Ballymena progress to Towns’ Cup Semi Final The second teams of Ballymena and Ballynahinch are old rivals, and on this occasion it was Ballymena who came off best, winning by 22 pts to 3. The semi final takes place on 17th March Ballymena v Malone Fielding a much changed team, Ballymena still managed to defeat […]
Coleraine 2XV……..54 Bangor 2XV…………..7 Coleraine 2XV stormed into the semi-finals of the Crawford Cup with an eight-try demolition of Bangor 2XV at Sandal Lodge. Bangor were high flying in Junior 3, and after having just beaten the Coleraine 3XV last week, turned up with a large, physical team sensing the possibility of an upset. But […]
Friends School Lisburn Medallion finished off their season with a well deserved win over Larne. The match stared with pace Friends dominating play and possession for the first 10 minutes but a turn over ball and lapse in defence saw Larne score the first points of the day with an unconverted try. That was going […]
In wintry conditions at Letterkenny the students put down a marker that there indifferent recent form is behind them with an impressive 34 – 0 win, and picking up a four try bonus point showed that even in the most difficult of conditions and against good opposition, it seems the limited university team are capable […]
Saturday’s Butler shield match between Inishowen and Armoy was the third meeting between the two clubs this season. Inishowen were edging the battles with a 10-0 home win and a 14-14 draw away in the league, Armoy were undefeated at home in 3 years and after an impressive win away to Uuc the previous week. […]
Donaghadee hosted Clogher Valley on Saturday looking to defend their unbeaten home record against a team that had yet to be beaten in league action this year and competing for the league title. The visitors took no time to settle and implemented their very simple game plan of keeping the ball alive and moving at […]
Bangor – 10 Enniskillen – 11 Enniskillen made the long journey to Bangor last Saturday looking to avenge the defeat in the opening match of the season and were delighted to come away with the points after a narrow win. In very difficult conditions ‘Skins had first use of a biting wind, but it was […]
Congratulations guys on reaching the playoff final, a scrappy 14-0 victory but in a semi final it’s all about the result. The final is Saturday 25th Feb at a venue yet to be confirmed. Our opponents will be either Banbridge or Instonians who are due to play their semi mid-week in Banbridge. To put your […]
Ballyvesey Recycling Solutions Ltd present new jerseys Dennis Monaghan, Managing Director of Ballyvesey Recycling Solutions Ltd, presents Ophir RFC President David Haggan with a new set of jerseys for the 1stXV. Also present are Gareth Anderson, 1stXV captain & Ken Campbell, club coach. CLICK HERE for 100+ 2ndXV v CIYMS 3’s – 2012-02-11 check this […]