Lurgan B 0 BANBRIDGE U13s 59 Banbridge played their second game in the cup away at Lurgan Tigers ground. On arrival the place was buzzing, a family fun day was in full swing and several of the team saw a bouncy castle from the coach as we arrived and forgot we were there to play […]
Virginia RFC under 15´s in Final after convincing win against Rainey Old Boys Virginia RFC – 22 Rainey Old Boys – 5 Virginia U15’s departed from Virginia Club House at 7.30am on Saturday morning to make the long journey to Magherafelt to compete #in the Ulster semi-final of the U15 League competition. Their opponents were […]
Queen’s against Ballymena are always tight games whether home or away, and this was no exception. The visitors pressed hard in the Queens 22 for the opening 10 mins and only resolute defence from Queen’s and a few handling errors by the visitors prevented Queen’s from going behind. The resolute defence set the pattern for […]
Saturday saw Armagh entertain Dungannon at the Palace Grounds to play their eleventh game in the Ulster Senior League. By this stage Dungannon, with their unbeaten record, had secured the league title and were obviously keen to retain their unbeaten record. So far this season Armagh had won only four games from ten and, to […]
St Patrick’s day seems to have produced high quality rugby on this island only, and the spectacle served up by a Strabane side, full of confidence, was one of the best club displays this reporter has had the pleasure to witness. Strabane travelled down to derry aware that YM had last weekend beaten our title […]
Randalstown 2nds also made the trip to Monaghan on Saturday and came home with the points. Despite the score line ‘Town were made to fight all the way against a dogged Monaghan side who refused to lie down. With skipper Hyndman in inspirational form however, and a slick performance by the back line ‘Town were […]
Randalstown made the journey to Monaghan on Saturday knowing it was a must win situation to ensure they remained on track to finish top of Qualifying 3. The nerves told especially in the first half and they turned round 12 – 6 down to a determined Monaghan side who effectively thwarted all their attempts to […]
Donegal RFC U15s – 0 Carrickfergus RFC U15s – 89 Given the long journey to Donegal, positional & personnel changes & a less that perfect playing surface this was an exceptional score line in Carrick U15s quest for cup qualification. “Bus legs” were the order of the day both during the warm up & opening […]
Enniskillen entertained a quality Ballymena side at Mullaghmeen in the semi-final of the Towns Cup and despite an excellent effort fell short in the dying minutes. Ballymena started the game stronger and run the ball at ‘Skins, who were being made to work hard, and went 3 – 0 up when ‘Skins conceded a soft […]
Armagh seconds met Dungannon seconds on Saturday in their last 2nd xv league game of the season. The game started with Dungannon receiving the ball from the dropout and quickly showed their intent by moving it out wide. The Armagh backs marshalled by Jonny and Ethan Allan made the tackles to clear any early danger. […]