The weather conditions at Judges Road on Saturday were atrocious with strong wind and driving rain through out on top of incessant rain over the previous 48 hours. Seapoint had the slight advantage of the elements in the first half which started in a welter of excitement. Derry went over the top 40 meters out […]
Armoy overcame a stuffy Ballymoney V in a match that wasn’t for Rugby purists. The Armoy pack set the pace early on and in the opening10 minutes they kept the Ballymoney men encamped in their own 22. This ultimately resulted in a penalty to Armoy which was converted by Jarvis Traynor. From the kick off […]
In a gripping encounter the UUC came out worthy winners, but only after they had dealt with a severe test from a much improved Carrick team since the last encounter a month ago in the junior cup. From the kick off the students faced a fierce physical onslaught, which had the referee caution two Carrick […]
Heaney puts the boot into Buccs! After a week to forget Buccaneers were dealt another blow by a determined Belfast Harlequins side in what could be only described as very difficult conditions. It was a well taken try by Rory Scholes and the boot of Michael Heaney steered the home side to victory. CLICK HERE […]
Coming from an excellent corporate lunch sponsored by Stevenson-Reid Plumbing Supplies hosted by Mr.Billy Stevenson,a large crowd were treated to an afternoon of tremendous end-to-end open running rugby when Donegal visited ‘Fortress Neillsbrook’ ! Randalstown with a reformed front row allowing John Adair back from injury and Paul Laverty, standing in for an injured John […]
Inishowen win Donegal derby Inishowen travelled to Donegal on Saturday with injuries and work commitments once again disrupting the squad.The front row saw Eamon Doherty make only his second start in an unfamiliar position at hooker, in the backrow the experienced James Carr and young Pauric McGonagle making the step up from underage rugby both […]
Clean sweep for 1’s 2’s and 3’s Cooke enjoyed a clean sweep on Saturday 19th November with the 1st’s winning 62-3 at home against Dromore, the 2nd’s enjoyed a 15-5 away win against Portadown 2nd’s and the 3rd’s had a convincing 33-7 home win against Ards 3rd’s. Congratulations to all 3 sides. FEATURE ON II […]
Ballymena travelled to Judge’s Road at City of Derry knowing their hosts possess the capability of beating all-comers, and had indeed done just that in disposing of both Belfast Harlequins and Ballynahinch in previous rounds of the competition. Picking themselves up after the disappointment of the previous week’s performance against Harlequins, Ballymena made a storming […]
Christmas came early for University of Ulster, Coleraine(UUC) when Carrick 1st XV presented them with two gift-wrapped tries, and the match, at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 19 November. Although nothing like the team which had dominated Carrick in the Junior Cup earlier in the season, UUC won by 12 points to nil without […]