excellent attitude on both sides. Cooke matched them all the way and led for considersable periods and won the game, we managed to get 48 pictures from Intouch Rugby CLICK HERE and another 231 pictures from […]
After their long trip to Letterkenny last Saturday the Tata Steel sponsored First XV finally won their first game of the season with a valuable victory over the improving Donegal outfit. Having lost their first three games of the year by narrow margins, but picking up bonus points in each, Lisburn were keen to put […]
Awesome game by Malone, we can only say that Instonians who are very good found themselves playing a very good Malone side and we look forward to covering both sides. Malone were ecstatic at the cohesion, team workk and selfless graft of the individuals and team work – absolutely brilliant. Instonians will learn from this […]
Ballyclare 1st XV returned to Qual.2 league action at the Cloughan against local rivals Larne in a game sponsored by Newtownabbey Borough Council. The home side brought in Clotworthy,Byers and Tweed as the changes from the previous week against Queens. Larne had wind advantage in the first half but seldom looked like threatening the home […]
CRFC U15s 48 Ballymoney U15s 10 Carrick U15s secured another league victory at Tom Simms Memorial Park against a spirited Ballymoney on Saturday morning. A five try first half haul allowed the home coaches to introduce the bench early on in the second half & although this allowed the visitors the luxury of two consolations […]