Match Report By; Moss Dineen City of Derry Rugby Club were frozen out by a more experienced Dungannon team in the Ulster Senior Cup Final on Thursday night last at Ravenhill. The Judges Road men found themselves fourteen points down with just five minutes gone following two converted try’s. The weather conditions were deteriorating the […]
City of Derry Rugby Club continued their successful return to the Ulster Senior League with another victory against Belfast Harlequins at home on Saturday last. The game ebbed and flowed throughout and Harlequins asked many questions of this young Derry sides resolve especially after they fell ten points behind as the first half progressed. Over […]
Pictured: City of Derry Captain Sam McAuley presenting a Tie to Tralee Rugby Club President. City of Derry continued their pre season preparations with a short tour to Munster last weekend. They defeated Thomond in Limerick on Friday night in convincing style when they scored five trys and shocked the locals who were unbeaten at […]
City of Derry Rugby Club created history on Saturday last when they defeated Portadown at Chambers in a playoff to return to All Ireland League Rugby after an absence of two years. City of Derry were relegated from senior rugby two years ago and in the same season Portadown themselves returned to the senior ranks […]
The prerequisites required for City of Derry Rugby Club to keep alive their dream of regaining Senior Status before they played Richmond from Limerick in their final Round Robin Fixture on Saturday last at Judges Road was to win the game, score at least four try’s and score as many points as possible and concede […]
City of Derry Rugby Club produced a sparkling performance as they returned to winning ways on Saturday last with an emphatic victory in their All Ireland League Round Robin game against Monivea the Connacht Junior Champions at the Castle Grounds, Monivea. Derry having lost their first game in this series to regain Senior Status against […]
City of Derry were out of the blocks quickly yesterday with early scores rocking pre-match favourites Ballynahinch in the Crawford Cup Final at Ravenhill. Derry looked sharper throughout and went on to win the game by 28 – 7. The first score came in the opening minutes when the impressive Derry fullback Richard People slotted […]
The Tir Chonaill TAG rugby festival took place this week on a sunny day in North West Donegal. The blitz was run by Donegal Project YDO’s Jonathan Quigley and Philip Brady at Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair. This was the 4th of 6 festivals being run by the Donegal Community Rugby Project to increase the participation in […]
Carndonagh CS was the venue for this year’s Inishowen TAG Festival. The event based on participation in the game at primary level involved over 100 pupils from around the peninsula. The event was run by Donegal Project YDO’s Philip Brady, Johnny Quigley and Adam Keys. Inishowen TAG Teams This was the second of 6 festivals […]