The Monaghan RFC U13’s traveled to Portadown this morning with only 14 players on the bus, resulting in many lads having to play out of position on the day. Monaghan opened well with a converted try but sloppy play throughout the 1st half left them trailing 17 – 7 at half time. The half time […]
In a private mailing list circular extolling the Perennials RFC rugby strategy steering sub committee general meeting which cannot be printed here for obvious reasons all thats needs to be said really is that a man who is no stranger to captaining has taken the reigns. The pictures may be accompanied by humorous captions but […]
Crushing victory over Civil Service It took Grosvenor about ten minutes to shake off the rustiness of a four week lay-off before they cut loose against Civil Service and ran in a bagful of tries in both the first and second half periods. Their dominant set piece play gave them a steady stream of possession […]
Cooke I XV got back to winning ways on Saturday but were made to work extremely hard in an anxious encounter with top four contenders Ballymoney. The Belfast side started the game against the wind in confident form but it was Ballymoney who registered the first points with an easy McCartney penalty after 12 minutes. […]
Quins weather early Ballymena storm to secure a valuable AIL 1B win in this cracking derby match. Quins rushed to fourth spot in the league with a deserved victory over leaders and Ulster rivals Ballymena at Deramore Park. The first half was played in difficult weather conditions with Ballymena firing everything but the Kitchen sink […]
After a well-needed break from competitive rugby over the Christmas and New Year period, Bangor travelled to Carrickfergus for their first round match in this season’s Towns Cup. Thankfully the gales and rain from earlier in the week had gone, and the conditions were as good as one might expect at this time of year. […]