The Maxol-sponsored Carrick 1st XV were beaten by 29 points to 15 by League leaders Ballyclare at the Cloughan on Saturday 16th November. The final margin of victory considerably flattered the hosts who, for most of the game, looked anything like winners.With fifteen minutes of normal time left, and Carrick leading by seven points, the […]
Very, very, very fast. You can only say its a game of two halfs if something substantially different happens in the second half. Well thats exactly what happened in this game. Autumn / Winter gitters, call it what you will in the first half Holywood went behind, in the second half they scored something like […]
Absolutely superb game this was top flight, and everything happened in this game! Donegal Town RFC were top of the table after an outstanding start to the season and had done their homework on what is a very good Holywood side. The pace was staggering, the physicality and skill levels where high end as you […]
What a pleasure to see a bunch of guys sticking together in friendship through thick and thin and meeting up to play a game of rugby. Perhaps the finest “Oldies” team in the world playing a considerable amount of games and supported throughout rugby circles for embodying the rugby spirit. As an example Rab Irwin […]
When Armagh played Ballymena on Saturday it was a reorganized fixture for the game which never happened on12th October when the IRFU Ulster Branch got confused with their allocation of referees. Due to the International Ireland v Samoa the regular fixture book was blank and it seemed a brilliant opportunity to play the outstanding game […]
Right, cross field kicks ateast 2 but we did not see the full game, 5 tries that we know off, conversions, any period of play we saw serious shape, wingers who can sidestep on a six pence (probably due to numerous disco moves on friday and saturday nights) very very loud chat, defensive organisation and […]